Benjamin Aaron Shapiro, known as Ben Shapiro (born January 15, 1984), is an American conservative political commentator, radio talk show host, attorney, and media consultant.
A native of Los Angeles, California, Shapiro graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and Harvard Law School. He has written five books, starting with Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth in 2004, writes a column for Creators Syndicate, is editor-at-large of Breitbart News, and founder/editor-in-chief for the media watchdog group TruthRevolt.
His third book, Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House, was published by Thomas Nelson in 2008.
In 2011, HarperCollins published Shapiro's fourth book, Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV, in which Shapiro argues that Hollywood has a left-wing agenda which it actively promotes through primetime entertainment programming. For the book, Shapiro interviewed many in the entertainment industry.[5] In an interview with Thom Hartmann on RT's The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, Shapiro cited the children's show Sesame Street as an example of left-wing propaganda.[6] Shapiro also interviewed several producers who said that Happy Days and M*A*S*H had an intended pro-pacifist orientation.[7] Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times questioned Shapiro citing The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Simpsons as examples, and Goldstein argued that those shows have "gone over like gangbusters with middle America."[5] The same year Primetime Propaganda came out, Shapiro became a fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center.[8]
In 2012, Shapiro became editor-at-large of Breitbart.com, a news and opinion website founded by Andrew Breitbart.[9]
In 2013, Threshold Editions published Shapiro's fifth book, Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans. Bullies is Shapiro's first book to be listed on The New York Times Best Seller List; the book debuted at #32 in the combined print and e-book nonfiction list on January 27.[10]
Shapiro writes a column distributed by Creators Syndicate that appears on sites like Breitbart.com and Townhall.com.
On October 7, 2013, in association with the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Ben launched the website for media watchdog group TruthRevolt in response to the left-leaning Media Matters for America. Periodically, Ben will write and post his own articles to the site.
Bibliography Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth (ISBN 0785261486). WND Books: 2004. Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future (ISBN 0895260166). Regnery: 2005. Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House (ISBN 159555100X). Thomas Nelson: 2008. Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV (ISBN 0062092103). HarperCollins: 2011. Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America (ISBN 1476710015). Threshold Editions: 2013. The People vs. Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against the Obama Administration (ISBN 1476765136). Threshold Editions: 2014.
Shapiro was born in Los Angeles, California. He is a cousin of actress Mara Wilson. Skipping two grades, Shapiro graduated from Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles in 2000 at age 16. He then enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated with a political science degree summa cum laude in 2004. He also wrote a column for the Daily Bruin student newspaper at UCLA from 2000 to 2002. Shapiro graduated from Harvard Law School in 2007. The Daily Bruin suspended Shapiro after he complained on radio talk shows that the newspaper refused to print his column accusing Muslim student groups of supporting terrorism.
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