TEXAS (Yaakov M / VINnews) — A large podcasting conference has apologized to its attendees, after an “uninvited guest” showed up.
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The offensive participant was Ben Shapiro, who hosts one of the most popular shows in history, with millions of listeners.
Shapiro visited the conference where his Daily Wire website purchased a booth. He took pictures with adoring fans, and did not make any sort of ruckus.
This footage might not seem that bad, but they cut out all the blood and tears that were right outside the video frame. DW also omitted the fact that each person who took a picture with @benshapiro had to sign a contract handing over their souls. https://t.co/EbNpmnRDgy
— AG (@AGHamilton29) August 26, 2022
The Podcast Movement is extremely sorry that Shapiro committed the egregious sin of showing up.
Hi folks, we owe you an apology before sessions kick off for the day. Yesterday afternoon, Ben Shapiro briefly visited the PM22 expo area near The Daily Wire booth. Though he was not registered or expected, we take full responsibility for the harm done by his presence.
— Podcast Movement at #PM22 (@PodcastMovement) August 25, 2022
Just to clarify, no TDW representatives were scheduled to appear on panels, and Shapiro remained in the common space and did not have a badge. If you have questions, we’re here to talk. Thank you for reading, and we hope you’ll continue to join us from here on out.
— Podcast Movement at #PM22 (@PodcastMovement) August 25, 2022
“Hi folks, we owe you an apology before sessions kick off for the day,” said a tweet. “Yesterday afternoon, Ben Shapiro briefly visited the PM22 expo area near The Daily Wire booth. Though he was not registered or expected, we take full responsibility for the harm done by his presence.”
“Those of you who called this ‘unacceptable’ are right,” tweeted the account. “In 9 wonderful years growing and celebrating this medium, PM has made mistakes. The pain caused by this one will always stick with us.”
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In addition, the conference described the Daily Wire as “dangerous,” its decision to accept the company’s money “unacceptable,” and stated that “The pain caused by this one will always stick with us.”
Podcast Movement is an annual conference for podcasters and other content creators, which took place this week in Dallas, Texas.
Event coordinators did not specify what the harm was in allowing an extremely popular conservative thought leader to snap photos with his fans.
It is possible that they don’t like people whose name rhymes with “Ten Kapiro”. Or maybe they are anti-conservative.
On the other hand, Shapiro did comment on his “unruly behavior” at the event. “I was in the room and standing there breathing oxygen. That is the entire story. There was no confrontation. No one spoke to me about anything political. Some people asked for pictures and I obliged. That’s literally it.”
It is very likely that if a right-wing group apologized for an appearance by George Soros, they would be branded antisemitic. However there is a blatant double-standard, and leftists are allowed to ban politically conservative Jews without being labeled anti-Jewish.
Podcast Movement did not respond when asked whether it would apply the same standard to other conservative commentators like Sean Hannity who host popular podcasts on networks like iHeart Radio, which sponsored the convention.
What a bunch of wackos! These people need their heads examined although, I have to say they probably don’t need their heads examined because there’s nothing in them.
If, at a podcasters’ conference, at which the Daily Wire purchased a booth, the main podcaster and CEO of said company is unwelcome… I have nothing to say.
Did they really think he wasn’t going to come?
The real problem for the liberal folks upset because Ben Shapiro was in attendance is that they can’t hold a candle to that man in a debate. Ben is a smart, conservative Yid and that makes it even harder to swallow.
The Marxist left has morphed into vicious hating NAZIS, who have declared war on the rest of America.
We better acknowledge the fact that we are at war with these filthy murderous NAZI gangsters.
They must be dealt with EXACTLY as we dealt with the NAZIS 75 years ago.
You cannot negotiate or debate with rabies infected sewer rats, rats you fumigate
YAWN
this is a publicity stunt. Ben Shapiro does not belong at a woke conference and he knows it
how would we react if AOC decided make a stunt and show up at a Heimishe gathering?