Former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro has called Bannon "a legitimately sinister figure" and portrayed him to Business Insider as "a smarter version of Trump." (Bannon  a former Naval officer, investment banker and film producer  declined to comment. His spokeswoman wrote, without irony, "His policy is not to do media.") Shapiro predicts that Bannon and Trump, assuming a loss on Nov. 8, will stay connected in a new, alt-right media venture. "They'll turn the campaign into a news network"  perhaps even further to the right of Fox, he told me recently.