The Economist is often regarded as a publication for intelligent people … but no intelligent person could look at this and ever take the Economist seriously ever again:

Inside the mind of Ben Shapiro, the alt-right sage without the rage https://t.co/t6mAMDt3Wm — The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 28, 2019

Ben Shapiro, Alt-Right torchbearer? Has the Economist lost its mind?

Shapiro is rightly pissed — and he’s not holding back:

.@TheEconomist, this is a vile lie. Not only am I not alt-right, I am probably their leading critic on the right. I was the number one target of their hate in 2016 online according to ADL data. I demand a retraction. https://t.co/5p2ClA0mby — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

You should be ashamed of yourselves for that garbage headline and description. To call yourselves a journalistic outlet and then botch this one so badly is astonishing. Here is me in 2016 in WaPo ripping Trump for flirting with the alt-right, e.g.: https://t.co/ZTbfswFTIT — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

Here was my podcast the day after Charlottesville in which I analyze and savage the disgusting alt-right: https://t.co/fLVBotkkNV — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

My book itself contains several pages devoted to the evil of the alt-right and white supremacy. Retract this pathetically inaccurate and defamatory nonsense now. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

Absolutely pathetic work by the Economist. Shapiro’s exactly right: They should be ashamed of themselves.

Are they repurposing the term “alt-right” to just mean “on the right”? https://t.co/46aHUwougW — Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) March 28, 2019

How does a major news magazine not know what constitutes “alt-right” in 2019? https://t.co/mudQnRLQHI — Allahpundit (@allahpundit) March 28, 2019

they DO know, which makes calling him that even worse — Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) March 28, 2019

Oh, they most definitely know.

This tweet with the “alt-right” label suggests that they didn’t get very far into @benshapiro ‘s mind—or really get to know anything about him https://t.co/pvSA6HBxmi — Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) March 28, 2019

In reality Shapiro is an important figure precisely because he waves the "fusionism still works" banner in opposition to all the various alternative rights.https://t.co/b9hUs9zSfK — Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) March 28, 2019

What an idiotic take by @TheEconomist — John Brennan will be running Trump's 2020 campaign before @benshapiro is part of the "alt-right." — Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) March 28, 2019

Disgusting, blatant lie. @benshapiro is an enemy of the alt-right. You illiterate morons. https://t.co/6lRnIsRnsX — Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) March 28, 2019

Delete this Tweet, jackasses https://t.co/rSHnxVEigq — Unfriendly Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) March 28, 2019

I don’t care what you think of @benshapiro ‘s politics. This is a disgusting smear. Ben was the top Jewish online target for the alt-right in 2016. They hate him with a passion. pic.twitter.com/4aJoXHMqE2 — (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) March 28, 2019

I don't even like Shapiro. But calling him alt-right is just so monumentally ignorant that it's important to call it out. — RBe (@RBPundit) March 28, 2019

The alt-right targeted him for more vicious harassment than any figure in the 2016 election – are the rage clicks you'll get from this really worth it? — Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) March 28, 2019

Did @TheEconomist do any actual research on @benshapiro and the vile crap he gets from the *real* alt-right? Forget I asked. Second paragraph in, the reporters write that Shapiro’s news site caters to “hyperventilating conservatives.” I think we know where this is going. — Julie Gunlock (@JGunlock) March 28, 2019

.@benshapiro is an Orthodox Jew who’s DESPISED by the alt-right. And you know this. But it’s not about that for you on the Left, now is it? Narrative over truth at all costs. The Left is truly detestable. https://t.co/naRoDhBM5J — Jeremy “Dual Loyalties” Frankel (@FrankelJeremy) March 28, 2019

Alt-right? This deserves to be ratioed into oblivion. https://t.co/1ZpzQ8jIs1 — Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) March 28, 2019

This is vile slander meant to paint @benshapiro as an extremist, simply because extreme liberals, whom @TheEconomist represents so well, can’t handle a formidable foe in public discourse! I would call for a boycott, but who the hell reads the antiquated “Economist” anyway?! https://t.co/KXpqdnQY9I — Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) March 28, 2019

Calling him alt-right is journalistic malpractice and bordering on libel. For the Economist, in other words, it’s Thursday. — Shirley Not Drew (@shodrewshirley) March 28, 2019

This is seriously messed up.

What a libelous article. @benshapiro should sue your garbage publication #FakeNews — Jeff D. Scott… (@JDS_PKP_ADV) March 28, 2019

I hope Ben sues you into bankruptcy. https://t.co/wDE4VKtK4g — Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) March 28, 2019

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Update:

Ben Shapiro wasn’t finished drop-kicking the Economist:

BTW, here is a link to the book about which @TheEconomist interviewed me — and then labeled me "alt-right." https://t.co/fEwwATDhUK — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

It contains the following descriptions of the alt-right: — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

"The racist alt-right movement" (p. xvi); — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

"In late March, the execrable Milo Yiannopoulos penned a story at Breitbart openly praising the alt-right, including odes to racist cretins like Richard Spencer." (p. xxii-xxiii) — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

"Racial solidarity among members of the intersectional coalition has also driven reverse racial solidarity from the so-called alt-right — a group of racists who have sought to promote white pride…The alt-right remains a fringe movement, but their arguments have… — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

…penetrated into more visible circles thanks to a reactionary tendency by some on the Right to embrace anyone who supposedly opposes political correctness." (p. 208) — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

In other words, if you label me alt-right, f*** you and f*** the horse you rode in on. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 28, 2019

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