{"id":1505455,"date":"2022-06-06T13:49:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505455"},"modified":"2022-06-06T13:49:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:49:29","slug":"msnbc-guest-former-obama-advisor-claims-the-daily-wires-popularity-is-a-problem-for-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-guest-former-obama-advisor-claims-the-daily-wires-popularity-is-a-problem-for-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC Guest, Former Obama Advisor Claims The Daily Wire\u2019s Popularity Is A \u2018Problem For Democracy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmsnbc-guest-former-obama-advisor-claims-the-daily-wires-popularity-is-a-problem-for-democracy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505455&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>If you are reading this, then you are partaking in a threat to American democracy \u2014 at least according to President Barack Obama\u2019s former senior advisor and MSNBC guest Dan Pfeiffer.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Pfeiffer told MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that the popularity of Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens, and The Daily Wire is a danger. Scarborough wondered why the government can\u2019t simply pass regulations to prevent so-called misinformation from conservatives on social media platforms. Pfeiffer responded by alleging that Big Tech\u2019s algorithms are often beneficial to influencers on the right of the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you go to Facebook on a daily basis, the posts with the most engagement are from Ben Shapiro, Dan Bongino, and Candace Owens. It is right-wing media content. It dwarfs progressive content. It dwarfs mainstream media content \u2014 which is actually, should be the part that should scare us the most, that Ben Shapiro\u2019s Daily Wire\u00a0has more followers and engagement \u2014 many times more \u2014 than the New York Times or CNN. That is a problem for democracy,\u201d Pfeiffer explained while calling social media platforms the \u201ctobacco companies of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danpfeiffer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danpfeiffer<\/a> on MSNBC: &#8220;If you go to Facebook on a daily basis\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@benshapiro<\/a>&#8216;s Daily Wire has more followers and engagement, many times more than the New York Times or CNN. That is a problem for democracy.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WYraWGfp8C\">pic.twitter.com\/WYraWGfp8C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1533836998745763842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brzezinski then interjected by asking, \u201cSo are you saying, that like, the Republican agenda is backed up by the freaks on Facebook and so they don\u2019t want to do anything about it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely,\u201d Pfeiffer claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be very clear is that Facebook is the most powerful messaging platform for the extreme MAGA message. That benefits the Republicans,\u201d Pfeiffer added. \u201cThey like to cry about Facebook and Big Tech, and then they just laugh their way to the bank when Facebook just pushes their message, including the Big Lie,\u201d all across the country, he alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Pfeiffer also bemoaned that \u201cright-wing media is much more powerful\u201d than when he worked for Obama. Scarborough, too, shook his head in disgust while Brzezinski compared conservative news outlets to cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Pfeiffer also said that media companies have to \u201crethink how they deal with people who lie for a living,\u201d which he implied is only coming from one side of the political aisle.<\/p>\n<p>The clips can be seen here:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pfeiffer: &#8220;If you go to Facebook on a daily basis, the posts with the most engagement are from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@benshapiro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dbongino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dbongino<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealCandaceO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealCandaceO<\/a> \u2026 it should scare us the most that Ben Shapiro\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDailyWire<\/a> has more followers than the NYT or CNN. That is a problem for democracy.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wuYLluaWLm\">pic.twitter.com\/wuYLluaWLm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1533808585834119170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In reaction to Pfeiffer\u2019s comments, The Daily Wire\u2019s co-CEO and \u201cgod-king\u201d Jeremy Boreing responded, \u201cTo be fair, who doesn\u2019t have more engagement than CNN? But please tell me how the network that paid a sitting governor\u2019s brother to report on him is not a threat to democracy, but Daily Wire is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To be fair, who doesn\u2019t have more engagement than CNN?<\/p>\n<p>But please tell me how the network that paid a sitting governor\u2019s brother to report on him is not a threat to democracy, but Daily Wire is. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5zhwDpqpqL\">https:\/\/t.co\/5zhwDpqpqL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyDBoreing\/status\/1533847223003496449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s Michael Knowles provided his audience with a translation of Pfeiffer\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTranslation: \u2018Nooooo! The Daily Wire is popular!!! Noooo!!!! \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d,&#8217;\u201d Knowles tweeted while adding, \u201cBy \u2018Democracy,\u201d @danpfeiffer of course means \u2018us libs.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Translation: &#8220;Nooooo! The Daily Wire is popular!!! Noooo!!!! \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(By &#8220;democracy,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danpfeiffer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danpfeiffer<\/a> of course means &#8220;us libs.&#8221;) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5J6y9HwbeZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/5J6y9HwbeZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Knowles \ud83d\udc04\ud83e\uddc0\ud83e\udd5b\ud83e\uddc8 (@michaeljknowles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles\/status\/1533845867702239235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s Twitter account also had some fun with the segment:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The horror <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ex7hHKxsv9\">pic.twitter.com\/ex7hHKxsv9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1533848170672934913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are reading this, then you are partaking in a threat to American democracy \u2014 at least according to President Barack Obama\u2019s former senior advisor and MSNBC guest Dan Pfeiffer. On Monday, Pfeiffer told MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that the popularity of Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens, and The Daily Wire is a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1505501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1505455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1505455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1505501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1505455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1505455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1505455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}