{"id":626793,"date":"2021-08-09T17:22:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=626793"},"modified":"2021-08-09T17:22:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T21:22:14","slug":"malcom-nance-suggests-bots-behind-twitter-praise-for-ben-shapiro-real-time-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/malcom-nance-suggests-bots-behind-twitter-praise-for-ben-shapiro-real-time-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcom Nance Suggests \u2018Bots\u2019 Behind Twitter Praise For Ben Shapiro \u2018Real Time\u2019 Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fmalcom-nance-suggests-bots-behind-twitter-praise-for-ben-shapiro-real-time-appearance%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=626793&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1187644751.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>MSNBC contributor Malcolm Nance, who went toe-to-toe with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher\u201d on Friday, suggested on Twitter that an army of \u201cbots\u201d were responsible for the effusive praise Shapiro received on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Nance and Shapiro argued over which party better embraced \u201cauthoritarianism,\u201d and Nance was set back on his heels briefly when Shapiro masterfully outlined Critical Race Theory in just over 60 seconds, ultimately using Nance\u2019s own success as proof that \u201cmeritocracy\u201d as a concept is not wholly without merit itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou seem to be a pretty good beneficiary of the meritocracy because you have merit,\u201d Shapiro noted. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to criticize the meritocracy as an outgrowth of white supremacy, then you\u2019re going to have to tear down the system \u2026 you\u2019ve succeeded in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro\u2019s performance was well-received, and near the end of Friday evening, the top several results on \u201cBen Shapiro\u201d the trending topic on Twitter, were positive.<\/p>\n<p>The development led Nance to suggest on Twitter that Shapiro or his allies had deployed an army of \u201cbots\u201d &nbsp;to promote Shapiro\u2019s performance as impressive and unifying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen a hundred of these \u2018I don\u2019t like Shapiro but\u2026\u2019 bot tweets Tonight,\u201d Nance wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have ZERO fake accounts hating on me but then praising my \u2018performance,&#8217;\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/malcolm-nance-bot-tweets-ben-shapiro-praise-bill-maher-clash-1617161?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1628333689\">As Newsweek, who first spotted Nance\u2019s explanation<\/a>, noted, \u201cBot accounts are automated Twitter accounts that are not operated by real people and which have been deployed for political messaging purposes in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek then appeared to dismantle Nance\u2019s theory:&nbsp;\u201cHowever, the account Nance pointed to may not be a bot,\u201d it noted, adding that \u201cthe account Nance referred to did not appear to engage in obviously automated activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro\u2019s performance seemed to receive largely universal praise from conservatives, who zeroed in on Shapiro\u2019s CRT explanation as definitive. Shapiro also focused on the Critical Race Theory issue \u2014 as well as the authoritarian nature of the left \u2014 in his own statement, released after his appearance aired.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.845070422535\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BenShapiro<\/a> following his commanding performance on Real Time with Bill Maher tonight:<\/p>\n<p>The Left plays semantic games with critical race theory &#8220;because when advocated for CRT are confronted with the overt racism of the program, they can&#8217;t defend it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y9Mh7O8x0H\">pic.twitter.com\/Y9Mh7O8x0H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiancarloSopo\/status\/1423858691414003726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTonight, Americans will see the reason the Left plays semantic games when it comes to Critical Race theory: because when advocates for CRT are confronted with the overt racism of the program, they can\u2019t defend it,\u201d Shapiro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re going to talk about authoritarianism, we must look at who holds institutional power. The simple fact is that the Left controls the commanding heights of our media, social media, corporate world, scientific institutions and bureaucracy \u2014 as well as the House, Senate, and presidency \u2014 at least for now,\u201d Shapiro continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans feel the danger of creeping authoritarianism each and every day, from evidence-free mask mandates to social media crackdowns on dissent to admittedly unconstitutional edicts from the White House,\u201d Shapiro concluded. \u201cAs I made clear tonight on Bill Maher\u2019s show, if the Democrats think their authoritarianism won\u2019t hurt them politically, they\u2019re going to be shocked by next year\u2019s midterm results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSNBC contributor Malcolm Nance, who went toe-to-toe with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher\u201d on Friday, suggested on Twitter that an army of \u201cbots\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-626793","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\/626793","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}