Candace Owens On WARPATH After Leaked Emails Reveal Firing
Summary
TLDRThe transcript discusses the departure of Candace Owens from The Daily Wire, with Ben Shapiro explaining the distinction between a publisher and a platform. He argues that The Daily Wire, as a publisher, has the right to make editorial decisions, including parting ways with hosts whose views fall outside their Overton window. The conversation highlights the hypocrisy in the free speech debate, particularly when it comes to discussing Israel and Palestine. It also touches on the reaction to other media figures and organizations, emphasizing the importance of true commitment to free speech across all topics.
Takeaways
- ð€ Candace Owens and Ben Shapiro allegedly agreed not to speak about the circumstances of her departure from The Daily Wire.
- ð£ïž Shapiro explained the distinction between a publisher like The Daily Wire and a platform, emphasizing the publisher's right to make editorial decisions.
- ð« The Daily Wire has an 'Overton window' which defines the range of acceptable opinions within the organization.
- ð There is a perceived hypocrisy in the defense of free speech, as some topics like Israel are considered off-limits for discussion, despite advocating for a broader range of speech.
- ð€ The situation raises questions about the commitment to free speech principles, especially when it comes to contentious issues like the Israel-Palestine conflict.
- ð¢ Candace Owens' departure has sparked a public conversation about the limits of free speech within media organizations that claim to support it.
- ðŒ The Daily Wire's stance on hiring and the 'Overton window' was highlighted by the organization's CEO, Jeremy Boreing, in an internal town hall meeting.
- ð± An email sent to Daily Wire employees during the town hall meeting prohibited cell phones and limited attendance to full-time staff, indicating a controlled narrative.
- ð§ The script suggests that the departure of Owens might be related to her critical stance on Israel, which is a sensitive topic within the organization.
- ð€š The incident reflects a broader issue within media organizations about the selective application of free speech principles based on ideological convenience.
Q & A
What is the main issue discussed in the transcript?
-The main issue discussed in the transcript is the departure of Candace Owens from The Daily Wire, the reasons behind it, and the implications it has on the concepts of free speech and the Overton window within media organizations.
What is the Overton window?
-The Overton window refers to the range of ideas and opinions that are considered acceptable or mainstream within public discourse. It is named after Joseph P. Overton, a former vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, who coined the term.
How does Ben Shapiro differentiate between a publisher and a platform?
-Ben Shapiro differentiates a publisher from a platform by stating that a platform should allow a broad range of speech, including opinions that may not align with the creators' beliefs. In contrast, a publisher, like The Daily Wire, can choose to subsidize particular opinions and does not have a moral obligation to pay for or promote views that fall outside their Overton window.
What was the alleged reason for Candace Owens' departure from The Daily Wire?
-The alleged reason for Candace Owens' departure from The Daily Wire is a non-meeting of the minds, specifically related to her views on Israel and the situation in Gaza, which were seen as falling outside the Overton window of the organization.
How does the speaker in the transcript criticize the handling of the situation by The Daily Wire?
-The speaker criticizes The Daily Wire for being hypocritical in their stance on free speech, especially when it comes to the issue of Israel. They accuse the organization of selectively applying the principles of the Overton window and silencing views that do not align with their own, which contradicts their self-proclaimed commitment to free speech.
What is the significance of the email sent to employees at The Daily Wire mentioned in the transcript?
-The email sent to employees at The Daily Wire is significant because it allegedly shows an attempt by the organization's leadership to justify Candace Owens' departure by smearing her as an anti-Semite in front of their staff. This is seen as evidence of the organization's internal handling of the situation and their efforts to control the narrative.
What is the speaker's stance on the Overton window?
-The speaker is critical of the Overton window concept, arguing that they do not believe in it and that people should be able to express any opinion, even the most extreme ones. They believe that this openness allows for the emergence of truth and is beneficial to society.
How does the speaker connect the situation with Candace Owens to broader issues of free speech?
-The speaker connects the situation with Candace Owens to broader issues of free speech by highlighting the selective application of free speech principles by various media organizations. They argue that true commitment to free speech should extend to all viewpoints, especially on contentious issues like the situation in Israel and Gaza.
What is the speaker's view on the role of media organizations in relation to free speech?
-The speaker argues that media organizations, if they claim to be committed to free speech, should allow for a wide range of viewpoints and not censor based on ideological convenience. They criticize organizations that practice censorship and propagate certain narratives while suppressing others.
What does the speaker suggest as an alternative to mainstream media organizations?
-The speaker suggests the development of independent media organizations that are subscriber-funded as an alternative to mainstream media organizations. They believe that such organizations can provide a platform for a diversity of opinions and uphold the principles of free speech more consistently.
How does the speaker describe the importance of the situation involving Candace Owens?
-The speaker describes the situation involving Candace Owens as revealing and significant because it highlights the hypocrisy and inconsistency in the application of free speech principles by certain media figures and organizations. They argue that it underscores the importance of truly upholding free speech, even when it comes to controversial topics.
Outlines
ð€ Candace Owens' Departure from The Daily Wire
This paragraph discusses the departure of Candace Owens from The Daily Wire and the subsequent non-disparagement agreement between her and Ben Shapiro. It highlights the distinction between a publisher and a platform, with Shapiro arguing that The Daily Wire, as a publisher, has the right to make editorial decisions and does not have a moral obligation to pay a host whose views may fall outside the company's Overton window. The paragraph also touches on the perceived hypocrisy in how The Daily Wire and other organizations handle controversial figures and viewpoints, particularly when it comes to discussions about Israel and abortion.
ð£ïž Free Speech and the Overton Window
This paragraph delves into the concept of the Overton window and how it relates to free speech within media organizations. It critiques the selective application of the Overton window by organizations like The Daily Wire, which claims to support free speech but enforces boundaries when it comes to certain topics, such as Israel and abortion. The summary also mentions other instances where media figures have faced consequences for crossing these unspoken lines, and it challenges the notion of a free speech organization that profits from promoting certain viewpoints while suppressing others.
ð¢ The Role of Media in Shaping Public Discourse
The final paragraph addresses the role of media organizations in shaping public discourse and the responsibility they bear in presenting facts. It criticizes The Daily Wire's handling of the situation with Candace Owens and argues that by not allowing discussion of certain facts, such as the situation in Gaza, they are not fulfilling their duty as a news organization. The paragraph calls for transparency and honesty from media outlets, especially those that claim to champion free speech, and it encourages the audience to support independent media that strives for genuine journalistic integrity.
Mindmap
Keywords
ð¡Candace Owens
ð¡Ben Shapiro
ð¡The Daily Wire
ð¡Overton window
ð¡Free speech
ð¡Hypocritical
ð¡Israel
ð¡Platform vs. Publisher
ð¡Jeremy Boreing
ð¡Censorship
ð¡Media bias
Highlights
The departure of Candace Owens from The Daily Wire, with an alleged agreement not to speak about it publicly.
Ben Shapiro's explanation on the difference between a publisher and a platform, emphasizing The Daily Wire's stance as a publisher with an Overton window.
Shapiro's argument that The Daily Wire has no moral obligation to pay a host who holds views outside their Overton window, such as being staunchly pro-abortion.
The public fallout and discussions surrounding Candace Owens' departure, indicating a non-meeting of the minds.
Comparison to NBC News' decision on R McDaniel, highlighting a perceived double standard in media organizations' handling of controversial figures.
Critique of the right's response to the narrowing of the Overton window and the call for its complete explosion.
The hypocrisy in The Daily Wire's stance on free speech, particularly when it comes to views on Israel.
The revelation that Candace Owens was hired with full knowledge of her controversial views, except when it came to Israel.
Jeremy Boreing's reported stance on never hiring anyone who claims a genocide in Gaza is happening, indicating a potential double standard.
The concept of the Overton window and how it is used to justify firing or not hiring individuals based on their views.
Candace Owens' critique of Israel and the genocide narrative, which seems to be the tipping point for her departure from The Daily Wire.
The behind-the-scenes account of the impromptu town hall meeting at The Daily Wire, where employees were told not to bring cell phones and independent contractors were excluded.
Candace Owens' public response to Ben Shapiro, pointing out the contradiction in his public statements about not discussing the issue.
The discussion on the importance of free speech, especially in the context of Israel and Palestine, and the impact on careers and societal discourse.
The critique of media organizations that claim to support free speech but practice censorship when it comes to certain topics.
The call for honesty and transparency in media organizations' stance on free speech and their commitment to journalistic integrity.
The promotion of independent media organizations as a counter to mainstream media, funded by subscribers and aiming to replace failing media structures.
Transcripts
there's been some updates um on the
firing or I guess departure of Candace
Owens uh Ben Shapiro and Candace
allegedly apparently agreed not to speak
about it and yet uh in some recent
interviews Shapiro has been shedding
some light into his thinking as to why
it was not hypocritical to fire or at
least have Candace Owens depart his
organization the daily wire here's what
he had to say in an interview with Dave
ruin the difference between a publisher
like the daily wire and a platform like
locals is obviously that a platform
should have a very broad range of speech
that it allows including speech that
maybe even the creators don't believe is
inside what they would consider to be
the Overton window it's a very different
thing then direct subsidization of
particular opinions so the daily wire
would not have a host would not pay a
host who was staunchly pro-abortion it
have no obligation to Bay a host who is
staunchly pro-abortion and so when it
comes to the host on The Daily wire
obviously everyone was able to say what
they want nobody ever comes to me and
says you can't say x nobody ever says
that to Wal no one ever said that to C
do but the reality is that there is an
Overton window at the daily wire
obviously there was a non- meeting of
the minds that's pretty much all I can
say on this uh and you know a lot of
this has happened publicly uh but you
know to the extent that that the daily
wire is in fact not a publisher it is a
PL that is in fact not a platform it is
a publisher that means that there is no
moral obligation for the daily and
there's no free speech problem with the
daily wir saying we don't wish to pay a
particular host or that host saying I
don't wish to work here anymore because
again there's a parting of the ways that
I'm that you know is not really open for
discussion at this point this week NBC
News deciding that ra McDaniel was too
much for them R McDaniel can't work in
NBC News the sacred Halls of NBC News
must not be sullied by the former head
of the RNC Jens sakei however can have a
show on MSNBC despite being the press
secretary for the White House 5 seconds
ago right the the the right's response
to that is I think correct to say you
guys have shut the Overton window too
tight but I think some elements of the
right have basically said there is no
Overton window the Overton window should
be completely exploded so the defense
that he just gave there is the exact
defense of Facebook Twitter and Google
Crystal every single time that they take
somebody down we are not a platform or
we are a publisher and Publishers get to
make editorial decisions and yet when it
was flipped around that we commonly
understand that that is a form of
censorship it is obviously a term which
is difficult to update to our modern
laws but we can at least
understand that there are speech within
Overton window of which Shapiro has long
advocated include him but now is saying
and she can't and shant include others
it seems that with Candice you know the
other thing is hypocritical too when he
was talking about abortion is they hired
her with full well knowledge of who she
was how she is and of her hero her
willingness to say and whatever they
want and they were happy with it for
everything except whenever it came
towards Israel and that's the other
thing too is I believe believe Jeremy
boring who is the CEO of the
organization the daily wire had said for
example he would never hire anybody um
who said that the quote there was a
genocide that was happening in Gaza so
it's like you have two lines at the at
the wire you have abortion I mean I that
one's understandable to me given the
history of the organization but now it's
Israel and it's like oh hold on a sec I
thought this was an organization that
covered American politics and was
talking about American Free Speech but
here is just a little bit too much for
Mr for Mr Shapiro well how I love how
suddenly we're getting very nuanced
we're getting very parsey about this uh
whole Free Speech conversation and the
comments about Ron MCD I mean he's
really got to work to try to justify
that one because it's very plain to see
all right well if you know you think
it's Justified to fire Candace because
her views fall outside of your quote
unquote Overton window then don't
complain when NBC News fires Ron
McDaniel don't complain when a backlash
over a Tom Cotton upad in the New York
Times they're a publisher exactly
perhaps this was outside of their
Overton window so it shouldn't be
published don't complain I mean it's
just so clear that the moment it came to
this issue that very core for him
suddenly everything he had said in the
past is gone and he's got to find 15
different ways to try to justify it
Nuance it craft this response to try to
hide the fact that he has done a 180
when it comes to free speech and just to
pick up on what you were saying about
they knew who Candace was she they were
fine and and this question also over
whether it was you know she was fired
for genuinely anti-semitic comments
which I think some of her comments you
can say were fall in the category of
genuinely anti-semitic in my personal
opinion or whether it was over her
position with regards to Israel and I
think it's very clear because prior to
getting hired by the daily wire she had
said that thing about if Hitler just
wanted to make Germany great and have
things run well okay fine that was no
problem for the daily wire she had
defended Kanye even he's out there
literally saying I love Hitler that was
fine no problem but the minute that she
has a critique of Israel and is willing
to say we are watching a genocide unfold
no that's the line and there was there
were a couple other things that were
really interesting as well because Sager
he said that thing oh we didn't tell
anybody they can't they can't we didn't
never told Canada she can't say anything
yeah well most of these news
organizations MSNBC CNN Fox News they're
not overtly telling their staff you
can't say this about Trump or you must
say this about Trump but everybody knows
what that quote unquote Overton window
is Candace knew where the Overton window
was she just wasn't willing to abide by
those rules and strictures and so just
like at CNN with Mark Lamont Hill or
MSNBC with medy Hassan when they went
outside of where they knew the lines
were they're gone so you're just like
them that's the bottom line you're just
like them don't pretend like you're yeah
you're you exactly and that's the other
thing is you need to understand that the
what if you are going to position
yourself and make million not even
Millions hundreds of millions of dollars
as a free speech organization whose
entire Purpose By the way is to blow up
the Overton window and you know what in
a certain sense part of what I despise
the most about that was he's like well
we need to have some Overton window I'm
like oh now we need to have some Overton
window um I'm like by the way I don't
even believe in it I think people should
be able to say anything even the
craziest because in general that's
how a lot of Truth can emerge you really
have no idea in the actual moment and I
think that's actually very good for
society but now all of a sudden he does
believe in uh you know where things
should be and it's like well you don't
see the hypocrisy on how that's used
against you on transgenderism or any
race and all these other issues that
these guys have made whole career years
you know speaking out against here they
are lock step with Jonathan greenblat
and all of them over at the ADL who they
have criticized a million times so in
the words of Glenn green weld that is
what makes me absolutely sick there's
also some uh uh evidence too about how
this all went down behind the scenes
let's go and put this up there on the
screen this account censored men don't
know who this gentleman or who this
woman is but uh been doing some great
work they have actually put out this was
the email sent to employees at the daily
wire informing them of the impromptu
Town Hall that br Jeremy boring had
organized employees were told not to
bring their cell phones to the meeting
independent contractors would not be
allowed to attend at the Town Hall daily
wire leadership attempted to smear Owens
as an anti-semite in front of their
employees to justify their hiring and
you can see the evidence of that town
hall which is very clearly increased uh
included there for the emails that were
sent to their entire staff let's go to
the next part here please because you
can see too Candace is saying quote Ben
we agreed not to talk about this but you
are very much going on a public right
now pretending not to talk about it
while you were very much talking about
it would you like me to do the same part
of the reason Crystal at Candace is so
dangerous is that her husband is a son
of a billionaire and so uh let's just
say she is not hurting for cash and she
truly is she has if there is such a
thing as fbu money she's got it so good
for her I hope she continues yeah I mean
it's it's a very revealing situation and
and part of why is so important is
because there's always been this
incredible BL spot on the right even at
the peak of their supposed Free Speech
commitment when it comes to Israel and
Palestine and the number of people this
is like the number one issue that will
get you cancelled careers ruined and you
have this whole like war path against
students at Harvard led by Bill Amman to
try to destroy their career prospects
for the entire rest of their lives for
participating in protests and doing
rally chants that he found to be
objectionable like if you actually
consistently care about Free Speech you
have to care about Free Speech when it
comes to this issue no matter what you
think about Israel and Gaza and Hamas
and what's happening right now because
it is about that principle of free
speech and so it is you know it's sort
of it's sort of perfect that it comes
down to Candace stepping out on the line
on a line when it comes to Israel that
that's what it comes down to and not
just Ben Shapiro but so many others on
the right including Dave ruin really
showing their ass when it comes to their
actual commitment to free speech which
is only comes into play when it is
people in speech that they find to be
ideologically convenient for themselves
and you know I actually want to uh
recall the comments that Rogan made in
the context of Candace getting fired and
you know you you brought up abortion Ben
said listen you know we would never hire
someone who's Pro abortion here okay
fair enough that is a a moral position a
philosophical moral position on a
political Spectrum Rogan's point was
basically you know whether you want to
use the term genocide or not you have to
be able to deal with the facts of what
is happening here which are not that's
not an opinion right that's facts in
reality so I would even put this issue
outside of you know a sort of like
political sphere of debate because
clearly you aren't even at the the daily
wire you aren't even allowed to really
discuss the fact of what's unfolding
you're certainly not allowed to call it
a genocide when you have you know you
special rapur you have the icj saying
it's plausible you have numerous human
rights organizations saying this so if
if you can't even speak to the just the
facts and reality of what's Happening
then you can't really call yourself a
news organization and no I don't think
that that's an appropriate quote unquote
Overton window to have where you as a
condition of working there you have to
deny reality that's unfolding in front
of you that's that's insane and like I
said you can't call yourself a newed
organization there you're just a
propaganda outlet and that's that yeah
and that's fine you know be honest about
that but don't be raising hundreds of or
you know asking people Shilling asking
for hundreds of millions of dollars and
buying Jeremy's razors and chocolates
and all the other things that these
people have done to position themselves
is outside of this spefic specifically
the job of trying to crack the so-called
mainstream and to expand the Overton
window correctly in my opinion include
some of the viewpoints that they have
over there and then experience and
partake in the exact same censorship
tactics that they did whenever you were
speaking out so I think it's really
really disgusting I also refer people to
Glenn Greenwell's commentary on the
subject it was absolutely fantastic hey
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