Steven Crowder And Ben Shapiro Arguing Over $50-Million Daily Wire Contract Stirs Up Debates And Annoys Onlookers
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Steven Crowder, as part of his self-styled “free agency” period in which his podcast Louder With Crowder is not affiliated with a larger organization, recently scoffed at and publicly shamed an offer he received to have his show go under another organization, one that was later revealed to be The Daily Wire.
Ben Shapiro, a co-founder of Daily Wire, seemingly took offense to Steven’s public comments about the contract, especially the words Crowder used to equate the contract to “slavery.” Over the last 24 hours, the controversy surrounding all of this has since stirred up tons of discussions and debates online.
In particular, the term “slavery” being used despite the contract being for a whopping $50 million over a four-year period has angered a lot of people online, with many seeing this as a “no-brainer” deal and others shaming both parties for this public fighting.
Naturally, when something happens between two big-name people or organizations, there are sides that are picked for their own objective reasons. As such, some are picking Shapiro’s side in the viral debate because of his history of supporting Crowder in the past, as well as saying that $50 million and the language of the contract were fair.
Others, however, are supporting Crowder against Shapiro for stating that Crowder’s points on the contract equating to an expanded overreach of “big tech censorship” is something that should be stood against in all forms. Also being pushed into the mix through anecdote is Alex Jones, who purportedly was less controlling over the content and performance of who he gave money to than Shapiro is.
Aside from those personally involved in the highly publicized contract battle or offering their takes, many appeared to be simply annoyed or dismissive about the whole debacle, as well as others finding it fodder for memes and jokes.
As the controversy ensues, fellow podcaster Elijah Schaffer shared one take on the issue that is at least unlikely to lead to getting dragged on social media for picking the wrong side, which is to simply say, “Thanks Obama.”