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Ben Shapiro

The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none. 16 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 16.
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The opening as it read in 2020

American conservative political commentator, writer and podcast host Benjamin Aaron Shapiro (born January 15, 1984) is an American conservative political commentator, public speaker , media executive, author, and attorney.1 At age 17, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States.2 He writes columns for Creators Syndicate and Newsweek , serves as editor-in-chief for The Daily Wire , which he founded, and hosts The Ben Shapiro Show , a daily political podcast and live radio show.3 An editor-at-large of Breitbart News between 2012 and 2016, he has written ten books, the first being Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth (2004) and the latest being The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great (2019). "Ben Shapiro on Instagram: "I don't post pics of my family to social media because of the nature of my work, but I just couldn't help sharing the news.4

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“antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 16. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

conservative political columnist from burbank

Now

american conservative political commentator

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  • Foreign policy 4,156 characters
  • LGBT issues 2,952 characters
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