Right-Wing Views (at PragerU) for Generation Z, Five Minutes at a Time

New York Times ^ | January 4, 2020 | Nellie Bowles

[karpov]

BERKELEY, Calif. — Will Witt walked through the University of California campus doing what he does professionally, which is trolling unwitting young liberals on camera.

He approached students who seemed like good targets: people with political buttons on their bags, androgynous clothing, scarves. It was safe to say that the vast majority here in the heart of progressive culture would be liberal. Mr. Witt, whose bouffant and confident smile make him look like a high school jock from central casting, told the students that he had a question for them. If they agreed to answer, and they usually did, the game was on.

“How many genders are there?” Mr. Witt asked before turning and staring deadpan at the camera. Some people laughed and walked away. Most, knowing the camera was rolling, engaged.

“As many as you want?” a recent Ph.D. student responded, a little confused to be confronted with this question.

After some of the footage was edited in the back of an S.U.V. in a parking lot nearby, the video headed to Prager University, a growing hub of the online right-wing media machine, where Mr. Witt is a rising star and the jokey, Ray-Ban-wearing embodiment of the site’s ambitions.

Last year PragerU videos racked up more than one billion views, the company said. The Prager empire now has a fleet of 6,500 high school and college student promoters, known as the PragerForce, who host on-campus meetings and gather at least once a year for conventions. And this year, the company is expanding its scope. PragerU executives are signing stars of the young new right to host made-for-the-internet shows to fuel 2020 content, including a book club and a show geared to Hispanics called Americanos.

[redinIllinois]

Great video!!

Thanks for posting...

[Clioman]

“Just jealousy by the NY Slimes Prager has actual ideas while the slimes lies.”

More to the point, Prager is getting a lot more clicks than the NYT in a critical demographic. It’s like telling a “journalist” to learn to code.

[Yaelle]

Until PragerU came along, some of the biggest platforms for young conservatives looking for content were Fox News and online message boards, where fringe conspiracy theorists reign.”

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So they are saying “what we believe is correct. Any other opinion is not ok to even have.”

[yesthatjallen]

Read the comments at the NYT.

They actually believe anything that doesn't fit the liberal agenda is propaganda.

They believe liberals have to counter these videos with 'facts' when these fact based videos are actually exposing the false narratives liberals profess.