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Feb 20, 2017 · Milo Yiannopoulos finally went too far for conservatives. On Monday, he lost his book deal, and his speech at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was canceled.
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Born Milo Hanrahan on Oct. 18, 1984, to a Greek-Irish father and an English mother, Yiannopoulos grew up in Kent in Southern England. Years later, he would change his surname to Yiannopoulos in honor of his Greek grandmother. Although he is now considered a darling of the alt-right movement, which has been linked to anti-Semitism, Yiannopoulos says...
Yiannopoulos’ journalism career took off after he began working for the Daily Telegraph, where he developed an interest in tech journalism after reporting on women in computing in 2009. He also appeared in a number of broadcast news outlets and programs, including Sky News, “BBC Breakfast,” “Newsnight” and “10 O’Clock Live,” discussing topics such ...
Yiannopoulos has said he’s not interested in politics, but as his career progressed, he increasingly expressed views that aligned him with the alt-right, of which he’s described himself as a “fellow traveler.” He is said to have skewed coverage of 2014’s Gamergatecontroversy, which led to attacks, including death and rape threats, against prominent...
The year 2016 saw Yiannopoulos’ star rise exponentially. That’s in large part because he kicked off his “Dangerous F----t” college tour in late 2015, which led to protests nationwide at universities such as Rutgers, DePaul, the University of Minnesota, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California, Los Angeles. During this timeframe...
At the onset of 2017, arguably more Americans than ever had become familiar with Milo Yiannopoulos. On Jan. 20, the same day as Trump’s inauguration, Yiannopoulos spoke at the University of Washington. Violent demonstrations took place outside, with a Yiannopoulos supporter shooting a protester at the event. The gunshot resulted in life-threatening...
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Yiannopoulos will no longer speak at a US conservative conference and a book deal, reportedly worth $250,000, has been cancelled. On Tuesday he resigned from Breitbart .
Jun 29, 2018 · Five people were killed, allegedly by suspect Jarrod Ramos, days after controversial right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopolous had said, “I can’t wait for vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight.”.
Feb 28, 2017 · In short, Milo fell because he was seen as coming out as gay and was no longer queer. When Milo appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher (before the fracas erupted), the show’s host described him lovingly as a “little, impish, British fag,” and gay commentators huffed about his use of the term. But by “fag,” Maher wasn’t actually ...
Feb 22, 2017 · Adelaide Kramer was forced to live out this nightmare scenario when Milo Yiannopoulos appeared at her university in December and harassed her in front of her entire school.
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Feb 22, 2017 · Milo Yiannopoulos resigned on Tuesday from the right-wing U.S. news site Breitbart amid a storm triggered by comments in which he seems to condone pedophilia.
