Ryan Saavedra

Ryan Saavedra is a writer for The Daily Wire.[1] He has been described as influential on Facebook and Twitter.[2]

Career

In early 2017, he wrote for far-right conspiracy website The Gateway Pundit. Later in 2017, he became editor and writer for Breitbart News.[3][4] While at Breitbart News, he focused primarily on stories about crimes by Latino immigrants,[2] and also promoted Murder of Seth Rich conspiracy theories.[2]

In 2017, after a London terrorist attack by Islamist terrorists, he wrote, "People think I’m kidding when I say this but the crusades need to come back."[3][4] He left Breitbart News shortly thereafter.[2]

Later in 2017, he became contributor to both The Daily Caller and The Daily Wire.[2] He was accused of plagiarism (posting slightly altered versions of the same stories to both websites) and left The Daily Caller shortly thereafter.[2] He has subsequently been accused by other conservative writers of plagiarizing both tweets and stories.[2]

He falsely claimed in 2018 that Parkland shooting survivor and gun control activist David Hogg used a Nazi salute, and has published misleadingly edited videos to suggest former Attorney General Eric Holder and former Vice President Joe Biden supported the use of violence in politics.[2]

References
  1. "A 9/11 anniversary cartoon from Roll Call sparks a divisive reaction". The Washington Post. 2018.
  2. "Ryan Saavedra's Twitter-Fueled Rise in Conservative Media". Mediaite. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  3. "Breitbart editor says she was fired for inflammatory tweet about Muslims after London attack". The Washington Post. 2019.
  4. Darcy, Oliver (2017-06-05). "Breitbart writer out after inflammatory tweets following London attack". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
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