Wait, who claims that Milo Yiannopoulos is The Leader Of The Alt-Right? He’s a journalist and professional shit-stirrer who associates with the alt-right, that’s all.
Interesting. Most of those (including some with the word “leader” in) seem perfectly consistent with what I said, and the only one calling Yiannopoulos the leader of anything is the last one which is an obvious joke from start to finish—but I agree that several of them are at any rate claiming that Yiannopoulos is at least A Leader Of The Alt-Right, which is much more defensible but still rather silly.
Wait, who claims that Milo Yiannopoulos is The Leader Of The Alt-Right? He’s a journalist and professional shit-stirrer who associates with the alt-right, that’s all.
In case anyone was curious, here is a collection of how different publishers have referred to Milo:
The New York Times: “a prominent figure in the white nationalist “alt-right.””
Bloomberg Businessweek: “the most notorious spokesman for the alt-right” and “the alt-right’s mouthpiece”
Politico: “alt-right journalist and firebrand”
USA Today: “white nationalist and alt-right poster boy” (in previous version)
news.com.au: “Alt-right star”
The Guardian: “a spokesman for the “alt-right””
BBC: “a figurehead for the alt-right”
The following publications have literally said “leader”:
Mother Jones: “Alt-Right Leader” and “alt-right lightning rod”
NPR: “a self-proclaimed leader of the movement”
ABC15 (Arizona) and also other ABC outlets: “Alt-right leader”
The Australian: “Alt-right leader”
The Hill: “alt-right leader”
CBS (Seattle): “alt-right leader” (in previous version)
You can even find the literal words “the leader of the alt-right” in that order:
Salon: “the leader of the alt-right”
I have not yet found it in titlecase (“The Leader Of The Alt-Right”) in a mainstream publication.
Interesting. Most of those (including some with the word “leader” in) seem perfectly consistent with what I said, and the only one calling Yiannopoulos the leader of anything is the last one which is an obvious joke from start to finish—but I agree that several of them are at any rate claiming that Yiannopoulos is at least A Leader Of The Alt-Right, which is much more defensible but still rather silly.
To be explicit, my primary goal was to collect empirical data on how publications introduce Milo (as opposed to contradicting you).
Milo is an agent provocateur, a professional troll, and, cough, a pain in the ass X-D