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Ring-Wing Media Influencer Steve Bannon Now Heads Trump Campaign

HeadlineAug 18, 2016

Meanwhile, Steve Bannon, the chairman of the conservative outlet Breitbart News, has taken over as Donald Trump’s campaign chief. Bannon is a former Goldman Sachs executive who has built Breitbart News into a far right-wing website that regularly sparks controversy with headlines such as “Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive and Crazy” and “Trannies Whine about Hilarious Bruce Jenner Billboard.” The website regularly attacks mainstream figures of the Republican Party, such as former House Speaker John Boehner and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Bannon himself is considered to be the most influential figure in conservative media, after former Fox News chair Roger Ailes, who is also advising Donald Trump’s campaign. A 2015 profile of Bannon called him “the most dangerous political operative in America.”

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