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
BERKELEY, Calif. — Will Witt walked through the University of California campus doing what he does professionally, which is trolling unwitting young liberals on camera.
After some of the footage was edited in the back of an SUV in a parking lot nearby, the video headed to Prager University, a growing hub of the online right-wing media machine, where Witt is a rising star and the jokey, Ray-Ban-wearing embodiment of the site’s ambitions. Story continuesHe was frustrated, feeling lonely and at home watching videos on YouTube. The site prompted him with a bright animation made by PragerU. He can’t remember the first video he saw. Maybe railing against feminism, he said.
“We find more of them are open to hearing an alternative voice than many of their elders,” Prager wrote in an email. “Many suspect they have been given only one view and suspect that view may often be absurd.” On PragerU’s website, there is little differentiation between its video presenters. So the late Pulitzer-prize winning Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer appears on the same page as Michelle Malkin, the commentator who has defended overtly racist elements of the right. There’s Bret Stephens, The New York Times op-ed columnist; Tucker Carlson, the Fox News host; George Will, the anti-Trump conservative commentator; and Nigel Farage, the Brexit Party leader.
“We released a video and had 35,000 views,” Streit said, “and I still remember Allen looked over to Dennis and said, ‘Can you imagine a classroom of 35,000 people?’” He carefully threaded the needle for listeners as he made the argument for Trump as a values leader. There are two types of values, micro and macro, he argued. One seems to do with the minutiae of one’s life ; the other, he said, is more important and relates to the general effect of one’s life.
Prager’s desk is stacked with items including a refrigerated lunchbox, open and showing a slice of lemon cake, but he cannot eat it. He often fasts 20 hours a day. His back is bad, and he is in considerable physical pain as he moves through the world. The office is typical millennial chic, full of midcentury modern sofas, standing desks and just a few hints at what’s made there, including a portrait of Ronald Reagan.
“I feel somewhat sorry for millennials,” said Estrin. “They truly were indoctrinated. Now kids have access to a different point of view. It’s as close as their computer or their phone.” Leaders in the Prager universe describe the current landscape like this: Young people in the U.S. today are being told that they need to learn to “check your privilege” — a phrase popularized by progressives. They are taught the bad parts of American history before the good parts.
In PragerU’s corner is Zach Vorhies, a former YouTube employee turned whistleblower who said liberal employees at YouTube had the ability to censor conservative content creators.
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