Benjamin Fearnow

Media Reporter
Benjamin Fearnow is a reporter based out of Newsweek's New York City offices. He was previously at Abrams Media, CBS Local, International Business Times and worked as a Trending News curator at Facebook. Fearnow has pieces published in The Atlantic as well as stories published about him in Wired and The New York Times. He attended the Columbia University School of Journalism after graduating from Indiana University.
                                    
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Climate Change Denier Defends CO2 Emissions: Carbon Is Not PollutionA former Republican aide who rejects the scientific community's consensus on climate change said carbon dioxide is not pollution, dredging up a decades-old defense of CO2 emissions in order to write off Beto O'Rourke's newly announced climate plan.

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Trump 2020 Aide Says Americans Feel Economic GainsPresident Donald Trump's 2020 press secretary and a former Obama strategist squared off on Fox News over a Biden and Trump matchup.

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Judge Andrew Napolitano Responds to Trump SCOTUS TweetFormer New Jersey Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano, a longtime Fox News analyst, responded to President Donald Trump's Saturday tweet trashing him for his critical coverage of the Mueller report.

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O'Rourke: 'Is Fox News an Arm of the Republican Party?'The 2020 Democratic primary made his comments as President Donald Trump hit back at those on Fox News who criticize his administration.

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Lindsey Graham: Russian Hacking Worse Than Kushner SaysSouth Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said that while President Trump did nothing wrong in regards to 2016 election interference, he still believes the Russian meddling "is a big deal" worthy of increased sanctions.

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Watch: Kamala Harris, Aide Calmly Shut Down ProvocateurCalifornia Sen. Kamala Harris and an aide managed to calmly shut down an attempt at confrontation by a Turning Point USA staffer who accused the 2020 Democratic candidate of "exploiting" migrant women and children for votes.

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Fox & Friends Panel Ties Ilhan Omar to US Anti-SemitismA Sunday "Fox & Friends" segment dubbed "Religion Under Attack" tied Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's use of so-called anti-Semitic stereotypes to a rise in anti-Jewish attacks in the U.S.

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Fox News Cuts Off Guest Tying Anti-Semitism to TrumpFox News abruptly cut off a guest and went to commercial as he suggested Saturday's San Diego-area synagogue shooting and a rise in U.S. anti-Semitism was tied to Trump's election and the president's failure to condemn the 2017 Charlottesville rallies.

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San Diego Synagogue Shooting: What We KnowAt least one person was shot and several injured after a gunman entered the Chabad of Poway synagogue north of San Diego Saturday.

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NYT Apologizes For 'Offensive' Netanyahu, Trump CartoonThe New York Times ran a cartoon in its international edition many labeled anti-Semitic, showing the Star of David-adorned Israeli prime minister as a weiner dog leading around President Donald Trump dressed in a black suit and skullcap.

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CNN Guest Addresses White Men Leading Democratic Polls"We look at any white man and think they too can lead and forget there are systemic reasons why white men are the people in power," CNN guest Sayu Bhojwani remarked.

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Marco Rubio: China 'Trying to Fool the World Again'Marco Rubio penned a withering critique of China's "zero-sum game" strategies, warning of its plans to replace the U.S. as the most powerful nation on earth.

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Lara Trump: Germany Allowing Refugees Led To 'Downfall'First daughter-in-law and 2020 Donald Trump campaign adviser Lara Trump said Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel allowing in refugees is one of "the worst things that has ever happened to Germany."

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Biden's Gaffes Don't Matter Compared With Trump: MSNBCThe panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" agreed that all of Joe Biden's past gaffes and mistakes don't matter now that Donald Trump is president.

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Florida GOP Chair Has Faces of Criminal Illegals SignFlorida Republican Party chairman Joe Gruters dismissed accusations of racism after video surfaced Tuesday showing him talking with a migrant child while leaning against "Faces of Criminal Illegals" who have been deported.

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Fox Guest Says Dems Are Replacing U.S. ConservativesFox Business Network host Lou Dobbs and a former Trump senior adviser also pointed the finger at Mexico for what they claimed, without evidence, was its attempt to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections.

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Citing Trump, Veteran Iowa Republican Switches Party"I believe that is just a matter of time before our country pays a heavy price for President Trump's reckless spending and short-signed financial policies, his erratic, destabilizing foreign policy and his disregard for environmental concerns," state Representative Andy McKean said. 

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Reagan Economist Claims Obama Started Great RecessionFormer Reagan economist and 'Trumponomics' author Arthur Laffer ridiculed Americans with student loan debt and blamed the 2007 Great Recession on Barack Obama, who didn't begin his presidential term until January 2009.

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MSNBC Host Responds to 'Psycho Joe' Trump RantMSNBC's 'Morning Joe' panel ridiculed President Donald Trump's series of early Tuesday morning tweets attacking The New York Times, Paul Krugman, the mainstream media and "Morning Psycho."

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Trump, Fox News Hosts Complain About Sanders Town Hall"Fox & Friends" spent much of its Tuesday show blasting Bernie Sanders for being a "millionaire, 1 percenter, socialist."

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Fox News: Many 2016 Sanders Backers Switched to TrumpSeveral Fox News programs are justifying Senator Bernie Sanders' controversial Monday night town hall appearance, explaining that hundreds of thousands of his "anti-establishment" supporters switched to Donald Trump in 2016.

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Where, When To Watch Bernie Sanders Town Hall EventVermont Independent Bernie Sanders is set to appear in a town hall event Monday evening hosted by Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.

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Fox Anchor Shuts Down Notre Dame Fire Conspiracy Theory"We're not going to speculate here of the cause of something we don't know," said the Fox News anchor. "If you have observations, or you know something, we would love to hear it."

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Rural Illinois GOP Proposes Making Chicago 51st StateIllinois Republicans proposed the legislation, which is likely to incite ongoing infighting between urban and rural populations rather than create a 51st state.

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Nancy Pelosi Orders More Omar Security Over Trump TweetHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanded President Donald Trump take down the "dangerous" video showing Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar alongside clips of the September 11 terrorist attacks. 

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Rick Scott: Trump 'Sanctuary City' Threat is TrollingFlorida Republican Senator Rick Scott said President Donald Trump may not really believe in his own sanctuary city proposal, perhaps just floating the idea to "make everybody crazy."

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Bernie Sanders: Liberal Think Tank Smears CandidatesBernie Sanders sent a fiery letter to an establishment Democratic Party think tank accusing the John Podesta-founded group of "smearing" progressive 2020 candidates.

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Fox & Friends Blasts Bernie Sanders' Successful BooksThe Fox & Friends co-hosts used nearly an entire Sunday morning segment to bash Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, labeling him a "millionaire socialist" just one day before his Fox News Town Hall Monday evening.

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Herman Cain: God Will Tell US When to Quit Fossil FuelsHerman Cain, who President Donald Trump recently recommended for a seat on the Federal Reserve board, said God will "figure out" when the U.S. should stop relying on fossil fuel energy.

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Donald Trump Jr. Calls Rep. Ilhan Omar 'Anti-Semite'Donald Trump Jr. blasted Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar as an "anti-Semite" in response to a comment she made about the Muslim Democrat made about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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