FAKE NEWS alert, campus edition! Ben Shapiro discovers a reason UConn gets triggered by conservatives

Doug P. | 4:06 PM on January 26, 2018

As Twitchy told you earlier this week, the University of Connecticut, preparing for a lecture from Ben Shapiro, alerted students that staff would be available for anyone feeling a need to “talk through their feelings” about the horrors of a campus visit from a conservative. One entity that might contribute to special snowflake melt about conservatives is the school’s student editorial board, as evidenced by how Shapiro’s description of his speech was reported:

I don't wonder that UConn students need counseling when I visit. Their student editorial board is apparently illiterate and/or deeply dishonest. Here's what they say I said. Here's what I actually said. I was obviously joking about how non-threatening I was. pic.twitter.com/SV820hallm

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 26, 2018

What was reported:

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What was actually said (in obvious sarcasm):

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Sheesh.

It happens a lot, but I will say that it's deeply irritating to get #CathyNewmanned https://t.co/QLH6J6WQoh

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 26, 2018

We don’t doubt it does happen quite often.

Fake News at an early age. Very encouraging. https://t.co/d3RTGmZZkW

— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) January 26, 2018

Wow that is awful writing. Totally taking what you said out of context. I may not agree with you or other people but I am not going to make stories up.

— Ro'Bear (@Sorry4Tweet) January 26, 2018

Paging @UConn and @the_dailycampus. May want to retract/modify your recent editorial on Ben Shapiro's visit. Clear misrepresentation of statements. https://t.co/w3idIJpJRG

— David Giffin (@D_Giffin) January 26, 2018