Kansas Man Arrested for Threats Against Ben Shapiro

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Kansas Man Arrested for Threats Against Ben Shapiro?

Of the 10 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 30% are rated left, 10% are rated centre, 60% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 11. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Kansas Man Arrested for Threats Against Ben Shapiro left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 10 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.

Is the coverage of Kansas Man Arrested for Threats Against Ben Shapiro biased?

Kansas Man Arrested for Threats Against Ben Shapiro is one event reported by 11 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Kansas Man Arrested for Threats Against Ben Shapiro?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Kansas Man Arrested for Threats Against Ben Shapiro?

11 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

Who was arrested and why?

Korby Allen Strube, a 29-year-old man from Kansas, was arrested in Florida. He faces 23 counts for allegedly making written or electronic threats to kill or cause bodily harm, including threats made on social media against Ben Shapiro.

What did the threats against Ben Shapiro reportedly include?

According to reports, the social media threats made by Korby Allen Strube against Ben Shapiro referenced Shapiro's Jewish identity. Some reports also noted a countdown to Yom Kippur and that the threats were not veiled.

Were there other alleged threats made by the suspect?

Yes, Korby Allen Strube also allegedly made threats against the life of former US President Donald Trump. This detail was reported by Arutz Sheva and was not mentioned in the left-rated reports or some of the right-rated digests.