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5 min readThe Reviews Are In, and They’re Furious
In the week since Run Hide Fight: Infidel hit Daily Wire’s streaming platform, the movie has doubled the subscription numbers of its predecessor on day one. Ben Shapiro calls it “the fastest growing allegedly Islamophobic movie of all time.” The legacy media agrees on the “Islamophobic” part, but not on the “allegedly.” Variety’s review calls the film “Islamophobic drivel” and “deranged and disturbing.” Slate’s review accuses the filmmakers of “evil glee” in depicting ISIS terrorists doing what ISIS terrorists do. Shapiro reads these reviews on air with visible delight, treating each condemnation as a marketing gift. “We wear these like badges of honor,” he says, and promises to use the pull quotes in advertising.
The Central Dispute: Realism vs. Islamophobia
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- 1 (01:07) **Movie Reviews as Badges of Honor** - Ben Shapiro celebrates the success of *Run Hide Fight Infidel* and reads the hostile reviews from Variety and Slate, treating them as marketing gold.
- 2 (09:55) **The "Deranged" Slate Review** - Shapiro unpacks Slate's critique, focusing on its objection to portraying ISIS accurately and its sympathy for the fictional protesters.
- 3 (12:53) **The Left's Real Objection** - Shapiro summarizes the left's shifting criticism, from accusing the film of Islamophobia to complaining that it shows ISIS doing what ISIS actually does.
- 4 (15:30) **Legacy Media Corruption** - Shapiro pivots to a New York Times article about an anti-Israel documentary, using it as an example of the same institutional bias driving the movie reviews.
- 5 (18:03) **Fed Rate Hike and Trump's Wrath** - Ben Shapiro covers the Federal Reserve's quarter-point interest rate increase, predicting President Trump will be furious with his own appointee, Kevin Warsh.
- 6 (22:55) **Causes of Stubborn Inflation** - Shapiro analyzes the systemic factors keeping inflation high, including oil prices, tariffs, and massive structural deficits.
- 7 (26:45) **The "Budget as Moral Document" Fallacy** - Shapiro critiques the left's argument that a larger budget is inherently more moral, using Jessica Tarlov's comments as a springboard.
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Reviewers are apoplectic about Run, Hide, Fight: Infidels... and the movie is a hit! Plus, the Federal Reserve just hiked interest rates, and the Left is very upset about Sydney Sweeney posing nude or something.
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