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The "age as of date" template is used in the infobox, based on "SpinSpotter lets readers keep a lookout for spin" November 17, 2008:

What: SpinSpotter, Seattle

Who: Todd Herman, 41, founder and chief creative officer--Artaxerxes (talk) 12:27, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Artaxerxes, I would cite that in the infobox as any other editor might see an unsourced year-of-birth claim and remove it as unsourced, unlikely to check Talk page for that verification. Schazjmd (talk) 15:17, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Herman has expressed support for the "FairTax," a proposal to abolish income and payroll taxes and replace them with a flat sales tax.^[1]
In 2010, Herman posted a personal tweet suggesting that President Barack Obama was a Muslim; the RNC distanced itself from Herman's tweet.^[2]
In January 2021, while a guest host on Limbaugh's show, Herman suggested that the storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob might have been "Antifa" or "BLM." The disinformation circulated widely among Trump supporters. Subsequently, in late February 2021, Herman acknowledged that "it was clear a large group of Trump supporters entered the Capitol and assaulted people" but continued to make the claim that Antifa activists had concocted a plan to impersonate Trump supporters.^[3]Artaxerxes (talk) 12:57, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Radio Personality - Todd Herman Supports The FAIRtax". fairtax.org. 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
^ Sam Stein, RNC Distances Itself From New Media Director Todd Herman's Obama-Muslim Tweet, Huffington Post (2010).
^ Michael M. Grynbaum, Davey Alba and Reid J. Epstein, How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot, New York Times (March 1, 2020).

[1] "Radio Personality - Todd Herman Supports The FAIRtax". fairtax.org. 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

[2] Sam Stein, RNC Distances Itself From New Media Director Todd Herman's Obama-Muslim Tweet, Huffington Post (2010).

[3] Michael M. Grynbaum, Davey Alba and Reid J. Epstein, How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot, New York Times (March 1, 2020).

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