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Owen Shroyer | |
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| Born | 1989 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Website | infowars.com |
Owen Shroyer (born 1989) is an American activist associated with InfoWars.[1] He posts videos from protests where he acts as a provocateur. He promotes various conspiracy theories.
Shroyer was born and raised in the city of St. Louis, where he attended the Christian Brothers College High School, before studying Psychology and Media at the University of Missouri. He started his career as a radio host and sports reporter.[2]
Publicity[edit]
In July 2016, Shroyer stopped CNN presenter Van Jones in the streets of Cleveland and attempted to engage him in an unscheduled on-camera debate. Jones participated willingly, and put forward well-constructed arguments, leading Shroyer to admit his opinion of Jones had changed favourably following the encounter. [3] [4]
On September 2nd, 2017, while covering a pro-immigrant rally that took place in Austin, Texas for InfoWars, Shroyer repeatedly asked questions to protestors in an attempt to emotionally provoke them. He started to question a young teenager, Olivia Williams, about her views, who in return called him a "fucking idiot", leading to international coverage of the incident. [5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Milo Yiannopoulos to Tomi Lahren: the faces of America's young alt-Right pack". Evening Standard. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ "Radio host protests 'police state' in Ferguson". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 13, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "Rising right-wing star tries to take down Van Jones — but gets taught an epic lesson instead". Raw Story. July 24, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ Jason Jay, Gabriel Grant (2017). Breaking Through Gridlock: The Power of Conversation in a Polarized World, Berrett-Koehler Publishers. ISBN 1626568952.
- ^ "Girl Swears Out Infowars Reporter". Salon. September 7, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
Category:Living people Category:American radio hosts Category:1989 births Category:People from St. Louis Category:University of Missouri alumni