Steve Bannon is headlining the New Yorker Festival and readers are outraged

Update: The New Yorker has disinvited Steve Bannon from the New Yorker Festival. 

Proving time is a flat circle and no one ever learns anything, a scheduled appearance by former Donald Trump advisor and Breitbart mastermind Steve Bannon has generated huge backlash for the organizers of an event.

This time, though, the culprit is The New Yorker, the traditionally staid publication which has slated Bannon as a keynote guest for its annual New Yorker Festival scheduled for Oct. 5 to Oct. 7. 

Bannon will appear alongside a wide range of guests, from author Haruki Murakami to activist Brittany Packnett to Parkland student and gun control advocate David Hogg. But the chatter is all about Bannon.  Read more…

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