Steve Bannon dropped from New Yorker Festival after outrage from speakers
by Kate Feldman, Los Angeles Times
Sep 03, 2018
2 minutes
NEW YORK - The New Yorker caused a wave of controversy Monday after announcing that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon would headline the 19th annual New Yorker Festival.
Later, the magazine dropped Bannon from the festival lineup.
Bannon, who left the White House in August 2017 and has moved on to helping far-right groups in Europe, was scheduled to speak with New Yorker editor David
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