The far-right Daily Wire faced mass layoffs this week " gutting the team of the long-prominent outlet initially founded by conservative activist Ben Shapiro. According to The Wrap, "Ben Shapiro's right-wing media company confirmed the layoffs in a statement to media on Friday afternoon, saying that impacted staffers are 'a number of teams' and layoffs were largely concentrated to its Nashville headquarters. 'Today, The Daily Wire made a difficult decision to restructure the organization, which included layoffs to a number of teams,' a spokesperson said." The Daily Wire has been the focus of drama in previous years, one of the biggest incidents being the firing of right-wing star Candace Owens for pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories.