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.

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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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