Overview

• During a Vulture interview on July 31, Burr called CNN and Fox News a “fucking disease” for diverting attention with sensationalism.
• He argued that Shapiro doesn’t understand the term “woke,” accusing the pundit of using it to stoke division and profit from outrage.
• Burr described Shapiro’s attendance at his shows as a “treasonous” ploy to generate clicks by provoking negative reactions.
• He warned that podcasts offering “softball interviews” to racists, antisemites and nationalists enable extremist voices and degrade public discourse.
• On August 2, Shapiro countered in a Daily Wire column and podcast clips by citing critical race theory definitions of wokeness and reaffirming that Burr’s stance reflects systemic-racism critiques.