Updated Tues 05 Mar 2024

CASE FILE: Lotus Eaters

Name Sargon of Akkad / Lotus Eaters Media
Tags Populist Radical Right
Categories Media outlet
Related People/Groups UKIP
Years Active 2020 – Present
Active Areas UK

 

 

The Lotus Eaters is a podcast and media platform set up by misogynistic influencer Carl Benjamin (AKA Sargon of Akkad). Benjamin first came to notoriety via his YouTube channel, which was involved in the so-called “Gamergate” phenomenon, where misogynistic video game enthusiasts mounted harassment campaigns against female game developers and journalists.

Benjamin has courted controversy ever since, being banned from social platforms for the use of racial slurs and infamously stating that he “wouldn’t even rape” the Labour MP Jess Phillips. In 2018, Benjamin joined UKIP under the leadership of Gerard Batten and stood as a candidate in the 2019 European elections.

The Lotus Eaters’ website hosts a wide array of text, audio and video content, some free to view and some placed behind a paywall for subscribers, and has eight regular contributors across the platform.

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