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and Fader TV.

The Fader Fort

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's South by Southwest (SXSW) founded in 2001. The four-day party features live performances. Fader Fort NYC is a party produced during the annual

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Anthony Fantano controversy

In October 2017, ''The Fader'' published an article by Ezra Marcus about

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music critic Anthony Fantano of ''The Needle Drop'' which accused his now-defunct second channel, ''thatistheplan'', of catering to an alt-right audience, while scrutinizing Fantano's past associations with right-wing and anti-SJW provocateurs such as

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and

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and the controversial

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4chan. Fantano posted a video response in which he disputed Marcus' interpretation of ''thatistheplans content and pointed out factual inaccuracies in the article, which he described as a "hit piece". The article was eventually taken down following a settlement between Fantano and ''The Fader'' in 2018.

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