Spencer, who advocates for “peaceful ethnic cleansing” of the United States, is widely rumored among journalists to be a Central Intelligence Agency asset. He has received lavish profiles and glamorizing coverage in major mainstream publications including The Atlantic, Mother Jones, New York magazine, Slate, POLITICO, The Washington Post, GQ, Business Insider, the New Yorker, Pacific Standard, the Guardian and CNN.
Along with former Grand Wizard of the KKK, David Duke, Richard Spencer remains active on social media, including Twitter. Spencer was invited to appear on CNN in July. Meanwhile, center-right conservatives such as Gavin McInnes, Roger Stone and Laura Loomer remain on media blacklists and banned from all major social networks and payment platforms.