I wonder how Breitbart will like it when the Magnifying Glass get pointed in his direction?
Let's see, shall we? Maybe we can make his feet a little toasty ...
Lists: What's Your Source for That?
Where Andrew Breitbart gets his information.
Reason.com - archives -- Oct 2007 issue
Andrew Breitbart describes his job function as "Matt Drudge's bitch," but he's being modest: He's the man behind the curtain at The Drudge Report, stirring up the site's signature mix of scandal, box office returns, wire stories, and political tidbits.
Is that one going in your auto-biography, Andrew? Looks good on the 'Dirty Tricks' Resume, I guess ...
Andrew Breitbart
wikipedia.org
Andrew Breitbart is an American publisher,[2] commentator for the Washington Times, author,[3] an occasional guest commentator on various news programs who has served as an editor for the Drudge Report website. He was a researcher for Arianna Huffington, and helped launch her website, The Huffington Post.[4]
He currently runs his own news aggregation site, Breitbart.com, and five other websites: Breitbart.tv, Big Hollywood, Big Government, Big Journalism, and Big Peace.
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Breitbart launched his first website as a news site; it is sometimes linked to by the Drudge Report and other websites. It features wire stories from the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Fox News, PR Newswire, and U.S. Newswire, as well as direct links to a number of major international newspapers. Its Blog & "Network" links tend to run to the right within the U.S. political spectrum (e.g., National Review and Townhall.com).
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In January 2010, Breitbart launched Big Journalism. He told Mediaite:[33]
"Our goal at Big Journalism is to hold the mainstream media's feet to the fire. There are a lot of stories that they simply don't cover, either because it doesn't fit their world view, or because they're literally innocent of any knowledge that the story even exists, or because they are a dying organization, short-staffed, and thus can't cover stuff like they did before."
SO, all these Andrew Breitbart Antics are really just a 'Public Service' ?
-- you're "just reporting the News" ... So that "We can Decide" ... right?
Simply "reporting" on fact-based stories like these, eh Matt, er Andrew?
Andrew Breitbart
SourceWatch.org
Breitbart was behind the July 2010 attempt to smear Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod by heavily editing a video of a speech she gave to make it appear she was confessing to being racist. The story she told, in its entirety, was exactly the opposite -- it was a story of redemption in which Sherrod explained how she had overcome feelings of racism to realize everyone needed to be treated equally.
Media Matters described the episode this way:
[...] Full video vindicates Sherrod, destroys Breitbart's accusations of racism.
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Breitbart was also behind the coordinated release of heavily edited undercover videos that misrepresented the activities of the community group ACORN.
Media Matters writes,
[...] Subsequent investigations revealed no pattern of intentional, illegal misconduct by ACORN, and no criminality by ACORN personnel. It did, however, find the videos had been heavily edited to cast ACORN in a negative light.
That's some service Breitbart. Hollywood could certainly use someone like you ... and your cohort too -- that master of disguise and deception James O'Keefe ...
You guys have quite the track record of using any means necessary to 'get the dirt' on folks, people and agencies you don't like ... that's quite the List of (attempted) conquests, you got going there @ Breitbart & Co:
ACORN,
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA),
US Census,
Shirley Sherrod/NAACP,
CNN reporter Abbie Boudreau,
Planned Parenthood,
National Public Radio,
Anthony Weiner
I hope the Media appreciates your help. They pay you for your "guest spots", right?
Pimps, Lies, and Videotapes
Inside Andrew Breitbart's and James O'Keefe's right-wing video fantasy factory.
-- by Dave Gilson, MotherJones.com -- Mar. 31, 2011
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Oh No, Mr. Bill! Here's one disguise James O'Keefe was probably not too keen on wearing ... kind of second rate isn't it, for you journalistic pros?
This has 2nd-rate "Watergate Burglary" written all over it ... hardly up to the standards of "Big Journalism" now is it Drew? Better make sure you scratch that one from the Resume!
"ACORN pimp" filmmaker targets Census
by Stephen Losey, blogs.FederalTimes.com -- June 1, 2010
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In a statement sent to FedLine, the Census Bureau called the video "selectively edited," but said it would investigate the possible timesheet falsification and take appropriate action. But Census couldn't resist calling [James] O'Keefe an "admitted criminal" — he pleaded guilty May 26 to misdemeanor charges of unlawfully entering the offices of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. The agency said O'Keefe quit after his background check showing the pending charges came back, but before they could fire him.
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Come on Sheriff Breitbart -- O'Keefe dressed as a Telephone Repair man -- you creative geniuses can do better than that -- say haven't you heard about Photoshop?
Creative-types like you could really stir up some heat, in that realm.
And afterall, that's the ultimate goal right: "Create more Heat -- than Light" ?
As all good well-paid Tabloid Journalists must do ... to get the clicks, to get the rep.