Breitbart.com

[[File:BB-logo-highres.jpg|thumb|right|165px|B as in [[Bullshit|something]].]]{{Bronze}}
{{altrightnav}}
[[File:Breitbart Loves Nazis.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Breitbart got trolled.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LukewSavage/status/933046634820366337|Twitter}}</ref>]]
'''Breitbart.com''' is a [[far-right]] news site which operates out of the U.S., London, and Jerusalem, and [[Conservapedia]]'s main source of information nowadays.  Well, we ''say'' news; it's more like the unwanted love child of [[Fox News]] and [[4Chan|/pol/]] who serves as an American ''Pravda'' for [[Donald Trump]] and [[Trumpism|others like him]]. "Screaming hateful absurdities" might be more appropriate. It was founded by Andrew Breitbart, whose death launched a bunch of idiot [[conspiracy theories]] among people who lost the ability to debate coherently a long time ago. Breitbart is basically a Nazi version of BuzzFeed.

It is inadvisable to use Breitbart as a source. Wikipedia editors have agreed to not allow Breitbart to be used as citations for facts,<ref>[https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa9qvv/wikipedia-banned-breitbart-infowars Wikipedia Bans Right Wing Site Breitbart as a Source for Facts], motherboard.vice.com, 2 October 2018.</ref>In September 2018, [[Wikipedia]] banned the use of Breitbart as a source, as much of its news coverage was found to be unreliable, misleading and false.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_248#RfC:_Breitbart RfC: Breitbart]. Wikipedia, September 2018.</ref> similar to how ''[[Daily Mail]]'' was blacklisted, though it does help when discussing how horrifying [[Stephen Bannon|Stephen "Lenin" Bannon]] is.<ref>Radosh, Ronald, [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/22/steve-bannon-trump-s-top-guy-told-me-he-was-a-leninist.html "Steve Bannon, Trump's Top Guy, Told Me He Was 'A Leninist' Who Wants To ‘Destroy the State’"], ''Daily Beast'' (08.21.16 10:00 PM ET).</ref><ref group=note>A Vanguard Party is central to the idea of Leninism. The next step is 'the dictatorship of the proletariat', where the state suppresses what's left of the ruling class, either by jailing, "reeducating", or in extreme cases executing them.</ref> It's called ''Breitbart'' because the name ''Bannon'' would be too telling: Steve is basically [[David Duke]] with a little more smarts, a [[Goldman Sachs|Goldman]] guy with ''Seinfeld'' money who bought the outlet to push his [[Fascism|agenda]]. There is no doubt that he will be successful — in destroying the [[Republican Party]].

It is surprising how a previously right-wing rag which was a notch below [[WorldNetDaily]] has become a major news outlet for "socially liberal" [[Reddit]]. Breitbart is building an army of unemployed twenty-somethings who will be the future of [[America]]. So no, they are not going away soon.

==Andrew Breitbart==
[[File:Andrew Breitbart speaking at CPAC 2012 (6799355014) (cropped).jpg|165px|thumb|right|Andrew Breitbart]]
'''Andrew Breitbart''' (1969–2012) was a 
media personality created by Steve Bannon
 American [[right-wing]] media critic, webmaster and "[[Internet]] entrepreneur."<ref group=note>Read: blogger.</ref> He was the founder of the "'''Big X'''" sites, currently comprising Big [[Hollywood]], Big [[Government]], Big [[Journalism]] and Big [[Pacifism|Peace]].  When it came to Hollywood radicals, it took one to know one: He was born to progressive Jewish parents in Brentwood, a suburb of Los Angeles. He joined the conservative cause in reaction to  [[Liberal media|a multi-pronged, liberal media attack]] on Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] during his confirmation hearing. From then on, "outrage was Breitbart’s [[Molehill mountaineering|chosen weapon]]."<ref>Goldstein, Patrick, [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/03/andrew-breitbart-dead-media-manipulation-as-an-art-form.html#sthash.Yukf6WkL.T8jBStQA.dpuf "Andrew Breitbart Media manipulation as an art form"], ''L.A. Times'' 3.1.12.</ref>

A.B. had a reputation for making up more stories than Aesop, all wrapped in a burrito of [[Delusions of grandeur|self-aggrandizement]] and grandiose, [[Chewbacca defense|incoherent]] proclamations. He was particularly fond of using misleading information to [[Asshole|denigrate his political opponents]]. Very shortly after his death (mere hours after the news broke), bizarre [[conspiracy theories]] began circulating that Breitbart was murdered after finding "something" on [[Barack Obama]] rather than dying of natural causes.<ref>[http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/people-who-think-president-obama-killed-andrew-bre 25 People Who Think President Obama Killed Andrew Breitbart]</ref><ref>[http://storify.com/Gawker/breitbart-death-conspiracy-insta-theories Breitbart's Death: The Conspiracy Insta-Theories]</ref>

Breitbart has actually gone downhill since he died. The world isn't poorer for Andrew's passing, but if he could do one thing well, it was digging up actual dirt. His successor organization gave up that line a long time ago, to the extent that employees who actually write about issues get hounded out of the organization.<ref>Gold, Hadas, [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/steve-bannon-breitbart-employees-criticize-227672 "Steve Bannon’s ‘tough love’"], Politico (Updated 09/02/16 12:16 PM EDT).</ref>

==Background==
Breitbart got his start working for Matt Drudge, performing tech support for the [[Drudge Report]] website. He ran his own site on the side, a site he bolstered by repeatedly linking to it through the Drudge Report. In fact, between 2002 and 2008, breitbart.com received more links through Drudge than any other site - a whopping 14.45% of all links.<ref>[Gawker.com: [http://archive.ph/http://gawker.com/5313611/matt-drudge-by-the-numbers archive.ph], [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gawker.com/5313611/matt-drudge-by-the-numbers web.archive.org] Matt Drudge By the Numbers], Gawker</ref> He was also a periodic contributor to the conservative ''[[Washington Times]]'' and did early work helping Arianna Huffington launch ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.

In the early years, Breitbart fancied himself a media critic, focusing on the daring exploits of Hollywood. He was deeply concerned with the plight of the conservative entertainer, [[Persecution complex|likening them to persecuted minorities]] and claiming that the studios [[Fun:Hollywood conservatives|actively blacklist them]].<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/21/hollywood-in-need-of-young-gopers/ "A different kind of surge"], ''The Washington Times''</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/14/spielberg-tear-down-this-wall/ "Mr. Spielberg, tear down this wall"], ''The Washington Times''</ref> He even wrote a book on the subject - ''Hollywood, Interrupted''. The book, such as it is, uses 1990s tabloid scandals to "prove" that Hollywood is corrupt, especially because "many actors are liberal" (which he even admits in the synopsis).<ref>Andrew Brietbart and Mark Ebner, ''Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon -- The Case Against Celebrity''. Wiley, 2004. {{isbn|9780471450511}}.</ref>

===Re-branding===
Breitbart and its London affiliate became a darling of the [[Alt-right]] crowd for its "breaking" coverage of [[Gamergate]]'s war on women.<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/28/media/breitbart-tech-gamergate/index.html "Breitbart brings its conservative take to tech journalism], CNN Money</ref>  Their embedded journalist was 
Caesar Flickerman
 [[Milo Yiannopoulos]], an "expert" who can't recall the name of his phone provider, much less the titles of any video games.<ref>Zaid Jilani, [http://www.salon.com/2014/10/28/gamergates_fickle_hero_the_dark_opportunism_of_breitbarts_milo_yiannopoulos/ "Gamergate's Fickle Hero"], ''Salon''</ref>

===Trumpbart===
{{cquote|Breitbart has unfortunately become Trump’s ''Pravda''.|||[[Ben Shapiro]] ([[Stopped clock|yes, that one]])<ref>Kaplan, Sarah, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/14/reporter-who-says-she-was-manhandled-by-trump-campaign-manager-resigns-from-breitbart/ "Reporter who says she was manhandled by Trump campaign manager resigns from Breitbart"] WaPo 3/14/16.</ref>}}

[[Donald Trump]] denies<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/11/donald-trump-reporter-assault-michelle-fields-corey-lewandowski "Donald Trump accuses reporter in assault row of 'making the story up'"]. ''TheGuardian.com''.</ref> that one of his campaign managers manhandled Michelle Fields when she was a Breitbart reporter. Breitbart defended Trump over Fields<ref name = "assault">[http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/breitbart-editor-ordered-staffers-to-stop-defending-michelle#.baaw7o6ad "Breitbart Editor Ordered Staffers To Stop Defending Michelle Fields"]. ''Buzzfeed.com''.</ref><ref>[http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/03/14/breitbart-unravels-as-trump-questions-mount/209227 "Breitbart Implodes As Trump Questions Mount"]. ''Mediamatters.org''.</ref> out of fear of losing "access to Donald Trump."<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/03/14/reporter-assaulted-by-trump-campaign-my-bosses/209254 "Michelle Fields Says After Trump's Campaign Manager Assaulted Her, Breitbart News Wanted To Use The Attack To Get More Access To Trump"]. ''Mediamatters.org''.</ref> Despite the evidence of video, audio and an eyewitness account<ref name = "assault" /> supporting her allegations, Trump supporters even went so far as to send her death threats<ref>[https://twitter.com/MichelleFields/status/709571537435795456 "A screenshot of the death threat that Michelle Fields has received"]. ''Mediamatters.org''.</ref> then denied that death threats were even sent.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MichelleFields/status/709541729888821248 Just scroll down] to see the denial of Michelle Fields receiving Death Threats along with claims that she made up it. Also... [[Gamergate|Gamergate?]]</ref> Michelle Fields and other editors (including Shapiro) quit their jobs in protest following Breitbart's non-reaction.<ref>[http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/michelle-fields-ben-shapiro-resign-from-breitbart#.cmrw92Nx4 "Michelle Fields, Ben Shapiro Resign From Breitbart"]. ''Buzzfeed.com''.</ref><ref>[http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a55245/michelle-fields-alleged-assault-corey-lewandowksi/ "Michelle Fields: I Was a Trump Supporter, but Now His Campaign Frightens Me"]. ''Cosmopolitan.com''.</ref>

Providing even more evidence of how objective their coverage of Trump's campaign is, Trump appointed Steve Bannon, the CEO of the website, to run his campaign<ref>Dan Roberts, Lauren Gambino and Haroo Siddique. [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/17/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-breitbart-news-kellyanne-conway "Donald Trump appoints Breitbart chief Stephen Bannon to lead campaign "], ''[[The Guardian]]'', Aug 17, 2016.</ref> after experiencing flailing poll numbers. A blogger running a reality show star's presidential campaign. This is what it has come down to. (Because Steve already has his hands full with Making America Great Again, he has stepped aside from his position at Breitbart.)<ref>Brian Stelter.[http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/17/media/steve-bannon-breitbart-donald-trump/index.html "Steve Bannon: The 'street fighter' who's now running Trump's campaign"], [[CNN]], Aug 17, 2016.</ref> 

While Breitbart has reported on the story, they never commented at all about this conspicuous collusion.{{efn|Let's not pretend Breitbart would act exactly the same if the CEO of a liberal news website were to steer Hillary's campaign.}} Many commentators ascertained that this development would turn the election cycle even uglier than it already is.<ref>Adam Edelman. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-hires-breitbart-news-ceo-lead-sinking-campaign-article-1.2754434 "Donald Trump hires Breitbart News exec Stephen Bannon to lead campaign, promotes pollster Kellyanne Conway in epic shake-up amid plummeting poll numbers"], ''NY Daily News'', Aug 17, 2016.</ref><ref>Robert L. Borosage. [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-election-trump-breitbart-commentary-idUSKCN10U0CC "Commentary: The Trump campaign shakeup: Going to the mattresses"], ''Reuters'', Aug 19, 2016.</ref> Contrary to the worst fears though, Trump has come out like a shy reindeer after the appointment and apologized for previous remarks which caused "personal pain" by not mentioning which ones in particular.<ref>Veronica Stracqualursi. [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-campaign-manager-apology-message-decision/story?id=41508571 "Trump Campaign Stays Mum on His Specific 'Regret,' Says 'He May' Apologize"], ''ABC News'', Aug 19, 2016.</ref> 

President Trump made Bannon his Chief Political Strategist and even put him on the "Principals Committee" of the US National Security Council - downgrading the role of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff to make room for him.  This is similar to a Democratic president having Michael Moore as Chief Political Strategist, except even more polarizing.

Later, Bannon either quit or was fired (depending on the source), returning to his post at Breitbart.<ref name="quit_cnn">[http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/18/politics/steve-bannon-white-house/index.html Steve Bannon, Trump's chief strategist, fired]</ref><ref name="quit_usat">[https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2017/08/18/white-house-chief-strategist-steve-bannon-fired/104720104/ White House chief strategist Steve Bannon fired]</ref>

==Notable "successes"==

===ACORN===
Breitbart's one big success was his promotion of [[James O'Keefe]]'s misleadingly edited gotcha videos of [[ACORN]]. First introduced on Big Government, this was a major boost to Breitbart's profile, and likely added to his inflated sense of importance.

From that point on, ACORN was a major target for Breitbart and Co. In a statement from December 2009, Breitbart said the following:

{{quotebox|ACORN is a [[bullshit|corrupt and criminal organization]], and 
[[Dunning-Kruger effect|anyone with open eyes can see this]]. Yet SEIU’s Andy Stern and left wing puppetmaster John Podesta,<ref>''Podesta'' a liberal puppetmaster?  His [[lobbying]] group doesn't even have 100 employees!</ref> of the [[Glenn Beck|Soros-funded radical leftist think-tank]], the [[Center for American Progress]], chose to architect a whitewashed ‘internal investigation’ by a [[Fun:Democrat Party|Democrat[ic] Party]] hack from [[Massachusetts]], and have put immense efforts into launching a two-pronged propaganda campaign and legal assault against the filmmakers of the ‘pimp and prostitute’ exposé and the story’s publisher. BigGovernment.com continues to expose ACORN’s illegal activity and has helped to illuminate how corrupt organizations like ACORN, SEIU and HCAN are coordinating the efforts to shove [[Obamacare|radical health care reform]] down an unwilling majority of Americans['] throats.<ref>[http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2009/12/07/andrew-breitbart-furious-at-ap-for-not-publishing-his-full-rant-on-acorn-report-me-too/ "Andrew Breitbart Furious at AP for Not Publishing His Full Rant on ACORN Report. Me Too!"], FireDogLake</ref>}}

Breitbart was on a mission, and with his ''wunderkind'' in tow, there was no stopping him.

====Collapse====
Of course, a lot can change when said ''wunderkind'' gets caught trying to tamper with the phone lines in a [[Mary Landrieu|Senator]]'s office. At first, Breitbart and his people tried to distance themselves from O'Keefe:
{{quotebox|In the past, Breitbart has said O’Keefe — now a paid contributor to biggovernment.com — is an independent contractor not an employee.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100126/ap_on_re_us/us_senator_s_office_arrests 4 charged in phone scheme at La. senator's office], Associated Press</ref>}}

By February, Breitbart had moved beyond simple [[denial]], claiming that "Watergate Jr. imploded."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypofPUZtxZU&feature=player_embedded "Andrew Breitbart Takes on Mainstream Media"]</ref>

In late September 2010, following a failed attempt by O'Keefe to embarrass [[CNN]],<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/29/okeefe.cnn.prank/?hpt=T2 Fake pimp from ACORN videos tries to 'punk' CNN correspondent], CNN</ref> Breitbart not only completely dissociated himself from O'Keefe; he claimed that he had never been connected to O'Keefe.<ref>[[Twitter]] updates from Sept. 29: [http://twitter.com/AndrewBreitbart/status/25906141677 I did not have sexual relations] [http://twitter.com/AndrewBreitbart/status/25907748998 with that phone line.]</ref> Ultimately realizing how transparent this was, he released the following statement on October 1st:

{{quotebox|I proudly stood behind James O’Keefe on his [[bullshit|groundbreaking]] ACORN investigation. I also defended him when the media, including CNN — during a previous regime, “the Rick Sanchez era” —  falsely reported the Sen. Mary Landrieu story as a “wiretapping” plot gone wrong.

[[Dunning-Kruger effect|In all these cases the left-leaning media exposed its obvious bias against James because of his contrarian point of view and because the targets of his investigations are protected institutions of the Democrat Media]].

However, in my dealings with Ms. Boudreau, she and her producer, Scott Zamost, conducted themselves professionally, and I believe James owes them a candid and public explanation.

From what I’ve read about this script, though not executed, it is patently gross and offensive. It’s not his detractors to whom he also owes this public airing. It’s to his legion of supporters.<ref>[http://bigjournalism.com/abreitbart/2010/10/01/okeefe-owes-his-supporters-an-explanation/ "O'Keefe Owes His Supporters an Apology"], Big Journalism</ref>}}

===NAACP Freedom Fund dinner===
In June 2010, Breitbart posted clips from the [[NAACP]] Freedom Fund dinner which allegedly proved that USDA Georgia Director of Rural Development Shirley Sherrod was a [[racist]]. Per the post, Brown supposedly admitted to "racially discriminat[ing] against a white farmer." The response from the crowd was "hardly the behavior of the group now holding itself up as the supreme judge of another group's racial tolerance."<ref>[http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2010/07/19/video-proof-the-naacp-awards-racism2010/ "Video Proof: The NAACP Awards Racism – 2010"], Big Journalism</ref> Sherrod subsequently resigned, allegedly amidst pressure from the [[White House]].<ref>[http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/white-houses-weak-back-hand.html "White House's Weak Back Hand"], Hullabaloo</ref>

The only thing that could derail Breitbart's narrative would be if the supposed targets of Sherrod's bigotry ''came out and defended her''. Which they did.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/usda_appointee_forced_to_resign_after_discussing_r.php?ref=fpa USDA Appointee Forced To Resign After Edited Speech Released By Breitbart], TPM</ref> That might be because she did, in fact, help the farmers, among other white families. The clips Breitbart posted were [[Quote mined|selectively edited]] to remove the portion of Sherrod's speech where she spoke of how her initial misapprehensions about helping whites led her to realize that race shouldn't be an issue in her job — the exact opposite of what Breitbart had claimed.<ref>[http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/07/breitbarts-editing.html Breitbart's Skilled Editing], ''The Atlantic''</ref><ref>[http://www.naacp.org/news/entry/video_sherrod/ The full, unedited tape]</ref>

As soon as the full tape went public, the Beltway came down on Breitbart, who went into spin control mode. He argued that his post was [[Bullshit|never about Sherrod]], a fact betrayed by his own writings.<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/blog/201007210024 Will media fall for Breitbart's attempt to spin his spectacular failure?], Media Matters for America</ref> Meanwhile, some of the other Big X bloggers came to Breitbart's defense, including one who seemed to be arguing that the White House and USDA were at fault for ''believing'' Breitbart.<ref>[http://biggovernment.com/jdunetz/2010/07/20/shirley-sherrod-they-made-me-quit-because-i-was-going-to-be-on-glenn-beck/ "Shirley Sherrod: ‘They Made Me Quit Because I was Going to Be On Glenn Beck’"] Big Government</ref>

===Shady sources===
A July 2016 Breitbart article relayed [[Sarah Palin]]'s claim that protesters responded to paid ads on Craigslist to protest at Donald Trump rallies - a claim that originated from a website that impersonated ABC News.<ref>"[http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/07/breitbart-duped-by-fake-news-again/ Breitbart Duped by Fake News (Again)]." Snopes: August 7, 2016.</reF>

===Shilling for Trump===
Breitbart was the only major media company to go along with Trump's blatant [[lie]] that his inauguration crowds were bigger than Obama's.

Breitbart, as well as [[Infowars]] and other right-wing news websites, were reportedly under [[FBI]] investigation for a possible role in colluding with [[Russia]] to influence the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]].<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/fbi-investigating-right-wing-sites-role-campaign-hack-article-1.3004192 FBI investigating if right-wing sites had role in campaign hacks] by Jason Silverstein (March 21, 2017, 11:13 AM) ''New York Daily News''.</ref>

==Sections==

===Big Hollywood===
In January 2009, Breitbart stepped up to the Big Leagues with the launch of Big Hollywood, his new website. According to the master:
{{quotebox|Big Hollywood is not a "celebrity" gabfest or a gossip outpost — it is a continuous politics and culture posting board for those who think something has gone drastically wrong and that Hollywood should return to its [[WASP|patriotic]] roots.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/05/a-million-stories-to-tell/ "A million stories to tell"], ''The Washington Times''</ref>}}

The early days of Big Hollywood were unimpressive. At the very least, Breitbart was at least right about one thing — his site was not a gossip outpost. Unfortunately, that's because the content in general was rather thin. Much of the early content was reprints of old columns that were vaguely on topic. The regular writers were a mix of Hollywood D-listers and wannabees who felt that their lack of success was due to politics and bloggers hoping to gain greater visibility. Among the regulars:

*[[Adam Baldwin]]: Only semi-regularly.<ref>[https://archive.ph/9DIGA Adam Baldwin], archived from Big Hollywood.</ref>
*John Lott
*[[Debbie Schlussel]]
*
[[Ben Shapiro]]

*[[Sebastian Gorka]]: Former "National Security Editor" who lied about his military service, on top of being a neo-Nazi with a phony Ph.D. (He didn't spend 7 years studying phrenology to be called "Mister", thank you very much.)<ref>Borchers, Callum, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/16/sebastian-gorka-likes-to-be-called-dr-gorka-he-gets-his-way-only-in-conservative-media/ "Sebastian Gorka likes to be called ‘Dr. Gorka.’ He gets his way only in conservative media."], WaPo 16 April 2017.</ref>
*[[Kathryn Jean Lopez]]
*[[Victoria Jackson]]
*Carrie Prejean
*[[Rich Lowry]]
*Melanie Morgan
*John Nolte

===Other sections===
Breitbart, being a true visionary, was not content to create one horrible group blog — his ultimate goal was to create an entire line of bad group blogs covering every conceivable subject. First out of the gate was Big Government, opened in September 2009, which was conspicuously silent about the single Biggest share of our Big Government's discretionary spending, {{wpl|2009_United_States_federal_budget#Total_spending|the military.}} This was followed (with far less fanfare than the first two) by Big Journalism in January 2010. The fourth site, Big Peace, rolled out on July 4th, 2010. He had many more blogs planned, including Big [[Education]], Big [[Tolerance]] and Big [[Jerusalem]].<ref>[http://www.mediaite.com/online/andrew-breitbart-launching-new-sites/ Exclusive Interview: Andrew Breitbart Announces Launch of New “Big” Sites], Mediaite</ref>  [[Poe's Law]].

==Racism==
October 5, 2017, ''Buzzfeed'' revealed that they had obtained a cache of internal Breitbart emails that revealed how they colluded with overt racists on the alt-right to write stories. One set of emails that they revealed showed that while Milo Yiannopoulos was a staff writer, he directly solicited ideas from four sources:<ref name=bernstein>[https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/heres-how-breitbart-and-milo-smuggled-white-nationalism Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream] by Joseph Bernstein (October 5, 2017, at 2:28 p.m.) ''Buzzfeed''.</ref>

#weev (Andrew Auernheimer), Former leader of the <nowiki>*</nowiki>''sigh''<nowiki>*</nowiki> Gay Nigger Association of America and a contributor to the neo-Nazi and white supremacist website [[The Daily Stormer]]
#Mencius Moldbug (Curtis Yarvin), a creator of the [[neoreactionary movement]]
#Devin Saucier, an editor from the online white nationalist magazine, [[American Renaissance]]
#Vox Day ([[Theodore Beale]]), an alt-right, neo-fascist, and white supremacist blogger
From this solicitation, Yiannopoulos's ghost writer and colleague at Breitbart, Allum Bokhari, did most of the writing but Yiannopoulos wanted all of the credit. Bokhari wanted his name included and argued that "I think it actually lowers the risk if someone with a brown-sounding name shares the BL."{{efn|{{wpl|Bukhari (surname)|Bokhari}} is an Uzbek surname, but Allum Bokhari would probably pass for "white" to most people.}}<ref name=bernstein/> Bannon eventually green-lighted the article<ref name=bernstein/> and it was published on March 26, 2016 with both Bokhari's and Yiannopoulos' bylines as "An Establishment Conservative’s Guide To The Alt-Right".<ref>[https://archive.ph/seFK4 An Establishment Conservative's Guide To The Alt-Right] by Allum Bokhari & Milo Yiannopoulos (29 Mar 2016) ''Breitbart'' (archived on March 30, 2016).</ref> The Buzzfeed article also detailed how the Mercer family ({{wpl|Robert Mercer (businessman)|Robert Mercer}} and {{wpl|Rebekah Mercer}}) had a significant investment in and suggested articles for Breitbart.<ref name=bernstein/> Robert Mercer reportedly divested his investment in Breitbart in November 2017, as a belated attempt to avoid the taint of Breitbart's racism.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/02/robert-mercer-steps-down-renaissance-breitbart-244464 Robert Mercer steps down from hedge fund, sells stake in Breitbart] by Alex Isenstadt and Eliana Johnson (11/02/2017 12:22 PM EDT; Updated 11/02/2017 02:41 PM EDT) ''Politico''.</ref><ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-24/mercer-s-backing-of-breitbart-draws-campaign-against-renaissance Mercer's Backing of Breitbart Draws Campaign Against Renaissance] by Zachary Mider (October 24, 2017, 12:25 PM PDT) ''Bloomberg''.</ref>

Some other examples of racism on Breitbart:
*"Isn't he a line-cutter too? How did this fatherless black guy pay for Harvard?"<ref>[https://archive.ph/gdMCO A Manifesto for the 60 Percent: The Center-Right Populist-Nationalist Coalition] Archived from ''Brietbart'', 11 September 2006.</ref>
*"Half-black girls at Yale — who wouldn’t have gotten in without the black half"<ref>[https://archive.ph/uOBfu Ann Coulter: Literally Shaking]. Archived from Brietbart, 16 September 2016.</ref>
*"These teenagers – they’re really leading the way in taunting the media and the liberals. And their position – I think they’re leading us the way out of this by just saying, 'No, actually it is fun to be called a racist.'"<ref>[https://archive.ph/rZMON Ann Coulter: Appropriate Reaction to Those Calling Bannon Anti-Semitic, Racist: ‘Screw You’]. Archived from ''Brietbart'', 15 November 2016.</ref>
*"Some Mexican men don’t limit themselves to 12-year-olds."<ref name=adios>[https://archive.ph/fa7B7 Donald Trump’s Criticisms of Mass Mexican Immigration Barely Scratch the Surface]. Archived from ''Brietbart'', 1 July 2015.</ref>
*"While feminists are quick to cry 'rape culture!' when it comes an eye-rolling fake rape story about 'overwhelmingly blonde' white fraternity brothers, they, along with amnesty activists, downplay the brutal rape culture that Mexican immigrants who exhibit utter backwardness when it comes to progressive standards bring to America."<ref name=adios />
*"The Hispanic culture is more accepting of statutory rape"<ref name=adios />
*"In the meantime, here’s a thought: What if the people getting shot by the cops [[blame the victim|did things to deserve it]]?"<ref>[https://archive.ph/90kts Sympathy for the Devils: The Plot Against Roger Ailes — and America]. Archived from ''Brietbart'', 10 July 2016.</ref>
*"For ethnic activists, huge annual influxes of unassimilated minorities subvert the odious melting pot and mean continuance of their own self-appointed guardianship of salad-bowl multiculturalism."<ref>[https://archive.ph/RC7d9 Palin: Immigration Bill Targets American Workers]. Archived from ''Brietbart'', 27 June 2013.</ref>
*"In fact, his law brought in the poorest of the poor, from the most dysfunctional cultures in the world, and effected the most dramatic demographic transformation of any nation in all of human history."<ref>[https://archive.ph/QAsds Ann Coulter: How Does Immigration Reduce Mass Shootings?]. Archived from ''Brietbart'', 22 June 2016.</ref>
*"'You have to understand,' Coulter told Breitbart News, 'screaming and defacing things is how Latin Americans express disagreement. At least as long as they were destroying books and screaming in a book store, they weren’t molesting any 4-year-olds.'"<ref>[https://archive.ph/nr4rf Illegal aliens disrupt Ann Coulter book signing, author fires back]. Archived from ''Brietbart'', 2 July 2015.</ref>
*"But whether America continues to exist or becomes some dystopian blend of Guatemala and Afghanistan will be determined by this election."<ref>[https://archive.ph/DLM0M Ann Coulter: How to Avoid Immigration, Terrorism and Health Care for 90 Minutes]. Archived from ''Brietbart'', 28 September 2016.</ref>

==What was his problem, anyway?==
[[File:Andrew-Breitbart-(edit).jpg|thumb|165px|I dunno how I died. Do you know how I died? You probably don't know how I died.]]
Andrew Breitbart had a reputation for erratic behavior, particularly when caught off guard. Among the incidents:

*He was photographed flipping off a group of demonstrators from pathetic-excuse-for-a-charity [[Invisible Children]], whom he had mistaken for anti-war protesters.<ref>[http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/18/i-jerk/print/ "I, Jerk"], ''The Washington Times''</ref> (Looks a little better in retrospect, hey?)
*He left a 90-second long, expletive-laden voice mail for Gawker regarding an article on [[Free Republic|James von Brunn]].<ref>[Gawker.com: [http://archive.ph/http://gawker.com/5287371/andrew-breitbart-holocaust-museum-killer-was-a-multiculturalist archive.ph], [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gawker.com/5287371/andrew-breitbart-holocaust-museum-killer-was-a-multiculturalist web.archive.org] Andrew Breitbart: Holocaust Museum Killer Was a 'Multiculturalist'], Gawker</ref>
*He melted down about five seconds into an interview with David Shuster and spent most of the time yelling about all the ways [[MSNBC]] had wronged him.<ref>[Gawker.com: [http://archive.ph/http://gawker.com/5458836/andrew-breitbart-david-shuster-yell-at-each-other-about-acorn-and-teabugging archive.ph], [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://gawker.com/5458836/andrew-breitbart-david-shuster-yell-at-each-other-about-acorn-and-teabugging web.archive.org] Andrew Breitbart, David Shuster Yell at Each Other about ACORN and Teabugging], Gawker</ref>

Like his predecessor, Milo, too, has changed since he went on his [[Drugs|weight loss]] journey. He fidgets and sniffles whenever he's giving a speech or interview, and his recent success has only caused the tics to worsen.  His behavior is getting more erratic and he's starting to look like a Faces of Meth PSA.<ref>Francis, Nathan, [http://www.inquisitr.com/3517784/milo-yiannopoulos-controversy-controversial-breitbart-editor-accused-of-trying-to-scamdonald-trump-supporters-with-nimble-america-pac/ "Milo Yiannopoulos Controversy: Breitbart Editor Accused Of Trying To Scam Donald Trump Supporters With Nimble America PAC"], Inqusitur 9.17.16. Alt-right seems to have become less gullible. Time for a new retirement plan.
</ref>

==2017 onwards==
For a brief period, Breitbart was run by naval lieutenant-cum-banker-cum-
Warchief of the True Horde
<ref>Dibbell, Julian, [https://www.wired.com/2008/11/ff-ige/ "The Decline and Fall of an Ultra Rich Online Gaming Empire"], ''Wired'' (11/24/08 at 12:00 PM).</ref>-cum-"Student of History"-cum-dictionary definition of "chronic skin condition" [[Steve Bannon]] after a stint in [[Donald Trump|the Great Cheeto's]] administration; first as the last in a long line of campaign managers, than as chief 
propagandist
 strategist, a job title that doesn't appear to have formally existed before the 2017 inauguration (the man's very, very busy). Bannon returns to his old haunt as "executive chairman," while editorial duties are held by Andrew's former "glorified personal assistant"<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-frontline-interview-alex-marlow/ The Frontline Interview: Alex Marlow.] pbs.org, 23 May 2017.</ref> Alex Marlow, former Trump ghostwriter Wynton Hall, and Joel B. Pollak, a pleasent-looking gent hailing from [[Apartheid|apartheid-era]] [[South Africa|Johannesburg]] who ran a failed Congressional campaign in Illinois against Democratic Representative Jan Schakowsky. 

The website's content remains largely unchanged, with stories mostly consisting of "brown people are really scary you guys!" and a tabloid-inspired page design that seems to be trying to overwhelm the senses of any passing reader with gaudy shades of flashing orange, black, and blue and headlines in ALL CAPS. Their general ''modus operandi'' seems to be doing the precise opposite of what the mainstream news media (or 'MSM', as they so lovingly call them) are doing, like defending [[Christopher Columbus]] from globalist/RINO/MSM/Antifa/Democratic/Islamist/transgender besmirchment. An "Italian-American icon" who was not at all a tyrant who helped facilitate the mass genocide of an entire native population after first enslaving them.<ref>[https://archive.ph/zhlPp Italian Americans Seek Respect for Contributions to the United States, Columbua Day.] 9 October 2017. Archived from the original at breitbart.com.</ref><ref>[https://archive.ph/UXypt Flynn: Christopher Columbus a Better Man Than Those Defacing His Statues.] 8 October 2017. Archived from the original at breitbart.com</ref> Their byline seems to be to be unabashadly pro-Donald Trump, far-right wing, and "anti-MSM", basically setting up camp against whatever it is that anyone not following their particular brand of 21st century Western nationalism is for. There's little in the way of the kind of hard-hitting, investigative journalism its namesake seemed to strive for, just a lot of disappointingly unremarkable op-eds, commentary, and blogs with eye-catching and inflammatory headlines whose attached articles' quality ranges from average to painful. In addition to their main website, they have a daily radio news show on SiriusXM Patriot, a line of branded clothing and accessories available through their online store, and a number of downloadable crappy podcasts.

In 2018, after Steve Bannon was quoted in {{wpl|Michael_Wolff_(journalist)|Michael Wolff's}} ''[[Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House]]'' as describing Donald Trump as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic" for meeting with a Russian lawyer during the campaign, Steve Bannon 
was fired
 "stepped down" from his head role at Breitbart.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/steve-bannon-departs-breitbart-losing-his-megaphone/ Steve Bannon Departs Breitbart, Losing His Megaphone.] pbs.org, 1 January 2018.</ref> Can't have that sort of thing here, no-siree. With no cult of personality to lead the way, Breitbart has begun to experience quite the decline in influence and traffic.<ref>[https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/24/media/breitbart-media-coverage/index.html The media's fascination with Breitbart has faded -- and that could spell trouble for the site.] [[CNN]], 20 July 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/330279/breitbarts-traffic-spirals-downward-over-last-3-m.html Breitbart's Traffic Spirals Downward Over Last 3 Months.] mediapost.com, 8 January 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.politico.eu/blogs/on-media/2018/06/breitbart-traffic-declines-seventh-straight-month-maga-base/ Breitbart traffic declines for seventh straight month.] Politico, 17 June 2018.</ref> Breitbart appears to be descending into the same depths of irrelevance as [[WND]].<ref>[https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/02/inside-the-decline-of-the-once-powerful-world-net-daily/ Inside the decline of the once-powerful World Net Daily, From cheerleading the ‘birther’ movement to pitching bitcoin at staff meetings.] [[The Washington Post]] via The Mercury News, 2 April 2019.</ref>

==Staff==
===Current contributors===
[[File:Spinal Tap - Up to Eleven.jpg|thumb|right|165px|''This Is Spinal Tap'''s "up to eleven"]]
*[[James Delingpole]]: A fervent [[global warming|climate science denier]] and self-described "incredibly groovy guy"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWXJVaC0AUQ We Are Breitbart: James Delingpole]. Brietbart on [[YouTube]], 1 May 2017.</ref> who claims to "write about everything" but mostly writes about how [[global warming]] is all a big scam.
*Jack Hadfield: A bonafide [[Neo-Nazi]] and [[Anti-feminist]] who serves as a contributor for Breitbart Tech.<ref>Charlie Prentice, [https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2017/11/23/exposed-breitbart-writers-vile-racist-group EXPOSED: Breitbart writer’s vile racist group]. ''Hope Not Hate'', 23 November 2017.</ref>
*Sonnie Johnson: A [[Tea Party]] activist and [[Fox News]] regular whose sole gimmick seems to be that she's a conservative black woman, a "phenomenon" that is far from that but that she seems to exploit endlessly.
*Raheem Kassam: Ex-[[Muslim]] co-editor for the London bureau and [[Christopher Hitchens]] fanboy. 
*Aaron Klein: Leader of Breitbart's [[Jerusalem]] bureau and vociferous anti-[[Obama]] crank.
*[[Michelle Malkin]]: As a freelancer for almost every online right-wing publication you can think, it's no surprise that Malkin is a semi-regular columnist for Breitbart.
*Joel B. Pollak: A (currently inactive) attorney and former congressional candidate who serves as senior-editor-at-large. He serves as the company's public spokesperson, and writes a blog about the "struggles" of being a right-winger in supposedly decidedly liberal southern California.
*Curt Schilling: A former baseball player for several teams who decided one day to crank his long-stagnant [[wingnut]] level {{wpl|up to eleven||.}} After failed careers in video game development and color commentary, the latter after he posted a Twitter meme comparing Islam to Nazism, he's found his true calling as a podcast host and recurring guest contributor to the website's sports section.
*Charlie Spiering: Breitbart's official [[White House]] correspondent, who is remarkable insofar that he's a White House correspondent. His coverage is possibly some of the better to be found on the site, though it's still heavily marred by their characteristic far-right slant.
*Thomas D. Williams: A theologian and former Catholic priest who writes on religious topics. Also a former member of the Legion of Christ.

===Former contributors===
*[[Jonah Goldberg]]: He was a columnist for Breitbart in the early-2010's. Left to focus on his work with ''[[National Review]]''.
*[[Sebastian Gorka]]: Served as a national security analyst. Became a Trump advisor, then went over to [[Fox News]].
*[[Dana Loesch]]: She was a writer and editor during Breitbart's early days. Eventually defected to ''[[TheBlaze]]''.
*[[James O'Keefe]]: Of [[ACORN]] fame. Now runs [[Project Veritas]].
*[[Rand Paul]]: He used to write for the [[Washington Times]], but the column was moved to ''Breitbart'' after a [[plagiarism]] stir.<ref>Ashley Alman, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/rand-paul-breitbart_n_4230124.html Rand Paul's Column Moves To Breitbart After Plagiarism Stir]. ''HuffPost'', 7 November 2013.</ref> ''Breitbart'': Where we don't care where you got the text, only that it stays on-message.
*[[Ben Shapiro]]: Used to work for Breitbart before the Bannon ''et al.'' faction took hold of the joint.
*[[Milo Yiannopoulos]]: Formerly one of the site's all-star contributors, [[alt-right]] darling Milo "resigned" (read: was effectively fired through pressure from higher up) after endorsing [[pederasty]] on a podcast.<ref>
Bob Ostertag, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/milo-yiannopoulos-on-pedophilia-and-this-arbitrary_us_58ab52a5e4b029c1d1f88d77 Milo Yiannopoulos On Pedophilia And 'This Arbitrary And Oppressive Idea Of Consent']. ''HuffPost'', 20 February 2017.</ref><ref>Olga Khazan, [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/02/milo-yiannopoulos-and-the-myth-of-the-gay-pedophile/517332/ Milo Yiannopoulos and the Myth of the Gay Pedophile]. ''The Atlantic'', 21 February 2017.</ref>

==See also==
*[[New tone]]
*[[Astroturfing]]
*[[Vulgar libertarianism]]
*[[Quote mining]]
*[[Fake news]]
*[[Resett.no]]

==External links==
*[http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/breitbart-issues-best-correction-since-forever Breitbart Issues Best Correction Since Forever]

==Notes==
{{notelist|2|80%}}

==References==
{{reflist|2|80%}}

[[Category:Media]]
[[Category:2020 election denialists]]
[[Category:Alt-lite]]
[[Category:Alt-right]]
[[Category:Alternative medicine promoters]]
[[Category:Antifeminism]]
[[Category:Antisemites]]
[[Category:Anti-vaccination movement]]
[[Category:Birtherism]]
[[Category:Bloggers]]
[[Category:Clogosphere]]
[[Category:Conservative deceit]]
[[Category:Conspiracy theorists]]
[[Category:Culture wars]]
[[Category:Denialist websites]]
[[Category:Fake news]]
[[Category:Gamergate]]
[[Category:Global warming denialists]]
[[Category:Homophobes]]
[[Category:Islamophobes]]
[[Category:Internet kooks]]
[[Category:Propaganda]]
[[Category:Racists]]
[[Category:Right-wing activists]]
[[Category:Sexists]]
[[Category:Shysters]]
[[Category:Social degeneration]]
[[Category:Tea Party]]
[[Category:Transphobes]]
[[Category:Trumpism]]
[[Category:War on science]]
[[Category:Webshites]]

Categories: Media, 2020 election denialists, Alt-lite, Alt-right, Alternative medicine promoters, Antifeminism, Antisemites, Anti-vaccination movement, Birtherism, Bloggers, Clogosphere, Conservative deceit, Conspiracy theorists, Culture wars, Denialist websites, Fake news, Gamergate, Global warming denialists, Homophobes, Islamophobes, Internet kooks, Propaganda, Racists, Right-wing activists, Sexists, Shysters, Social degeneration, Tea Party, Transphobes, Trumpism, War on science, Webshites