Media Still Getting It Wrong About Andrew Breitbart and Shirley Sherrod

NewsBusters ^ | Matthew Sheffield

[RatherBiased.com]

As someone who was one of the best fighters against the left-wing media hegemony, Andrew Breitbart was also frequently victimized by lazy reporters who didn't bother to report correct information about him. This was a particular problem for Andrew because he was such a target for liberals making up lies which got repeated so often, they've become widely accepted as truth.

Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, the media haven't stopped repeating lies about Breitbart even after his untimely passing. Contrary to much of the reporting about him today, Breitbart did not falsely represent Shirley Sherrod, former U.S. Department of Agriculture director of Rural Development in Georgia in relaying a video of her discrimination against white applicants for a farm subsidy program in 2010.

Before listing the false reports against Breitbart on this issue today, let's look at the facts. While there were a couple of minor things he did incorrectly in reporting about Sherrod, on the balance, the charge, advanced by many liberals including former conservative David Frum, that he selectively edited her remarks to take her out of context is false

[gorush]

This was Andrew on Feb. 19th, 2011 in Madistan:

[DBrow]

They are not getting it wrong- at least, not in the sense that they don’t know the truth. They decided what Official Reality should be and they repeat it over and over.

They are the propaganda wing of the DNC. Sometimes propaganda is a chant, like endlessly repeating a lie.

[RGSpincich]

Orson Bean can ferret out the truth on this case.

[gramho12]

As I was reading the headline I was thinking the exact same thing. And that is because they don't deal in facts, but "truth to power". Like George Costanza says, "it's not a lie if you believe it". And that is why we should not be demanding "truth" or "fairness", but demand that journalists report the facts.

And I don't expect to see this happening any time soon.

[Freddd]

Greta wouldn’t post a thing on her blog all morning.

Hours after the news, she posts

A smear against Breitbart and sympathy for Sherrod.

P*ssed a lot of people off too.

then she posted a lot of posts, to make the smear go to the next page...

[PapaBear3625]

Breitbart reported a lot of uncomplimentary things about Scientology. Greta is deeply into Scientology. She would not be a fan of his.

[napscoordinator]

She was just on the news and she wish his family condolences. She was sad that he died per her words. I was surprised especially as a liberal.