Posted on 03/14/2016 6:38:13 AM PDT by maggief
Oops.
In the early morning hours on Monday, Breitbart published a scathing takedown of their now-former editor-at-large Ben Shapiro after he announced his resignation from the conservative media company this weekend. The piece with the headline “BEN SHAPIRO BETRAYS LOYAL BREITBART READERS IN PURSUIT OF FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTORSHIP” has since been deleted; but of course, nothing on the internet ever really gets deleted, so you can read the sarcastic company reply here for yourself.
The lede reads, “Former Breitbart News editor-at-large Ben Shapiro announced Sunday evening via left-wing Buzzfeed that he is abandoning Andrew Breitbart’s lifelong best friend, widow, hand-picked management team and friends in pursuit of an elusive contributorship at the Fox News Channel.” First shot, fired.
The piece, written by William Bigelow, sarcastically continued, “It was business as usual for the ambitious conservative gadfly, who is known to live on the edge, courting and then leaving a series of companies over the past several years.”
Breitbart then lobbed a few potshots at Buzzfeed directly, bitingly writing:
“Buzzfeed, a site that has been aiming to destroy Breitbart News since the moment Andrew Breitbart died, and which has predicted the demise of Breitbart.com for the past four years, rewarded Shapiro for his bravery by placing news of his resignation just beneath several other hot stories, including “This Wee Little Snake Taking Its First Breath Will Cure Anyone’s Fears,” and “2/26: How Two Llamas And A Dress Gave Us The Internet’s Greatest Day.”
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don’t listen to Rush, never have. like I said I listen to them on Patriot radio on Sirius, it’s cheerleading from start to finish.
I see no good option for President, unfortunately. so please save your attacks attempting to brand me as a shill for whomever. We are doomed, Trump cannot win, and he WILL be the nominee.
what? Breitbart is getting rid of the traitors and liars who embarrassed Trump? hecause that's their mission, as a wing of his campaign?
Bingo
Once more video came out it seems Fields’ claims were exaggerated at best placing her and her employer in a dubious legal situation
Now, since FOX news and Megyn Kelly had a pj party interview to console the weeping victim, I would hope she can use her past prosecutor experience to show us the videos and photos on which she would make and win an assault case for Msss Fields
I don’t think the site was started until after Breitbart died. In fact, I’m certain of it.
Really?
Absolutely, disgustingly unprofessional.
They’re succeeding in destroying themselves where the left has failed.
What does being hispanic have to do with it, my friend?
I think this is what I was referring to:
Following Breitbart’s death in 2012, the site was redesigned, bringing the formerly distinct “Big” websites under one umbrella website at Breitbart.org.
I know Breitbart had Breitbart.tv before his death.
Half Honduranian
Mommy musta been hot
Could be.
This bs is probably why Trump said that he was going to start suing mediots, who lied about him or his staff.
As usual, he knew he the reality when he made that statement, and the mediots went bonkers as usual.
Now we are finding out again that he knew what was happening and the mediots fell for his challenge.
You need to read up on Breitbart
The big funder Mercer is pro Cruz and big donor to Cruz
Steve Bannon is operations head and appears to lean Trump
I’ve seen pro Trump and pro Cruz stuff from them
Shapiro and Fields and Fields boyfriend Jamie Weinstein are all anti Trump at all costs
Shapiro by FR standards is a neoconservative but a newer younger version
The dishonest antics of these anti Trump forces there brought about their own demise
Breitbart seemed content as things were before this supporting Trump and Cruz
From Wikipedia:
"In August 2010, Breitbart told the Associated Press that he was "committed to the destruction of the old media guard." As part of that commitment, he founded Breitbart.com, a website designed to become "the Huffington Post of the right."[3] Breitbart has exclusively re-posted the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal, the resignation of Shirley Sherrod, and the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy. Following Breitbart's death in 2012, the site was redesigned, bringing the formerly distinct "Big" websites under one umbrella website at Breitbart.org
In other words, the site was founded by Andrew (and operated by Andrew) before his death, but redesigned after his death.
Yeah, BB could always be a little cringy, but it seems like since ‘gamergate’ they’ve gone overboard in trying to appeal to a younger demographic.
It’s just nasty now and I certainly wouldn’t direct friends or acquaintances there for news.
having a few anti trump people on staff saved them for being totally in the tank for Trump, gave them some colorable objectivity. Bannon is a hopeless Trump cheerleader. I mostly listen to Breitbart on radio, as the site is fraught with popups which make it too hard to mess with.
If Mercer drops out of Breitbart and asks for his money back then you might have a point
But why are you upset?
Is there not enough media totally and utterly in the Hate Trump tank?
Trump has supporters at Breitbart and Laura Ingraham and Consevative Treehouse
A few more here and there
It’s a very short list considered Trump is now running against The Left, The GOP and 98% of the media all now without any pretense of that being colluding against his candidacy
Is Trump not allowed to have supporters at one fairly minor news org Breitbart?
And if Breitbart is so in the tank for Trump how did Shapiro and Fields flourish there for 6 months
Not to mention our own C Edmund Wright too
I see no good guys in this whole dustup, but Breitbart went totally unprofessional.
Doubt that. Steve Bannon is one of the smartest businessmen around. I knew Andrew Breitbart. He would be proud of Steve for not caving to this idiotic crap by Fields.
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