Breitbart Meltdown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Sounds like a confusing situation. Trump has been under organized attack by the left and are protecting Trump. Breitbart tried to do due diligence by investigating imagine if NYT and Rolling Stone followed similar policy). Breitbart did not have the vid that later came out. There is no vid showing the entire incident so it was he said, she said. Shapiro and Breitbart have long had differences so that part does not surprise me.

I think the real story here is that there needs to be hyper vigilance re: Trump's protection due to leftist organizations and activists organizing to not only protest, but to physically cause trouble.

It was a Breitbart reporter who said she was assaulted/handled roughly, and Brietbart first vacillated, then said she made it up. They protected Trump at the expense of their own reporter, not a leftist organization.

They said they reviewd tapes to see who grabbed her. I think that is the right way to approach things. Investigation is prudent

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since when is Breitbart a "leftist" organization?

Anyone who thinks Breitbart is leftist is unhinged.

I am pretty sure that the poster was not suggesting that Breitbart is a leftist organization, rather that because evil leftists are determined to attack Trump, it justifies assaulting reporters. So, it is not Cory Lewandowski's fault that he assaulted Michelle Fields, but rather the fault of BernieBros, or something.

Which is really funny, because the current wave of attack on Trump is 100% from the establishment wing of the Republican party.

You'll know when the leftists go after him. Because he'll go down and stay down when that happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:d

Sounds like a confusing situation. Trump has been under organized attack by the left and are protecting Trump. Breitbart tried to do due diligence by investigating imagine if NYT and Rolling Stone followed similar policy). Breitbart did not have the vid that later came out. There is no vid showing the entire incident so it was he said, she said. Shapiro and Breitbart have long had differences so that part does not surprise me.

I think the real story here is that there needs to be hyper vigilance re: Trump's protection due to leftist organizations and activists organizing to not only protest, but to physically cause trouble.

It was a Breitbart reporter who said she was assaulted/handled roughly, and Brietbart first vacillated, then said she made it up. They protected Trump at the expense of their own reporter, not a leftist organization.

They said they reviewd tapes to see who grabbed her. I think that is the right way to approach things. Investigation is prudent

Keep reading, Breitbart did not handle things prudently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:d

Sounds like a confusing situation. Trump has been under organized attack by the left and are protecting Trump. Breitbart tried to do due diligence by investigating imagine if NYT and Rolling Stone followed similar policy). Breitbart did not have the vid that later came out. There is no vid showing the entire incident so it was he said, she said. Shapiro and Breitbart have long had differences so that part does not surprise me.

I think the real story here is that there needs to be hyper vigilance re: Trump's protection due to leftist organizations and activists organizing to not only protest, but to physically cause trouble.

It was a Breitbart reporter who said she was assaulted/handled roughly, and Brietbart first vacillated, then said she made it up. They protected Trump at the expense of their own reporter, not a leftist organization.

They said they reviewd tapes to see who grabbed her. I think that is the right way to approach things. Investigation is prudent

no, they said she made it up

[jsteele]

Two more staffers resigned from Breitbart today:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/03/breitbart-staffers-resign-jordan-schachtel-jarrett-stepman-220730

Both of them accused Breitbart of becoming a propaganda mouthpiece for Trump.

"Breitbart News is no longer a journalistic enterprise, but instead, in my opinion, something resembling an unaffiliated media Super PAC for the Trump campaign. I signed my contract to work as a journalist, not as a member of the Donald J. Trump for President media network."

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Has anyone else been paying attention to the Breitbart soap opera? I'm ashamed at how much I'm enjoying it. For those who haven't followed developments, here is a recap:

1) Following a Trump rally, Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields started asking Trump a question as he was passing through a crowd of reporters and photographers;

2) Fields was roughly pulled from behind by her arm, almost falling to the ground and ending up with a bruised arm;

3) Fields believed her assailant was Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and that was confirmed by Washington Post reporter Ben Terris who witnessed it;

4) Lewandowski denied that he had touched Fields, called her "deranged", and said he had never even met her;

5) Breitbart's editor asked Trump's campaign for an apology but Trump himself denied anything had happened Fields;

6) The Daily Beast (or maybe the Daily Caller, one of them) published a leak that Lewandowski had told the Breitbart editor he was sorry for roughing up Fields but he didn't recognize her and thought he was from the mainstream media (both Lewandowski and the editor deny this);

7) Brietbart folks began both defending and questing Field's account and eventually Breitbart published an article accusing Terris of the Post of misidentifying Lewandowski (Terris stands by his identification);

8) Brietbart based it's claims on video showing Lewandowski on the opposite side of Trump from Fields, but video has emerged showing Lewandowski moving behind Trump and reaching his arm toward Fields, providing video support if not complete proof of her claims;

9) An audio recording of Terris and Fields just after her assault supports their claims that it was Lewandowski;

10) The PR person for Breitbart resigned due to the lack of support for Fields and claimed that Breitbart was in the bag for Trump;

11) Fields filed a criminal complaint against Lewandowski;

12) Fields and Breitbart report Ben Shapiro both resigned in protest with Shapiro saying that Breitbart had been turned into "Trump's personal Pravda";

13) A leaked email showed the Brietbart editor had been pursuing a job as a speech writer with Trump's campaign;

14) After Fields and Shapiro resigned, Breitbart published an article ridiculing Shapiro;

15) The article was published under a pseudonym used by Shapiro's father and revealed the Shaprio's father's true identity;

16) The article was removed and replaced with an "Editor's note" saying that a staffer had inappropriately published the article (the "staffer" and the "editor" are one and the same);

17) Shapiro's father also resigned from Breitbart and more resignations are expected.

It would be amusing if it weren't for the fact that a woman was assaulted and injured, and no one seems to care.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Two more staffers resigned from Breitbart today:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/03/breitbart-staffers-resign-jordan-schachtel-jarrett-stepman-220730

Both of them accused Breitbart of becoming a propaganda mouthpiece for Trump.

"Breitbart News is no longer a journalistic enterprise, but instead, in my opinion, something resembling an unaffiliated media Super PAC for the Trump campaign. I signed my contract to work as a journalist, not as a member of the Donald J. Trump for President media network."

No longer? Try wasn't ever.

[Anonymous]

I love it. I caught up since yesterday. There are so many train wrecks happening in the Republican field it is hard to keep up. Fabulous though. Breitbart is such a hideous propaganda front.

[Anonymous]

Aside: I have that free XM pop music radio station in my car, and I think they advertise Breitbart News hour or something on their "Patriot Radio" station. Anyone ever listen to Patriot Radio? I'm freaked out that there is such an enormous mainstream (not even underground) twisted conservative news media that is almost nearly completely divorced from decent journalistic ethics, and that some rather significant minority of the population is getting their news from these sources.

I'm almost irrationally remembering how the machete slaughter in Uganda was spurred by insane radio jockeys imploring people to pour into the street and kill in the name of politics and hate.

http://rwandanstories.org/genocide/hate_radio.html

[Anonymous]

This whole kerfluffle demonstrates how the right wingers are eating their own. The Frankenstein monsters that conservative media has been creating for the last two decades are finally turning on their masters to wreak havoc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aside: I have that free XM pop music radio station in my car, and I think they advertise Breitbart News hour or something on their "Patriot Radio" station. Anyone ever listen to Patriot Radio? I'm freaked out that there is such an enormous mainstream (not even underground) twisted conservative news media that is almost nearly completely divorced from decent journalistic ethics, and that some rather significant minority of the population is getting their news from these sources.

I'm almost irrationally remembering how the machete slaughter in Uganda was spurred by insane radio jockeys imploring people to pour into the street and kill in the name of politics and hate.

http://rwandanstories.org/genocide/hate_radio.html

Oh, dear Lord.
You clearly prefer the blatantly liberal media. You simply cannot stand it that some people listen to stations that you consider “beneath you."
To each his own.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Two more staffers resigned from Breitbart today:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/03/breitbart-staffers-resign-jordan-schachtel-jarrett-stepman-220730

Both of them accused Breitbart of becoming a propaganda mouthpiece for Trump.

"Breitbart News is no longer a journalistic enterprise, but instead, in my opinion, something resembling an unaffiliated media Super PAC for the Trump campaign. I signed my contract to work as a journalist, not as a member of the Donald J. Trump for President media network."

What the difference between this and fox? Fix is bigger, employs many of the establishment types and Foxs goes after people who are disloyal.

[Anonymous]

This definitely has my attention. I wish it was getting more press. The reaction of the Trump staffer via tweets and other statements confirms to me that the entire Trump staff is crazy, all of them. It just isn't Trump that believes his own bullshit, it's also his staff. I cannot imagine in a business setting how any of this could go down, forget the physical parts, but the denials and trash talking and insults?!

[Anonymous]

nice commentary from the ex-spokesman http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/14/opinions/breitbart-trump-coverage-bardella/index.html

[Anonymous]

Corey Lewandowski was just arrested for misdemeanor battery. The Florida police think it happened the way the reporter said it did.

http://wtop.com/elections/2016/03/police-charge-trump-campaign-manager-with-assault/