Breitbart Meltdown

[Anonymous]

There are two things I would like to comment on as a conservative.

1. Breitbart is the right's equivalent to Mother Jones or HuffPo. No one takes them as serious journalists. Congratulations to the posters here that figured it out.

2. This "battery" charge is a joke. Unwanted touching by another person is technically a battery. I get batteried in the Metro every day. This so-called "reporter" needs to put her big girl pants on if she wants to be an aggressive beat reporter. Also, from looking at the video, I don't see where she was "almost pushed to the floor". The anti-Trumpers are getting desperate I guess. This charge will get laughed out of court.

This Michelle Fields also has her name involved in the Ted Cruz affairs story. I'm guessing she likes attention or is some kind of nut job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are two things I would like to comment on as a conservative.

1. Breitbart is the right's equivalent to Mother Jones or HuffPo. No one takes them as serious journalists. Congratulations to the posters here that figured it out.

2. This "battery" charge is a joke. Unwanted touching by another person is technically a battery. I get batteried in the Metro every day. This so-called "reporter" needs to put her big girl pants on if she wants to be an aggressive beat reporter. Also, from looking at the video, I don't see where she was "almost pushed to the floor". The anti-Trumpers are getting desperate I guess. This charge will get laughed out of court.

This Michelle Fields also has her name involved in the Ted Cruz affairs story. I'm guessing she likes attention or is some kind of nut job.

Did you read Jeff's timeline, the first post in this thread? It's not the "unwanted touching" so much as every single thing that happened after that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

She was pulled away but the arm. Not yanked or thrown to the floor. I imagine this happens all the time. As to no one seeming to care - this is national news and after seeing the video, the over-reaction to this is laughable.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:There are two things I would like to comment on as a conservative.

1. Breitbart is the right's equivalent to Mother Jones or HuffPo. No one takes them as serious journalists. Congratulations to the posters here that figured it out.

2. This "battery" charge is a joke. Unwanted touching by another person is technically a battery. I get batteried in the Metro every day. This so-called "reporter" needs to put her big girl pants on if she wants to be an aggressive beat reporter. Also, from looking at the video, I don't see where she was "almost pushed to the floor". The anti-Trumpers are getting desperate I guess. This charge will get laughed out of court.

This Michelle Fields also has her name involved in the Ted Cruz affairs story. I'm guessing she likes attention or is some kind of nut job.

Breitbart made painstaking efforts to create a false alibi for Lewandowski. That is far more extreme that anything Mother Jones or the Huffington Post would do. Please don't engage in false equivalence.

Regardless of your opinion about the seriousness of the assault, the reporter's arm was bruised. If it was such a minor incident, Lewandowski would have had no reason to deny that it happened and could have easily resolved it with an apology. Instead he called Fields "deranged". I note you seem to share that attitude regarding her mental state. For that matter, you seem to share much of the attitude demonstrated by Trump and his campaign towards women. Maybe that is why Trump's negatives with female voters is at atmospheric levels?

The icing on the case of this story is that Lewandowski is being represented in the case by a lawyer who had to resign as a federal prosecutor after biting a stripper. I know that violence towards women is a frequent campaign issue these days. However, it is unusual for candidates to seemingly be in favor of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are two things I would like to comment on as a conservative.

1. Breitbart is the right's equivalent to Mother Jones or HuffPo. No one takes them as serious journalists. Congratulations to the posters here that figured it out.

2. This "battery" charge is a joke. Unwanted touching by another person is technically a battery. I get batteried in the Metro every day. This so-called "reporter" needs to put her big girl pants on if she wants to be an aggressive beat reporter. Also, from looking at the video, I don't see where she was "almost pushed to the floor". The anti-Trumpers are getting desperate I guess. This charge will get laughed out of court.

This Michelle Fields also has her name involved in the Ted Cruz affairs story. I'm guessing she likes attention or is some kind of nut job.

Did you read Jeff's timeline, the first post in this thread? It's not the "unwanted touching" so much as every single thing that happened after that.

I indeed read the whole thing. It sounds like the Breitbart people and Fields are like a couple of 12 year old girls. Again, Breitbart is a joke, and anyone that works for them is a joke. Fields is enjoying her 15 minutes of fame. The Jupiter prosecutor is now weighing in to get his 15 minutes of fame.

Does anyone think that this does not happen all the time on the campaign trail by the Secret Service or security on all the campaigns? I had to watch the video 4 times to figure out what actually happened. She was simply pulled away from the candidate. All the Breitbart personnel drama is not really relevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are two things I would like to comment on as a conservative.

1. Breitbart is the right's equivalent to Mother Jones or HuffPo. No one takes them as serious journalists. Congratulations to the posters here that figured it out.

2. This "battery" charge is a joke. Unwanted touching by another person is technically a battery. I get batteried in the Metro every day. This so-called "reporter" needs to put her big girl pants on if she wants to be an aggressive beat reporter. Also, from looking at the video, I don't see where she was "almost pushed to the floor". The anti-Trumpers are getting desperate I guess. This charge will get laughed out of court.

This Michelle Fields also has her name involved in the Ted Cruz affairs story. I'm guessing she likes attention or is some kind of nut job.

I am not a conservative but this frivolous lawsuit has no merit. It may be an attempt to deflect Cruz's sex scandal. From the video at no point she was pushed to the ground as she originally claimed. You can't even tell if she is bumped or not from the video. Can she be sued for filing bogus lawsuit?

[Anonymous]

So Trump's guys were doing their jobs. Good for them

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:She was pulled away but the arm. Not yanked or thrown to the floor. I imagine this happens all the time. As to no one seeming to care - this is national news and after seeing the video, the over-reaction to this is laughable.

Here is the description that I provided in the first post:

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

That is fully supported by the video. Moreover, Lewandowski claimed not tot have touched Fields at all. He has been shown to be a blatant liar. Why would the Trump campaign -- including the candidate -- engage in a campaign of lies and personal attacks over something that "happens all the time"?

At the very least, this should be another demonstration of why Trump is too unstable and erratic to be anywhere near the nuclear codes. Something that could have been resolved by simply saying, "I'm sorry" has run on for weeks and has in campaign manager in a Florida courtroom a week for the Wisconsin primary.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are two things I would like to comment on as a conservative.

1. Breitbart is the right's equivalent to Mother Jones or HuffPo. No one takes them as serious journalists. Congratulations to the posters here that figured it out.

2. This "battery" charge is a joke. Unwanted touching by another person is technically a battery. I get batteried in the Metro every day. This so-called "reporter" needs to put her big girl pants on if she wants to be an aggressive beat reporter. Also, from looking at the video, I don't see where she was "almost pushed to the floor". The anti-Trumpers are getting desperate I guess. This charge will get laughed out of court.

This Michelle Fields also has her name involved in the Ted Cruz affairs story. I'm guessing she likes attention or is some kind of nut job.

I am not a conservative but this frivolous lawsuit has no merit. It may be an attempt to deflect Cruz's sex scandal. From the video at no point she was pushed to the ground as she originally claimed. You can't even tell if she is bumped or not from the video. Can she be sued for filing bogus lawsuit?

She never claimed to have been pushed to the ground. What's funny is that Lewandowski claimed that he never touched her. He obviously lied.

For the record, she can't be sued for filing a bogus lawsuit because she didn't file a lawsuit. She filed a criminal complaint and local prosecutors decided the evidence supported pressing charges.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was pulled away but the arm. Not yanked or thrown to the floor. I imagine this happens all the time. As to no one seeming to care - this is national news and after seeing the video, the over-reaction to this is laughable.

Here is the description that I provided in the first post:

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

That is fully supported by the video. Moreover, Lewandowski claimed not tot have touched Fields at all. He has been shown to be a blatant liar. Why would the Trump campaign -- including the candidate -- engage in a campaign of lies and personal attacks over something that "happens all the time"?

At the very least, this should be another demonstration of why Trump is too unstable and erratic to be anywhere near the nuclear codes. Something that could have been resolved by simply saying, "I'm sorry" has run on for weeks and has in campaign manager in a Florida courtroom a week for the Wisconsin primary.

Did he know it was Fields? Fields is known to be a bit of a loose cannon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was pulled away but the arm. Not yanked or thrown to the floor. I imagine this happens all the time. As to no one seeming to care - this is national news and after seeing the video, the over-reaction to this is laughable.

Here is the description that I provided in the first post:

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

That is fully supported by the video. Moreover, Lewandowski claimed not tot have touched Fields at all. He has been shown to be a blatant liar. Why would the Trump campaign -- including the candidate -- engage in a campaign of lies and personal attacks over something that "happens all the time"?

At the very least, this should be another demonstration of why Trump is too unstable and erratic to be anywhere near the nuclear codes. Something that could have been resolved by simply saying, "I'm sorry" has run on for weeks and has in campaign manager in a Florida courtroom a week for the Wisconsin primary.

Did he know it was Fields? Fields is known to be a bit of a loose cannon.

Are you suggesting he planned to pull her arm, sought her out, call her deranged, and lie about it? I assumed that it was just an unplanned incident.

[Anonymous]

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

Should I care (more) simply because its a woman involved?

[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.

where did you lift this list from? Or are we to believe you wrote all that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

where did you lift this list from? Or are we to believe you wrote all that?

It's from this morning's Top Secret DNC Talking Points Memo.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:
where did you lift this list from? Or are we to believe you wrote all that?

I really don't care what you believe, though I don't like being accused of plagiarism. I did write "all that". I guess that I can deduce from your reaction that you found it impressive. Thanks!