Andrew Breitbart

I’m willing to say that on the record. Why else would those people go to the stinky side?" — Meet Andrew Breitbart, self-proclaimed rebel-king of L.A.'s underground conservative movement (interview), 2008 Andrew J. Breitbart ( ; born February 1, 1969) is an American publisher, commentator for the Washington Times , author, and an occasional guest commentator on various news programs. He may be best-known for serving as an editor for the Drudge Report website. He was a researcher for Arianna Huffington , and was employed by her as "the primary developer" of her website, the Huffington Post . The New York Observer . That basically means that he culls what he considers the best of the news and puts it on one site. As it turns out, it's a profitable business.

Andrew James Breitbart ( / ˈ b r aɪ t b ɑːr t / ; February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American conservative publisher, commentator for The Washington Times , author, and occasional guest commentator on various news programs, who served as an editor for the Drudge Report website. He was a researcher for Arianna Huffington , and he was present at the launch of her web publication The Huffington Post . He played central roles in the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal , the resignation of Shirley Sherrod , and the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy . Commenters such as Nick Gillespie and Conor Friedersdorf have credited Breitbart with talking about politics.

Conservative writer and publisher Andrew James Breitbart ( / ˈ b r aɪ t b ɑːr t / ; February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American conservative journalist, writer, and commentator who was the founder of HuffPost and Breitbart . After helping in the early stages of HuffPost and the Drudge Report , Breitbart created Breitbart News , a news and right-wing opinion website, along with multiple other "BIG" sites – BIGHollywood, BIGGovernment, BIGJournalism. He played central roles in the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal , the firing of Shirley Sherrod , and the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy . Commenters such as Nick Gillespie and Conor Friedersdorf have credited Breitbart with changing how people wrote about politics by "show[ing] how the Internet could be used to route around information bottlenecks imposed by official spokesmen and legacy news outlets".

American conservative writer and publisher (1969–2012) Andrew James Breitbart ( / ˈ b r aɪ t b ɑːr t / ; February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American conservative journalist and political commentator who was the founder of Breitbart News and a co-founder of HuffPost . After helping in the early stages of HuffPost and the Drudge Report , Breitbart created Breitbart News , a far-right news and opinion website, which has been described as misogynistic , xenophobic , and racist by academics and journalists. He played central roles in the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal , the firing of Shirley Sherrod , and the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy . Commenters such as Nick Gillespie and Conor Friedersdorf have credited Breitbart with changing how people wrote about politics by "show[ing] how the Internet could be used to route around information bottlenecks imposed by official spokesmen and legacy news outlets". A Topic Modeling and Hyperlink Analysis of Right-Wing Media Coverage during the US Elections 2016". Communication Research and Practice . 5 (3). The Far Right Today . Irish Studies in International Affairs . 28 . Covid-19-Related Conspiracy Theories on 8kun and Gab" . In contrast, Gab users who shared more right-wing "fake news" websites are relatively more visible on Gab. Some of the most cited sources under this category include the Unhived Mind ( N = 2,729), Epoch Times ( N = 1,303), Natural News ( N = 1,301), Breitbart ( N = 769), the Gateway Pundit ( N = 422), and InfoWars ( N = 656). The Christian Science Monitor . The Sydney Morning Herald . Breitbart relied on fear-inspiring racist and xenophobic narratives that had salience with whites who were reacting to the economic anxiety over the Great Recession with racial resentment over the election of the first self-identified black president and the increase in the proportion of the US population made up of racial minorities. [...] The election of President Barack Obama saw Breitbart continue the long-standing American practice of spreading racist-laden fake news stories. Breitbart's fake news stories were not only racist but xenophobic and Islamophobic DiMaggio, Anthony R. But an analysis of Breitbart ' s content demonstrates the venue's commitment to normalizing neofascistic ideology, even as it refuses to acknowledge what it is doing. As Rolling Stone identified when it ran a November 2016 profile piece, Breitbart has a troubling history of promoting misogyny, Islamophobia, homophobia, and racism. [...] Concerning black-white relations in the United states, Breitbart also has an eliminationist-style rhetoric that depicts protests of racial inequality and police brutality as a fundamental threat to the nation. In Atkinson, Joshua D.; Kenix, Linda (eds.). Third, writers at National Review took a moral high ground and accused Breitbart and Donald Trump of enthusing extremist groups associated with the alt-right, which the publication claimed were known for their misogyny, sexism, racism, and xenophobia. [...] By calling Breitbart "the homepage for peckerwood-trash racists and the white-power basement dwellers," National Review accused the far-right media outlet of paving the way for white supremacists to enter the mainstream. Trump, and the Rise of Ethno-Nationalism in the United States" . The Routledge Companion To Media and Humanitarian Action . A key to Breitbart ' s success has long been the fake news modules, misinformation and propagandized narratives that form the content core of the Breitbart News website. Breitbart has carefully honed an anti-immigration, anti-Muslim online presence in a media universe complete with stories that raise fears of "white genocide". By March 2017, they have collectively purchased less than 0.5 percent of Breitbart's inventory. These agencies have listed Breitbart to their list of brand-unsafe websites because the far-right site violated their hate speech policies (Benes, 2017). [...] In the case of Breitbart , brands such as Kellogg's withdrew ads because they didn't want to be associated with a media outlet that produces racist and xenophobic content. The New York Times . Critics, including some conservatives formerly associated with it, have denounced Breitbart in its current incarnation as a hate site steeped in misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, white nationalism and anti-Semitism.

American conservative writer and publisher (1969–2012) Andrew James Breitbart ( / ˈ b r aɪ t b ɑːr t / ; February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American conservative journalist and political commentator who was the founder of Breitbart News and a co-founder of HuffPost . After helping in the early stages of HuffPost and the Drudge Report , Breitbart created Breitbart News , now a far-right news and opinion website, which has been described as misogynistic , xenophobic , and racist by academics and journalists. Breitbart played central journalistic roles in the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal , the firing of Shirley Sherrod , and the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy . Commenters such as Nick Gillespie and Conor Friedersdorf have credited Breitbart with changing how people wrote about politics by "show[ing] how the Internet could be used to route around information bottlenecks imposed by official spokesmen and legacy news outlets". A Topic Modeling and Hyperlink Analysis of Right-Wing Media Coverage during the US Elections 2016". Communication Research and Practice . 5 (3). The Far Right Today . Irish Studies in International Affairs . 28 . Covid-19-Related Conspiracy Theories on 8kun and Gab" . In contrast, Gab users who shared more right-wing "fake news" websites are relatively more visible on Gab. Some of the most cited sources under this category include the Unhived Mind ( N = 2,729), Epoch Times ( N = 1,303), Natural News ( N = 1,301), Breitbart ( N = 769), the Gateway Pundit ( N = 422), and InfoWars ( N = 656). The Christian Science Monitor . The Sydney Morning Herald . Breitbart relied on fear-inspiring racist and xenophobic narratives that had salience with whites who were reacting to the economic anxiety over the Great Recession with racial resentment over the election of the first self-identified black president and the increase in the proportion of the US population made up of racial minorities. [...] The election of President Barack Obama saw Breitbart continue the long-standing American practice of spreading racist-laden fake news stories. Breitbart's fake news stories were not only racist but xenophobic and Islamophobic DiMaggio, Anthony R. But an analysis of Breitbart ' s content demonstrates the venue's commitment to normalizing neofascistic ideology, even as it refuses to acknowledge what it is doing. As Rolling Stone identified when it ran a November 2016 profile piece, Breitbart has a troubling history of promoting misogyny, Islamophobia, homophobia, and racism. [...] Concerning black-white relations in the United states, Breitbart also has an eliminationist-style rhetoric that depicts protests of racial inequality and police brutality as a fundamental threat to the nation. In Atkinson, Joshua D.; Kenix, Linda (eds.). Third, writers at National Review took a moral high ground and accused Breitbart and Donald Trump of enthusing extremist groups associated with the alt-right, which the publication claimed were known for their misogyny, sexism, racism, and xenophobia. [...] By calling Breitbart "the homepage for peckerwood-trash racists and the white-power basement dwellers," National Review accused the far-right media outlet of paving the way for white supremacists to enter the mainstream. Trump, and the Rise of Ethno-Nationalism in the United States" . The Routledge Companion To Media and Humanitarian Action . A key to Breitbart ' s success has long been the fake news modules, misinformation and propagandized narratives that form the content core of the Breitbart News website. Breitbart has carefully honed an anti-immigration, anti-Muslim online presence in a media universe complete with stories that raise fears of "white genocide". By March 2017, they have collectively purchased less than 0.5 percent of Breitbart's inventory. These agencies have listed Breitbart to their list of brand-unsafe websites because the far-right site violated their hate speech policies (Benes, 2017). [...] In the case of Breitbart , brands such as Kellogg's withdrew ads because they didn't want to be associated with a media outlet that produces racist and xenophobic content. The New York Times . Critics, including some conservatives formerly associated with it, have denounced Breitbart in its current incarnation as a hate site steeped in misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, white nationalism and anti-Semitism.