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Breitbart uses satire website to smear Krugman with false bankruptcy report
Breitbart.com’s Big Journalism website on Monday fell for a fake report on a satire website which claimed that Nobel Price-winning economist had filed for bankruptcy. Business Insider reported that Big Journalism’s Larry O’Connor ran with the satirical report from The Daily Currant in an effort to smear Krugman. Although Breitbart.com…
Breitbart movie’s director blames Congressional Black Caucus for ‘R’ rating
The director of a film promoting the late conservative media provocateur Andrew Breitbart said that his movie’s anticipated release date has been pushed back after the Motion Picture Association of America gave it an “R” rating for vulgar language. Oddly enough, he’s blaming the Congressional Black Caucus. The film was…
Breitbart: A Home For Racist Illiterates
(Note: This will be a semi-regular feature showcasing our notable, funny, or just plain nuts run-ins with conservatives on Twitter.) So implies Dana Loesch. [View the story "Twenty Loesches For Your Impunity" on Storify] Even as a race-baiting liberal, I would refrain from going that far about Breitbart.com. I mean,…
Coroner’s report says Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure
Conservative blogger and activist Andrew Breitbart’s death came as a result of heart failure attributed to coronary artery disease, according to a report from ABC News. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office reported that the 43-year-old has a negligible amount of alcohol in his system when he collapsed near his…
Coulter: Breitbart’s death is ‘like John Lennon dying’
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter says the untimely passing of Andrew Breitbart compares to the assassination of famed musician John Lennon. In an interview with The Daily Caller, Coulter asserted that there was no telling what Breitbart could accomplished if he had not died suddenly last week at the age of…
Autopsy conducted on conservative activist Andrew Breitbart
Coroners conducted an autopsy on the body of conservative activist Andrew Breitbart on Friday but deferred a formal finding on the cause of his death until toxicology and lab tests are completed, officials said.…
Santorum: Breitbart ‘a huge loss for our country’
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday reacted with shock to the news that conservative internet provocateur Andrew Breitbart had passed away at the age of 43. “Wow,” Santorum told CNN. “That’s a big shock. What a powerful force. It’s almost — I mean, you think of anybody out there…
Judge admonishes Breitbart for late filing in defamation suit
In a court filing (PDF) last week, a U.S. District Court judge explained that he refused to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart in-part because the dismissal motion was filed much later than what the law allows. Breitbart’s initial motion to dismiss was filed April 18, 2011…
Alec Baldwin calls Breitbart a ‘festering boil on the anus of public discourse’
Apparently Keith Olbermann isn’t the only person who thinks Andrew Breitbart’s recent attempt to smear the “Occupy” movement as serial rapists is a bit beyond the pale. Mediaite is reporting that actor Alec Baldwin took to Twitter today to excoriate the Big Government blogger and media provocateur, calling him a…
‘Young Turks’ showdown: Cenk tells Breitbart, ‘Stop having gay sex in bathrooms!’
Posing a hypothetical on his show Tuesday night, “The Young Turks” host Cenk Uygur asked flamboyant conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart if it would be fair to say to all conservatives: “Stop having gay sex in bathrooms!” The bizarre exchange was part of Cenk’s rebuttal to Breitbart’s recent outburst at “Occupy”…
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