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Reporterette, editor resign from Breitbart -- UPDATED

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Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 You are dead wrong on the "Its Brietbart" comment.

"Its Breitbart" means they are fully in the tank for Trump. That has become the issue with Breitbart as a news outlet. Breitbart used to be conservative-libertarian, but has abandoned it in favor of populist style know-nothing angry rhetoric by the editorial staff as surely as the NYT is progressive-liberal. They have changed, this isn't the Breitbart that Andrew ran anymore. Exec in chief Bannon is known to by a Trump sycophant and has tried to become a Trump campaign speech writer.

If you have not been keeping up with things, you may simply be ignorant of the change to Breitbart. They sold out, possibly literally in some cases (money is said to have changed hands as well as promises of jobs) for Trump and became attack dogs on his opponents, running multiple smear jobs. Its become a mouthpiece for pro-Trump articles, Trump apologists, and its "news" on Trump differs very little from press releases by the Trump team. They actively bash anyone that criticizes Trump. Its bad enough that even Rush Limbaugh, who tacitly supports Trump, called them "Trumpbart" on the air the other day.

Its bad enough that their former chief spokesman resigned over this the other day in protest and disgust about the treatment ordered by the editors on this story to their news staff.

Fields does have credibility on this despite the sleazy attacks on her such as what Badanov spewed above. Note that she has filed charges, has the bruises on her arm from the grab, and importantly has an eye witness.

How about running a real news article instead of Buzzfeed trash?

Here is the better source, by real reporters with both sides of the story, minus the Trumpbot smears.

http://thefederalist.com/2016/03/11/breitbart-reporter-files-police-report-against-trump-campaign-manager-corey-lewandowski/

Posted by Lemuel Graimp5160 2016-03-14 04:57|| 2016-03-14 04:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Reporterette

Is this, like, a real word?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 05:19|| 2016-03-14 05:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Proir to Andrews death, it was becoming a site to get news the MSM tried to ignore. Brietbart himself did not like Trump or his politics. After Breitbart's death, Bannon took over turned it into a home for a strident anti-immigration and anti-Washington rhetoric, which has recently morphed into attacking any Trump opponent with any smears handy, and parroting Trump positions uncritically.

Many inside the company believe Trump has provided undisclosed financial backing to the outlet in exchange for glowing coverage

According to four sources with knowledge of the situation, editors and writers at the outlet have privately complained since at least last year that the company’s top management was allowing Trump to turn Breitbart into his own fan website — using it to hype his political prospects and attack his enemies. One editor called the water-carrying “despicable” and “embarrassing,” and said he was told by an executive last year that the company had a financial arrangement with Trump. Another source at the company said he knew of several instances when managers had overruled writers and editors at Trump’s behest.

Trump’s book, Time to Get Tough, was written by Bannon.

A Breitbart insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says that "they’re the kind of people who, if you accidentally brushed against their shopping cart in the supermarket, their response is to burn down your house." Asked about this characterization, Bannon didn’t deny it. Quite the opposite, he laughed uproariously.

The editor in chief at Commentary, a true conservative outlet, compares Breitbart News to a fanzine. 'They’re like a Tiger Beat for Trump, a Sixteen magazine for Trump. It’s kind of a nonsense fan site,' John Podhoretz says.

“There have been a couple of staff-reporter pieces [personally attacking me] on Breitbart" says Erick Erickson of Redstate. Breitbart News’s Kevin Scholla calling Erickson a "RINO", is an obivous smear and a rather stupid one if you have actually bothered to read RedState over the years.

Brietbart has become Trump's personal Pravda and should be treated as such.

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There's your brief on the descent of Brietbart from conservative-libertarian icon to "Trumpbart" and the real meaning behind that statement "Its Breitbart".

Posted by Lonzo Angans8120 2016-03-14 05:22|| 2016-03-14 05:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Here is the Free Republics (a far right site) on the same subject of Breitbart's new lack of credibility and pro-trump sell out:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3385503/posts

Posted by Pholulet Spusoger5580 2016-03-14 05:23|| 2016-03-14 05:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Fields has reported conservative news reliably for a while, going back to the Daily Caller, a very conservative web site.

Her complaint about being knocked down by the NYPD while covering occupy was true. Lewandowsky jsut liead about her in an attempt to smear her. And Badanov just spread the smear and lie even further.

Here is a twitter pic that shows the that smear to be a lie,

link

The facts are there, perhaps you were simply unaware. You are not unaware anymore. Want to walk back that smear Mr Badanov? Or do you prefer to side with the scumbags smearing victims of their batery, then lie about them rather than admit the truth and simply apologize?

Posted by Spainter Elmomogum9498 2016-03-14 05:43|| 2016-03-14 05:43|| Front Page Top

#6 I am not capable of determining ULTIMATE TRUTH about an incident far away, and involving people that I do not personally know.

And - in this day and age - digital media can be faked well enough to deceive me.

I came into this particular case being ignorant of the existence of Ms. Fields and Mr. Lewandowski, and with only light (but positive) impressions of Mr. Shapiro.

But - the information at this link: http://www.dangerandplay.com/2016/03/13/michelle-fields-corey-lewandowski-trump-hoax/ pretty well convinces me that Ms. Fields, for some unknown reason, fabricated - or at least massively exaggerated - the offense in question.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2016-03-14 07:01|| 2016-03-14 07:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Judging by his shoulder, he didn't even try to grab her ass.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 07:04|| 2016-03-14 07:04|| Front Page Top

#8 I don't know why people are surprised that, what is the news, is for sale. Been like that for a long time.

Posted by phil_b 2016-03-14 07:06|| 2016-03-14 07:06|| Front Page Top

#9 what is the news, is for sale

Nope. In that particular case they're doing it for free. Because, in their minds (OK, OK, I know), they're saving the World from mad fuhrer Donald.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 07:08|| 2016-03-14 07:08|| Front Page Top

#10 But the left's exploitation of CNN, MSNBC, Time, and the rest of liberal media is.... OK ?

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-14 07:23|| 2016-03-14 07:23|| Front Page Top

#11 These comments are like the Blaze. Glenn has gone over to la la land.

Posted by Dale 2016-03-14 07:28|| 2016-03-14 07:28|| Front Page Top

#12 The only time you can trust a reporter or politician is when their lips aren't moving.

Posted by Dale 2016-03-14 07:32|| 2016-03-14 07:32|| Front Page Top

#13 I personally could care less if Fields was grabbed and/or pushed. Breitbart ran stories (Fields) way too much for me. It's not news.

Posted by jvalentour 2016-03-14 08:55|| 2016-03-14 08:55|| Front Page Top

#14 Yawn. I want a slo-mo montage video of that 80-year old dropping the BLM squid with one shot, and I want it yesterday.

Posted by regular joe 2016-03-14 09:30|| 2016-03-14 09:30|| Front Page Top

#15 How about running a real news article instead of Buzzfeed trash?

At the time, it was the only site I could that had this story, the complete story. As it was, had you read it, you would have noticed it was sympathetic to Fields, et al.

If you have noticed, nearly every conservative website has chosen their presidential candidate and are in the tank for him. It's why I do not want to visit other sites to get news on that is going on because of that. In fact, this presidential campaign may force me to swear off reading conservatives sites for good, not that I would go back to the left.

The way every conservative site has handled the candidate vetting is itself shameful, not just Breitbart, and not just National Review or Red State, but all of them.

As for Breitbart: it is easy to see why they went for Trump. Like Trump, Breitbart was a grenade thrower against the establishment, but as far as being conservative, his loyalties were elsewhere.

As for the remark of the Wapo reporter, he said what he said, not anything like, "They're pro Trump." So, I took what he meant as what I thought he meant. I am very certain it mattered to him very little who on the right were supporting whom in this presidential campaign.

Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 09:57|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-03-14 09:57|| Front Page Top

#16 If you have noticed, nearly every conservative website has chosen their presidential candidate and are in the tank for him.

I remember reading, somewhere, why democracy works. People spend so much energy on elections, they don't have any left for revolution.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 10:32|| 2016-03-14 10:32|| Front Page Top

#17 Rad and learn. Its what you claim to do here?

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2016/03/14/ben-shapiro-michelle-fields-resign-n2133309

Posted by Blinky Scourge of the Huns4036 2016-03-14 10:41|| 2016-03-14 10:41|| Front Page Top

#18 More on the reaction from Breitbart here

Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 10:49|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-03-14 10:49|| Front Page Top

#19 Rad and learn. Its what you claim to do here?

I'll read it, but the "evidence" seems clear: Fields made up at least parts of her story. She's done this sort of thing before.

Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 10:51|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-03-14 10:51|| Front Page Top

#20 Far more brownshirts here than I would have expected. Lets beat up anyone that protests or opposes our Dear Leader, and its OK to rough up the press too if they do not get in line and know their place... Right Dale, Regulajoe and Jvalentour? Yer gonna get them blacks and ferriners and Jooooos. Because its what the people you are praising will do. And remember that punch was a crime as was his death threat afterward, so no you are on record as praising violent criminal behavior. Paints a nasty picture of the true you.

What will you do nexc, make them wear signs, or an insignia that designates them as free targets due to their speaking out of turn and saying things you do not like and exposing The Leader Trump as grossly ignorant - or worse yet, making you look stupid by defending the indefensible. Mussolini used people like you. So did Lenin. Adolf as well. Nice company you keep.

Cultists. Just as bad as the Obama people, and just as violent is seems as the people they hate. To hell with both of you BLM/Progressives and Trump/Authoritarians.

The sad thing is I expected this from the left. But but not from the other side after seeing your criticism of the left/progs use of violence and intimidation, smearing and threats. But now, you adopt the same tactics, anger and irrational Strong Man worship you criticised from the other side.

Look in the mirror, and be ashamed of what you have let hate twist you into.

Posted by Flainter Sheatch4803 2016-03-14 10:57|| 2016-03-14 10:57|| Front Page Top

#21 Townhall is owned by the same people who own Red State, Bearing Arms, etc. Check it out. Their news is just as filtered as Breitbart. Maybe occasionally some facts leak out, but not before the agenda get plastered before you.

I just wonder why these conservative websites can't just speak to the basics: smaller unintrusive government, and a strong national defense. Why must they stroke one candidate over another, when it's about the basics, that hardly anyone is talking about?

Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 10:57|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-03-14 10:57|| Front Page Top

#22 Badenov, self delusion is such a sad thing to see emerging in you. Good luck, and please let us know what color the sky is in your world where you take the side of thugs against a conservative reporter, one being smeared by the Trump machine, whose smear you repeat.

Prove it case, or you are the liar here.

Fields has eye witness, and a video and audio recording.

Posted by Throlutle Henbane9230 2016-03-14 11:00|| 2016-03-14 11:00|| Front Page Top

#23 I don't support Trump, but I find him amusing. On the other side, I have stated here several times that I assume every reporter is a liar, traitor and enemy to humankind until proven otherwise. My take is, they are all lying. So let them go to court and prove it one way or the other. Til then, I honestly can't say I care.

Posted by Silentbrick 2016-03-14 11:04|| 2016-03-14 11:04|| Front Page Top

#24 Far more brownshirts here than I would have expected. Lets beat up anyone that protests or opposes our Dear Leader, and its OK to rough up the press too if they do not get in line and know their place... Right Dale, Regulajoe and Jvalentour? Yer gonna get them blacks and ferriners and Jooooos. Because its what the people you are praising will do. And remember that punch was a crime as was his death threat afterward, so no you are on record as praising violent criminal behavior. Paints a nasty picture of the true you.

Which punch? We know of one old man who sucker punched a young black protester at a Trump rally in Florida (I think), and we have a spurious allegation of a Trump campaign manager manhandling a female reporter. That is all I am aware of. You phrasing is unfair to us. we have an ethnically diverse group here, albeit not exactly politically diverse. None of the people who comment here or who work the editorial side come even close to the definition of "Brown Shirts" except for you.

You should know that attacking specific commenters is a no go here. If you have a problem, take it to twitter or to email, not on the forum.

What will you do nexc, make them wear signs, or an insignia that designates them as free targets due to their speaking out of turn and saying things you do not like and exposing The Leader Trump as grossly ignorant - or worse yet, making you look stupid by defending the indefensible. Mussolini used people like you. So did Lenin. Adolf as well. Nice company you keep.

I agree that Trump is an ignoramus, but I think he also is a sentimental ignoramus who in the final analysis would do the right thing, as he sees it, even for the wrong reason. Your contention that Trump would paint targets on the backs of racial or social minorities is flat wrong. Trump hasn't done that sort of thing before. He's been a businessman and a Golden Throat for so long, he knows very little else. And Mussolini? Lenin? Hitler? I guess you are out of ideas, huh?

Cultists. Just as bad as the Obama people, and just as violent is seems as the people they hate. To hell with both of you BLM/Progressives and Trump/Authoritarians.

You're new here aren't you?

The sad thing is I expected this from the left. But but not from the other side after seeing your criticism of the left/progs use of violence and intimidation, smearing and threats. But now, you adopt the same tactics, anger and irrational Strong Man worship you criticised from the other side.

Look in the mirror, and be ashamed of what you have let hate twist you into.

We've seen/heard this type of criticism before. It is nothing new, nor is it particularly accurate or fair. As long as you do not conduct personal attacks, you can say whatever you want. But be advised. You'll become a chew toy. And THAT is what is sad. Instead of debating and discussing, you are charging and doing a fair amount of hating yourself. You'll in the end, get what you get.

Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 11:12|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-03-14 11:12|| Front Page Top

#25 Fields has eye witness, and a video and audio recording.

I don't know anything about this situation yet, but if he's smart enough to run a campaign, you figure he'd be smart enough not to grab her a$$ while anyone was looking. Just my two cents.

Posted by gorb 2016-03-14 11:14|| 2016-03-14 11:14|| Front Page Top

#26 Badenov, self delusion is such a sad thing to see emerging in you. Good luck, and please let us know what color the sky is in your world where you take the side of thugs against a conservative reporter, one being smeared by the Trump machine, whose smear you repeat.

Right. Fields is a conservative, Trump is a fascist, and you are happy to be here

Prove it case, or you are the liar here.

I have nothing to prove. This fight is not my fight.

Fields has eye witness, and a video and audio recording.

So does the other side.

Your move.

Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 11:15|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-03-14 11:15|| Front Page Top

#27 Breitbart's Migrant Crisis Live Wire is useful. I check it every few days. I haven't been reading about campaigning politicians except the articles those I know -- whose choices range across the board -- post here and elsewhere. Today is my day to do research, because Super Tuesday is tomorrow here in Ohio.

Once again, my choices will be constrained to choosing the least bad of the options, as I understand them. It will be worse in November, but politics is the art of the possible, not the ideal.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-14 11:18|| 2016-03-14 11:18|| Front Page Top

#28 #25 Since I'm with Badanov on this one, I'll take Stephenson for my Paine.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 11:28|| 2016-03-14 11:28|| Front Page Top

#29 OOOps #25 ---> #22

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 11:29|| 2016-03-14 11:29|| Front Page Top

#30 Pretty good, the Paine quote, grom

Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 11:32|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-03-14 11:32|| Front Page Top

#31 Maybe they can get jobs at HuffPo.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-03-14 11:51|| 2016-03-14 11:51|| Front Page Top

#32 But the thing I really wanna know is, how many Trump supporters are there travelling around the country with the purpose of disrupting Clinton rallies?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-03-14 12:06|| 2016-03-14 12:06|| Front Page Top

#33 #31 Maybe they can get jobs at HuffPo.

This is exactly what will happen -- or the Daily Beast or Salon or Buzzfeed, et al.

Hell, it was probably the plan all along.

Posted by charger 2016-03-14 12:33|| 2016-03-14 12:33|| Front Page Top

#34 So, with "Reporterette" in the title I'm guessing that Rantburg has taken an official "side" in this matter?

Posted by Crusader 2016-03-14 12:35|| 2016-03-14 12:35|| Front Page Top

#35 ...you mean other than Instaprof's - "Donk Operative with a byline?"

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-14 12:46|| 2016-03-14 12:46|| Front Page Top

#36 badanov is one of several Rantburgers who have worked as professional journalists. From time to time he critiques a piece from that perspective.

This is also why he has done several long series of original reportage for us on areas not covered adequately elsewhere (the drug war in Mexico a few years ago, the semi-civil war in the Ukraine now, the mad run up of bullet and gun prices reported in his weekly column This Week in Guns).

I'd like to think I've come to know my fellow moderator fairly well over the years. I find it suggestive that I have no idea who badanov would vote for in this election, except that, having firmly rejected the Progressive ideas of his youth after spending enough time behind the scenes to realize the inherent danger, it won't be one of the Democrats.

Why are you -- again -- attempting to provoke a flame war, Mr. Multi-nym?

Another question, Mr. Multi-nym, since you raised the issue yesterday: what is your military experience? It wouldn't normally matter, since we are a War on Terror blog rather than a milblog, and so a great many of us, including me, are utterly civilian, but you chose REMF as the insult to impugn another's opinion and truthfulness. The way you used it suggests you chose that particular term to resonate with your presumed audience, rather than because you've spent a lifetime dealing with REMFs and fobbits from the pointy end of the spear. Am I wrong?

As an aside to g(r)omgoru: no, reporterette is not a proper word. Historically, reporting was considered a blue collar job, and being able to take an elbow or dodge a punch without complaint while getting the story was understood to be part of the job for working men (and some women) with a talent for good grammar.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-14 12:58|| 2016-03-14 12:58|| Front Page Top

#37 Gracias, TW

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 13:01|| 2016-03-14 13:01|| Front Page Top

#38 Da nada, chaverli.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-14 13:15|| 2016-03-14 13:15|| Front Page Top

#39 Crusader (#34), like we ever agree on anything.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 13:16|| 2016-03-14 13:16|| Front Page Top

#40 :-)

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 13:17|| 2016-03-14 13:17|| Front Page Top

#41 Why are you -- again -- attempting to provoke a flame war, Mr. Multi-nym?

My guess is he's been assigned to Rantburg by Moveon.org.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-03-14 13:21|| 2016-03-14 13:21|| Front Page Top

#42 So, with "Reporterette" in the title I'm guessing that Rantburg has taken an official "side" in this matter?

Rush uses the term in reference to female liberal reporters. It's harmless and descriptive.

Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 13:30|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-03-14 13:30|| Front Page Top

#43 assigned to Rantburg by Moveon.org.

Since we're only 232 out of 300, they probably chose a real amateur. I notice he don't spel too gude.

Posted by Bobby 2016-03-14 13:33|| 2016-03-14 13:33|| Front Page Top

#44 On Thursday (3-10-2016) Rantburg carried an article titled:
St. Simon's Island, GA: 54 Private Jets at Meeting to Stop Trump.

The Rantburg article cited a Breitbart article claiming that a meeting of elite tech CEOs, GOP party insiders and big donors at the annual World Forum event were conspiring to stop Donald Trump before he wins the Republican nomination.

American Enterprise Institute leadership adamantly disputed that they had facilitated any such anti-Trump activities during their 2016 forum.

Even the Huffington Post itself, later admitted that American Enterprise Institute's annual World Forum featured
"no strategy session on how to stop the GOP front-runner on it's agenda."

CEOs And GOP Honchos Didn't Intend To Focus On Trump At Secretive Meeting. They Couldn't Help It.

Original Huffington post article: At Secretive Meeting, Tech CEOs And Top Republicans Commiserate, Plot To Stop Trump

The Breitbart article was nothing more than Huffington Post left wing propaganda - parroted by CNN - and then condensed (enhanced) and posted by Breitbart.

The annual World Forum is hosted by the American Enterprise Institute which was founded in 1938. Over the past 78 years it has been one of the most premier and respected conservative think tanks in the U.S.
Most of the leading (Republican) presidential candidates over the past few decades have attended and spoken at the World Forum event.
The left wing media has labeled it a "secretive right wing conspiracy" every single year since 1982.

But it's no secret that the Huff Post and Mother Jones would love to see the American Enterprise Institute and the annual World Forum discredited. They scream this same crap every year regardless of who attends the World Forum event.

I am most disappointed and disgusted that Breitbart News has recently taken to promoting and parroting Huffington Post and Mother Jones (magazine) left wing propaganda.

The World Forum story plus the story casting doubt on Michelle Fields are only two, of many easily researchable examples, of how far to the left Breitbart news "Chairman" Steve Bannon has taken the once reputable Breitbart news agency.

Someone needs to check on Andrew Breitbart ... It will surprise me if he hasn't kicked all the dirt off his own grave over this.

Posted by junkiron 2016-03-14 13:44|| 2016-03-14 13:44|| Front Page Top

#45 The way you used it suggests you chose that particular term to resonate with your presumed audience, rather than because you've spent a lifetime dealing with REMFs and fobbits from the pointy end of the spear. Am I wrong?

Hadda Google fobbit. :)

Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 13:49|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-03-14 13:49|| Front Page Top

#46 Don't anybody use real English anymore?

Posted by Pappy 2016-03-14 14:13|| 2016-03-14 14:13|| Front Page Top

#47 Don't anybody use real English anymore?

Only us furreiners.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-14 14:39|| 2016-03-14 14:39|| Front Page Top

#48 I still see Breithbart's reporting as mostly even. Some of the reporters (John Nolte) fawn over Trump while others are harsher towards Trump but it seems to balance out (at least in the articles that interest me).

The comments on the other hand are filled by a horde of Trump fanatics, most of whom are pretty vile.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-03-14 15:01|| 2016-03-14 15:01|| Front Page Top

#49 Sad thing for Breitbart is they lost Shapiro.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-03-14 15:04|| 2016-03-14 15:04|| Front Page Top

#50 Sad thing for Breitbart is they lost Shapiro.

There has to be 10 or 20 writers out there as good if not better than Shapiro just waiting for a chance to write for Breitbart.

Posted by badanov 2016-03-14 15:29|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-03-14 15:29|| Front Page Top

#51 UPDATE: Apparently Fields has made accusations similar to the Trump allegation before. See here

Not found.

Posted by Dale 2016-03-14 21:37|| 2016-03-14 21:37|| Front Page Top

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