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More staffers leaving Breitbart, citing "Party Line Trump Propaganda"

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..... which, sadly, is what Breitbart has been for some time now.


Two more Breitbart staffers resigned Monday, excoriating the conservative news outlet in their statements as having abandoned journalistic integrity and ethics in order to pursue an unabashedly pro-Trump agenda.

National security correspondent Jordan Schachtel and editor Jarrett Stepman joined four other Breitbart writers and editors who have left the news site since it called into question the veracity of its own reporter’s story when she claimed she had been assaulted by Donald Trump‘s campaign manager.
Schachtel wrote in his statement that Breitbart “was no longer a journalistic enterprise,” and that staffers had “been fighting behind the scenes against the party-line Trump propaganda for some time, but without any success, unfortunately.”

Stepman decried Breitbart’s “unacceptable journalistic behavior” and blasted the outlet for “becoming less of a news site and more of a propaganda organization dedicated to the Trump campaign.”...
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cpwill said:
..... which, sadly, is what Breitbart has been for some time now.
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If I worked there, I'd have to sever ties too over their pro-Trump agenda. I still don't see evidence to back up the reporter's claim but there is sufficient evidence that the site has gone off the rails and is slobbering over Trump a la CNN over Clinton.
 
tres borrachos said:
If I worked there, I'd have to sever ties too over their pro-Trump agenda. I still don't see evidence to back up the reporter's claim but there is sufficient evidence that the site has gone off the rails and is slobbering over Trump a la CNN over Clinton.
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A good treatment here.

...Fields and Terris claim that Lewandowski grabbed her hard enough to make her stumble and to cause bruises. In support of this assertion, we have eyewitness testimony, an audio recording, video recordings, and pictures of the bruises on her arm. To resolve this matter, Fields simply wanted an apology. Instead, Lewandowski tweeted that she was “delusional,” claimed he “never touched” her (a conclusion contradicted by overwhelming evidence) and smeared her professional record. The campaign issued its own false statement, as did Trump himself. ...
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tres borrachos said:
Okay, but I haven't seen any assault in the videos yet. I have bruises on my body today too. We cleaned out our shed this weekend. Nobody grabbed me.
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:shrug: none of the video's are perfect. But they do confirm her account, as does the audio, as does the witness, as does Lewandowski's initial admission.
 
cpwill said:
..... which, sadly, is what Breitbart has been for some time now.
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But that's not the real story. The real story is how much of the Right is automatically assuming that the Breitbart reporter was lying when she said that Trump's campaign manager essentially assaulted her. They're so used to assigning everything that goes wrong to the Left - "Sanders needs to stop sending troublemakers to Trump's rallies!" - that even when the ones pointing out the violence are card-carrying members of the hard right, they're automatically assumed to be wrong or lying or "left-wing plants". It's no longer even seriously considered that they - even though they're longtime Breitbart reporters and staff! - just might be telling the simple truth.

That's the real story...and it should scare the heck out of you.
 
Sad to see Breitbart going the way of CNN, the Clinton News Network.

This will end Breitbart as an influential news source.
 
Glen Contrarian said:
But that's not the real story. The real story is how much of the Right is automatically assuming that the Breitbart reporter was lying when she said that Trump's campaign manager essentially assaulted her. They're so used to assigning everything that goes wrong to the Left - "Sanders needs to stop sending troublemakers to Trump's rallies!" - that even when the ones pointing out the violence are card-carrying members of the hard right, they're automatically assumed to be wrong or lying or "left-wing plants". It's no longer even seriously considered that they - even though they're longtime Breitbart reporters and staff! - just might be telling the simple truth.

That's the real story...and it should scare the heck out of you.
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Wow, where in the hell did you get all that?

The protestors are professionals hired by Soros and Moveon.org. They were mostly Bernie supporters, although I don't think Bernie sent them.
 
Glen Contrarian said:
But that's not the real story. The real story is how much of the Right is automatically assuming that the Breitbart reporter was lying when she said that Trump's campaign manager essentially assaulted her. They're so used to assigning everything that goes wrong to the Left - "Sanders needs to stop sending troublemakers to Trump's rallies!" - that even when the ones pointing out the violence are card-carrying members of the hard right, they're automatically assumed to be wrong or lying or "left-wing plants". It's no longer even seriously considered that they - even though they're longtime Breitbart reporters and staff! - just might be telling the simple truth.

That's the real story...and it should scare the heck out of you.
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:shrug: Trump fans are conspiratorial, so they believe in conspiracy theories.
 
Erod said:
Wow, where in the hell did you get all that?

The protestors are professionals hired by Soros and Moveon.org. They were mostly Bernie supporters, although I don't think Bernie sent them.
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Glen was talking about the Breitbart reporter, not protestors.

As Glen correctly pointed out, the right reflexively responds by talking about "leftwing protestors" even though the subject is a rightwing "journalist" and your response is a stereotypically rightwing example of that.
 
sangha said:
Glen was talking about the Breitbart reporter, not protestors.

As Glen correctly pointed out, the right reflexively responds by talking about "leftwing protestors" even though the subject is a rightwing "journalist" and your response is a stereotypically rightwing example of that.
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I read it too quickly, you're right.

These aren't right wingers. These are a lot of new voters, mixed with a lot of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans who just want to blow Washington up and start over. While I agree with their cause to an extent, their chosen candidate is EXACTLY what they claim to want to get rid of. Trump is more establishment than anyone running other than Hillary. These dolts don't understand that Cruz is the candidate that meets what they "think" they're voting for, not Trump.

Note that in a head-to-head, Cruz beats Trump, 61-39.

Cruz beats Trump
 
cpwill said:
:shrug: Trump fans are conspiratorial, so they believe in conspiracy theories.
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if they have the capacity to believe in the donald despite his very blatant deceitfulness, then it is a very small reach to grasp onto conspiracy stories to explain away that which they would prefer not to hear
 
I hear Moveon.org is hiring journalists. They will be told what to report, but hey, it's a job!
 
cpwill said:
..... which, sadly, is what Breitbart has been for some time now.
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The Conservative media is imploding over Trump. Bill O and Hannity are all in for trump. Rush however, is definitely not on board the Trump train. He's in for Cruz. Breitbart is just the first to implode, but they have been imploding for quite some time quietly before this. I'd say ever since Andrew died, but it gained some traction with the tea party movement. Now it's just laughable.
 
ModerateGOP said:
The Conservative media is imploding over Trump. Bill O and Hannity are all in for trump. Rush however, is definitely not on board the Trump train. He's in for Cruz. Breitbart is just the first to implode, but they have been imploding for quite some time quietly before this. I'd say ever since Andrew died, but it gained some traction with the tea party movement. Now it's just laughable.
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You aren't kidding. Even Krauthammer is now taking Bill to task (though politely, as CK does) over it, and Sean is full in the tank. Drudge, too, has gone full-Trumpkin. Limbaugh, though, I don't give full credit to. He may not be on the Trump Train, but he's also not hopping off it.
 
cpwill said:
You aren't kidding. Even Krauthammer is now taking Bill to task (though politely, as CK does) over it, and Sean is full in the tank. Drudge, too, has gone full-Trumpkin. Limbaugh, though, I don't give full credit to. He may not be on the Trump Train, but he's also not hopping off it.
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I expect a huge Fox News shake up after this election but of course that depends on if trump wins. If he loses bill o is down to limited time because he'll surely go off on the establishment. Hannity is surely gone if trump loses. And it all depends on how trump loses too! If it's through a brokered convention I have a feeling those two will blow up! Drudge will also lose all integrity. If they ever had it.

The thing I don't get with the conservative pundits is why they are sooo upset over the idea of a brokered convention. If Donald trump is such a great deal maker he should be able to get the delegates to vote for him. But I will never underestimate the power of the idiotic public. That may not even happen and then the conservative media will have their time in the sun.
 
tres borrachos said:
Okay, but I haven't seen any assault in the videos yet. I have bruises on my body today too. We cleaned out our shed this weekend. Nobody grabbed me.
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I'll take you to the woodshed Tres!
 
Erod said:
Wow, where in the hell did you get all that?

The protestors are professionals hired by Soros and Moveon.org. They were mostly Bernie supporters, although I don't think Bernie sent them.
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The weird stuff that True Believers believe to be true - little wonder there is a lack of intelligent discourse
 
ModerateGOP said:
I expect a huge Fox News shake up after this election but of course that depends on if trump wins. If he loses bill o is down to limited time because he'll surely go off on the establishment. Hannity is surely gone if trump loses. And it all depends on how trump loses too! If it's through a brokered convention I have a feeling those two will blow up! Drudge will also lose all integrity. If they ever had it.
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Drudge went nuts, he didn't start nuts. Hannity is still the second largest talk radio guy in the country, I don't know if he is gone at all. I think if his audience punishes him for attacking conservatives in order to defend Trump, he might be reduced a bit. If he goes nuts after the convention, we'll see. He could lose it, but I don't see him as going nuts, I see him as rationally selling out.

O'Reilly has been slipping, as I understand it, for some time.

I dunno. A major shakeup at FOX would indicate that learning had occurred. I'm just not sure I see that happening. We used to keep FOX on at work. Then Andrea Tantaros attacked George P Bush for serving in Afghanistan, because his dad was running against Trump, and we just turned it off and never turned it back on.

OTOH, Megyn Kelly will continue to shine.

The thing I don't get with the conservative pundits is why they are sooo upset over the idea of a brokered convention. If Donald trump is such a great deal maker he should be able to get the delegates to vote for him.
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...it's almost as if.... they think.... that the premise of that statement.... is actually not true..... :thinking:
 
cpwill said:
1. Hannity is still the second largest talk radio guy in the country, I don't know if he is gone at all. I think if his audience punishes him for attacking conservatives in order to defend Trump, he might be reduced a bit. If he goes nuts after the convention, we'll see. He could lose it, but I don't see him as going nuts, I see him as rationally selling out.

2. I dunno. A major shakeup at FOX would indicate that learning had occurred. I'm just not sure I see that happening. We used to keep FOX on at work. Then Andrea Tantaros attacked George P Bush for serving in Afghanistan, because his dad was running against Trump, and we just turned it off and never turned it back on.

3. ...it's almost as if.... they think.... that the premise of that statement.... is actually not true..... :thinking:
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1. Hannity already lost major influence at Fox after the Megyn Kelly shake-up. He'll still be on the radio sure, but he'll end up like Mark Levin in their own isolated compounds next to Rush Limbaugh down in Florida. He's been threatening to leave NYC for years.

2. Yeah they still have Karl Rove on there. Who I generally like, but gets things really wrong.

3. As we get closer I'll point this out to my co-workers who are big time trump supporters and we'll see what they say about that... They shouldn't get all pissed off when half of Trump's message is the Art of the Deal.
 
cpwill said:
..... which, sadly, is what Breitbart has been for some time now.
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Breitbart has always been a pseudo journalistic craphole.

Breitbart?s meltdown wasn?t shocking at all: Why we shouldn?t be surprised by this dumpster fire of a scandal - Salon.com

But it is the moaning from the departed employees about the “legacy” of Andrew Breitbart being diminished that brings the laughter up to gale-force levels. The site’s founder was a toxic ball of incandescent rage who gleefully tarnished ordinary people with edited videos that were quickly and thoroughly debunked, but not before doing serious damage to their subjects. He was a weirdo who stood outside a hotel hosting the annual Conservative Political Action Conference one year and incoherently screamed at protestors to “STOP RAPING PEOPLE!” He was a smear merchant who recruited the worst sorts of right-wing hacks to his site, where they had a platform to spew whatever random thoughts passed through their warped minds.

How people could see story after story after story on Breitbart revealed as utter nonsense, and yet still go to work there and call themselves “journalists” would be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic.
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