Andrew Breitbart passed away yesterday
A newsman that recently passed away unfortunately. He had heart problems and was in and out of the hospital with them, he died at 43 leaving behind a wife and family. Pretty sad in my opinion.
He assisted Matt Drudge with the Drudge Report, as well as Arianna Huffington in the creation of HuffPo. (Not joking, look it up.) He was raised by two very liberal parents, which is interesting considering his own political leanings and stances. After working in the media, he sincerely believed there was a left-wing slant to the reporting, and more or less became an activist, often times (self admittedly) trolling the left.
What I remember him best for:
Here he is, in his shining moment, a moment of redemption right before Weiner announced his resignation. Here’s how it went down (worth the watch).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msUZHBTZVtk
Commenatary on “Weinergate”:
In his speech he called out:
Gawker – (Who regularly posts inflammatory and false statements about Fox News personnel for one.)
DailyKos
Salon.com and its editor at large
MediaMatters (Check out the articles on them from the DailyCaller. If the documents aren’t completely made up, then essentially they occasionally write newscasts for MSNBC, HuffPo, the LA times, and George Sargent of WaPo. They also organize boycotts of conservative figures they don’t like. /Attacking sponsors as a way of soft censorship = free speech amirite?)
All of whom, he states, tried to destroy him and protect the firemouthed congressman sharing their political leanings. Now here’s what’s rattling around my head…
All of those outlets declared open season on Breitbart insinuated the following, and you hear it in the press conference video:
-This was a non story
-Only Breitbart considered this a news story
-Weiner’s computer was hacked
Among a list of other excuses. By what metrics is that a non story?!
That makes me want to make a list of my own!
The list of Non stories here:
-A sitting congressman posts a lewd picture, publicly, on ****ing twitter. That’s about as public as it gets on the internetz.
-Said sitting congressman intended to send this privately to a young girl (that is not his pregnant wife.)
-Said sitting congressman then insinuates that his computer was hacked by a public figure to obtain information.
-He did not go to the Police, and repeatedly stated he would not. This is apparently not bizarre or cause for question.
-Several media outlets all sharing the same slant declare open season on a News-guy who had the gall to report it, seeking to completely discredit him.
-Eventually the congressman holds a news conference in which he confesses to a series of events that corroborates News-guy’s story, and resigns.
-The media outlets that declared open season on him? Their motives were never questioned, no apologies made.
What’s kind of sad, is the fact that even in death he’s still the victim of demagoguery.
Now giving the guy the benefit of the doubt, he does appear to be from the UK, he’s likely trusted someone else’s assessments.
Now excuse me while I express my own opinion, in the form of my “Advice-Toby-Meme”.
In Conclusion: The eccentric Breitbart will be missed. A little bit “out there”, but always honest. It was kind of refreshing, and deeply amusing to see the guy at work.
April 20th, 2012 at 1:10 am
his Twitter feed had been hacked to send a photo of a man’s ctcorh to a Seattle woman. Then he denounced as outrageous questions about whether he had inappropriate online relationships with young women. Finally, New York Rep. Anthony Weiner acknowledged Monday he had engaged in sexually charged exchanges on the Internet with a half-dozen women during the past three years. The New York Democrat apologized to his wife and his constituents but said he had no intention of resigning. He argued that he had shown bad judgment but never violated his oath of office — thus setting up a test of voters’ willingness to separate personal behavior from professional performance. Weiner’s news conference in a New York hotel reflected a dramatic collision between the anonymity of social media and the relentless scrutiny of public officials by partisans also enabled by the Internet.__________________________________________(Now, here’s how the story would have been written about 55 years ago, how my teachers Sister Michael Agnes and Mrs. Landwehr would have written it, and how it should have been written.)For Rep. Anthony Weiner, a dramatic fall due to character flawsFirst he claimed that his Twitter feed had been hacked to send a photo of a man’s ctcorh to a Seattle woman. Then he denounced as outrageous questions about whether he had immoral and lewd online relationships with young women.Finally, New York Rep. Anthony Weiner acknowledged Monday he had engaged in sordid exchanges on the Internet with a half-dozen females during the past three years.The New York Democrat apologized to his wife and his constituents but, with incredible hubris, said he had no intention of resigning. He argued on a technicality that he had shown bad character but never violated his oath of office — thus setting up a test of voters’ cultural generacy or degeneracy.Weiner’s news conference in a New York hotel reflected a dramatic collision between the anonymity of social media and the relentless scrutiny of public officials by partisans also enabled by the Internet. (Translation: We’re blaming this fall of a Democrat on partisans.)______________________That’s what the article would have said if we lived in a morally regenerate country.