{"id":6633,"date":"2012-03-09T21:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6633"},"modified":"2012-03-09T21:00:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T05:00:27","slug":"why-the-fk-does-anyone-pay-attention-to-breitbarts-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6633","title":{"rendered":"Why The F@&K Does Anyone Pay Attention To Breitbart’s Ghost?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite his untimely passing, Andrew Breitbart still seems to command attention from the mainstream media hacks who think that what he did was journalism. His ghost has the uncanny ability to summon up fables and pass them on to naive reporters desperate for a hot story.<\/p>\n

The much heralded release of Breitbart’s supposedly explosive video that he promised would unmask the racially radical philosophy that President Barack Obama has been trying to conceal for twenty years came out this week. And there hasn’t been a more anticlimactic unveiling since Geraldo Rivera opened Al Capone’s safe. But worse than just the sad spectacle of a failed expos\u00e9, the whole production number orchestrated by the Breitbartians (the inept crew that Breitbart left behind) fell apart amidst a tsunami of hype and lies. The list of unmet assertions is long and pathetic:<\/p>\n

Claim #1)<\/strong> The videos would “vet”<\/em> the President in a way he had not been vetted before. The result would dash his reelection hopes.
\nThe Truth:<\/strong> The video was a harmless look back at a youthful and poised Obama advocating for more diversity on the Harvard faculty. If anything it makes Obama look better.<\/p>\n

Claim #2)<\/strong> The Breitbartians accused Buzzfeed of “selectively editing”<\/em> the video they released ahead of Breitbart’s big scoop.
\nThe Truth:<\/strong> When the Breitbartians released their “uncut”<\/em> version it had about two seconds at the end that showed Obama hugging the professor he had just introduced. Not exactly the makings of a scandal.<\/p>\n

Claim #3)<\/strong> Prof. Derrick Bell was an extremist whose relationship with Obama was evidence of Obama’s radical roots. The Breitbartians repeatedly called him “the Jeremiah Wright of academia” in an attempt to paint a false and derogatory picture of Bell.
\nThe Truth:<\/strong> Bell was a respected and admired legal professor and scholar whose work is still revered and taught at law schools around the country.<\/p>\n

And the two most recent claims<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Claim #4)<\/strong> There was a conspiratorial effort to prevent the video from ever being released. The Breitbartians alleged that remarks made by Harvard professor Charles Ogletree were an admission of such.
\nThe Truth:<\/strong> Ogletree was obviously joking when he said that “we hid this during the 2008 campaign.”<\/em> He and his audience were laughing at the statement. Ogletree spoke with the Boston Herald today and affirmed this.<\/p>\n

Claim #5)<\/strong> Derrick Bell had made two visits to the White House in 2010. I’m not sure why there would be anything wrong with a law professor visiting his former student at his new job in the White House, but nevertheless, the allegation was put forth as some sort of suspicious activity.
\nThe Truth:<\/strong> It was a different Derrick Bell who was visiting the White House on a routine tour. Seriously, don’t these righties ever try to verify anything?<\/p>\n

When you look back at all of the absurd concoctions that have been floated on the Breitbart network of web sites, you really have to ask yourself, why does anyone continue to pay attention to these people? Their record of mistakes, misrepresentations, and outright dishonesty should exempt them from being taken seriously by any other media outlet. How about we start to hold the media accountable for their poor judgment?<\/p>\n

I would, however, like to thank the Breitbartians for having brought attention to the inspiring video of a young, activist Obama in his college days. I think that’s worth another look:<\/p>\n