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Breitbart On 'War With Mainstream Media'

September 03, 2010 9:35 am ET by Joe Strupp

Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart claimed in a speech Thursday in Texas that he is not battling liberal politicians, but mainstream media, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

The newspaper reported on Breitbart's talk before the Dallas Tea Party, noting attendees paid between $5 and $20 each to be there:

Breitbart devoted much of his keynote speech to, in his view, a major power source of the left -- the mainstream media.

"We are at war with the mainstream media of America, and they're losing," Breitbart said to cheers. "They are in their last death spiral."

The California native runs a series of conservative websites and gained nationwide attention last year by posting videos that led to the demise of ACORN. In July, he posted a video of an official at the U.S. Agriculture Department that, taken out of context, appeared to show her making racist statements. He later said he was not aware of the context of her comment.

On Thursday, Breitbart criticized a wide range of national media outlets, including The New York Times and Politico.com, for glorifying the left while disparaging the right.

"They always change their goal posts for the other side," Breitbart said as attendees nodded.

Breitbart was the final speaker at an event that also featured Virginia Thomas, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a conservative activist, and radio hosts Mark Davis and Jeff Bolton.


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    • Author by Bad News (September 03, 2010 9:51 am ET)
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      Andrew Breitbart is one Evil S.O.B.
      He attacked Shirley Sherrod on the Ruse of standing up for Liberty.
      When Mr. Breitbart's Actual Goal is to Foment Hate between Blacks & Whites.
      Get Poor Whites Scared & Ready to Fight & its off to the Polls to Protect White Rights.

      Speak truth to power.


      Mr. News
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    • Author by nerzog (September 03, 2010 10:44 am ET)
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      The "Mainstream Media" succumbed to the FOX/Hate Radio cancer years ago. Real Journalism has retreated to the dusty little corners of a few magazines, newspapers and websites. Occasionally, Journalists will pop up on television, but they quickly hide when the Republican Hate Machine turns its withering gaze on them.

      The Troglodytes have won... now they're just flogging the corpse.
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    • Author by txthinker (September 03, 2010 10:59 am ET)
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      Breitbart was the final speaker at an event that also featured Virginia Thomas, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a conservative activist, and radio hosts Mark Davis and Jeff Bolton.
      Wow - Andrew Breitbart and Mark Davis in one room!! How did anyone survive such a concentration of stupidity????
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    • Author by Truth Crusader (September 03, 2010 8:43 pm ET)
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      And nary a word about the slick editing job of the ACORN videos. Pretty ironic, considering the subject of the speech...don't you think?
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    • Author by carlileb5935 (September 04, 2010 12:49 am ET)
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      Didn't the L.A. Times today print a huge, front page, fawning story about this guy? Some hostility.
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