As if Andrew Breitbart hadn't already lost any shred of credibility he may have once had (I'm being generous) by promoting guilty pleading James O'Keefe's deceptive ACORN and U.S. Census video escapades, he's now taking a page from the National Enquirer and Hustler's Larry Flynt.

Yep, following the leaked JournoList emails that cost reporter David Weigel his job last week, Breitbart is offering anonymity and $100,000 in cold, hard cash to anyone who will provide him with an archive of the now shuttered listserve. I guess you could call it checkbook (non)journalism.

Breitbart writes:

I've had $100,000 burning in my pocket for the last three months and I'd really like to spend it on a worthy cause. So how about this: in the interests of journalistic transparency, and to offer the American public a unique insight in the workings of the Democrat-Media Complex, I'm offering $100,000 for the full “JournoList” archive, source fully protected. Now there's an offer somebody can't refuse.

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We want the list of journalists that comprised the 400 members of the “JournoList” and we want the contents of the listserv. Why should Weigel be the only person exposed and humiliated?

I therefore offer the sum of $100,000 to the person who provides the full “JournoList” archive. We will protect that person's privacy and identity forever. No one will ever know who became $100,000 richer – and did the right thing, morally and ethically — by shining the light of truth on this seamy underworld of the media.

$100,000 is not a lot to spend on the Holy Grail of media bias when there is a country to save.

It's funny to hear Breitbart talk about “the right thing, morally and ethically.” He wouldn't know journalistic ethics if it bit him on the BigRearEnd.