Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center, has issued a proclamation regarding Shirley Sherrod's announcement that she will sue Andrew Breitbart:

Andrew Breitbart is going to be fine. He's done nothing wrong. I wonder if Ms. Sherrod, who is such a champion of transparency, will publicly disclose who is putting her up to this. And I also hope this champion of honesty will stop lying about Fox News. I'm also waiting for Ms. Sherrod to publicly apologize for accusing anyone opposed to nationalized healthcare of being racist. Last time I checked, that was more than half the country.

Now, I'm no lawyer, and neither is Bozell, so I won't weigh in on whether or not Breitbart's going to make it through this one unscathed. But why does Bozell automatically assume that someone put Sherrod up to this? Does he really think she's not smart/outraged/savvy enough to do this herself?

The answer, I'm guessing, is that Bozell has so thoroughly convinced himself of the liberal media conspiracy to destroy conservatives in America that Sherrod's forthcoming lawsuit against Breitbart is necessarily the brainchild of George Soros or John Podesta or Ezra Klein or whoever.

But idle speculation aside, it's revolting that right-wingers have the gall not just to defend Breitbart's behavior, but to portray him as the victim in this affair. Not surprising, since there are few things conservative media types enjoy more than playing the victim, but revolting nonetheless.