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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreitbart facilitated persecution of credible childhood assault victim for purely political purposes
Breitbart facilitated the continued persecution of a credible childhood assault victim for purely political purposes.Link to tweet
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When news cycles are crowded with outrage some of it justified, much of it hysterical its easy to lose track of the significant stories. There was one last week that conservatives cant let slide down the memory hole. Breitbarts editor-in-chief, Alex Marlow, admitted in an interview with CNNs Oliver Darcy that its full-court-press in favor of Roy Moore was motivated by a desire to protect Donald Trump and that Marlow actually thought Leigh Corfmans claims against Moore had a lot of credibility. Corfman, you might recall, claimed that Moore assaulted her when she was only 14 years old.
So, why did Breitbart double down in support for Moore? It was protecting Donald Trump:
Marlow said one of the factors in Breitbarts coverage of the allegations against Moore is that, he believes, the news media was trying to use them to set a bar on sexual misconduct that President Trump cannot match.
I think they want to create a standard where President Trump either from past or future accusations, will not be able to match whatever standard is now in place for who can be a United States senator, he said. Based off not any sort of conviction or any sort of admission of guilt, but based off of purely allegations.
I think thats the playbook here, he added. And I think its part of the reason why it was so important for Breitbart to continue our coverage of the way we covered it and for Steve in particular to hold the line the way he did for I think part of it is because its not just about Judge Moore, it is not even just about establishment, anti-establishment. Its about whats coming next for President Trump.
Im sorry, but this is vile. Its one thing to test the claims of a person who publicly accuses a Senate candidate of sexual misconduct. Thats fair, and thats something journalists should do when considering any claim of wrongdoing. Its another thing entirely to withhold from readers the judgment that an accuser had a lot of credibility as part of an effort to protect an entirely different politician from the possibility of future claims.
In other words, Breitbart facilitated the continued persecution of a credible childhood assault victim for purely political purposes. It subordinated fact-finding to its political agenda. It acted not as a journalist enterprise but as a partisan opposition research firm with a quasi-journalistic platform. It exploited the good name of its founder and the trust of its audience to try to drag a probable child abuser across an electoral finish line.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/454969/breitbarts-disgrace-alex-marlow-admits-roy-moore-accuser-credible
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Breitbart facilitated persecution of credible childhood assault victim for purely political purposes (Original Post)
kpete
Dec 2017
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DBoon
(22,397 posts)1. interesting that National Review is on this
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IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)2. The question is: who funds Breitbart?
comradebillyboy
(10,176 posts)3. Robert Mercer via his daughter Bekkah.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)4. I thought that was the Mercers.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)5. The "good name" of its founder?
Andrew Breitbart was almost as bad as Steve Bannon. The only difference was that Breitbart himself was very strongly against any sort of racism, something that was dropped when Bannon took over following Breitbart's demise. Otherwise, he was just as deplorable as Bannon, Roy Moore, Donald Trump and James O'Keefe
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)6. Eugh - National Review
Remember when the National Review was "never Trump"? Oh, they were the principled ones for that fleeting moment, weren't they? Now they're all disgusted to find out that their fellow travelers are a bunch of two-faced pigs.