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applegrove

(118,659 posts)
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 07:24 PM Jun 2017

I used to work at Breitbart. Heres why I think they fired that reporter over a tweet.

by Kurt Bardella at Vox

https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/6/7/15758376/kurt-bardella-breitbart-bannon-trump

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From 2013 to 2016, I worked as a media consultant for Breitbart News. Before that, I worked on Capitol Hill as a spokesperson for various Republican members of the House, the Senate, and the House Oversight Committee. Nowadays, you can catch me on MSNBC and CNN talking about the political news of the day.

I left Breitbart because I did not want to work for the Trump propaganda outfit that Breitbart had morphed into in the 2016 election. I’m on the outside now, but looking at what Breitbart has become, I believe Katie McHugh’s firing had to do with the very reason I wanted to quit: protecting the political ambitions of Steve Bannon.

At a time when reports show that Bannon has a special ethics waiver that allows him to communicate with Breitbart, this is especially troubling. It seems to me that the separation between Breitbart and the Trump administration is, at this point, barely existent.

How I came to work at Breitbart
“World Health Organization Report: Trannies 49 Xs Higher HIV Rate,” “There’s No Hiring Bias Against Women In Tech, They Just Suck At Interviews,” “Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive And Crazy” — this is Breitbart “News.”

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I used to work at Breitbart. Heres why I think they fired that reporter over a tweet. (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2017 OP
Bannon openly talks about deconstructing the institutions that you rely on to prove Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #1
Banning is an actual cannibal, he eats human flesh. AngryAmish Jun 2017 #3
"Looking at what Breitbart has become..."?! 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2017 #2
yes, but republicans are now in factions and the author didn't like that other republican faction unblock Jun 2017 #6
They fired her because she forgot to wrap her bigotry in codespeak Major Nikon Jun 2017 #4
how about the bigoted things she said ? JI7 Jun 2017 #5
You scared me, applegrove, knew you weren't breitbart!1 UTUSN Jun 2017 #7
Oh you! LOL applegrove Jun 2017 #8

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
1. Bannon openly talks about deconstructing the institutions that you rely on to prove
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 07:26 PM
Jun 2017

you own your own home or protects you from burglars, etc.

Bannon wants your home and land and he means on getting it while simultaneously enslaving or killing all non whites and gays.

unblock

(52,229 posts)
6. yes, but republicans are now in factions and the author didn't like that other republican faction
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 07:41 PM
Jun 2017

republicans now come in 50 shades of sh*t, gotta keep 'em straight.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
4. They fired her because she forgot to wrap her bigotry in codespeak
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 07:30 PM
Jun 2017

It's not as if she wasn't echoing what Bannon himself does.

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