Failing Upward: Breitbart To Be Featured in ABC's 2010 Election Coverage

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Source: Media Matters

Media Matters has confirmed that noted propagandist Andrew Breitbart will provide analysis for ABC News during their election night coverage.

After Breitbart's BigJournalism.com website reported that Breitbart would "be bringing analysis live from Arizona" for ABC, Media Matters confirmed his participation in a town hall meeting anchored by ABC's David Muir and Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg that will be featured in the network's coverage.

Asked about Breitbart's history of unethical behavior and misinformation, ABC News' David Ford told Media Matters: "He will be one of many voices on our air, including Bill Adair of Politifact. If Andrew Breitbart says something that is incorrect, we have other voices to call him on it."

Media figures and outlets from across the board rejected Breitbart's race-baiting lies after he smeared former USDA official Shirley Sherrod as a "racist," using as "proof" a heavily edited video of comments she made during a March NAACP event that he posted on his site BigGovernment.com...


Read more: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010290035

[Newsjock]

1. I don't say this often, but

what the holy fuck?!

This is what the "news media" in America has become.

[activa8tr]

3. This will mean I will block ABC news on my channel line-up from now on

ABC could find no-one else available?

Give me a break! This is outfoxing Fox with the use of a garbage man.

[lisa58]

2. I just got heartburn...really? wtf?

[sabrina 1]

4. When Anderson Cooper gave him a pass on the Shirley Sherrod

scam, claiming that while he was talking to him about that NOW, he didn't want to give the impression that 'both sides don't do this kind of thing', I knew Breitbart had been invited to the inside. Our media IS that bad.


It's time to boycott ABC now. He most likely has rightwing friends at the network. And that is why he dumped, temporarily at least, his friend and employee, O'Keefe.

CNN's 'documentary' on him and other rightwingers, was another disgraceful promotion of all that has made the media so bad.

ABC has now placed itself officially in the gutter, not even the gutter of the regular media, but the tabloid, far right, gutter.

I don't watch them anyhow, except once in a while, so it will be easy to ignore them completely from now on.

Our media is owned, totally.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Proof of the death and zombification of the RW-owned TV networks. ZOMBIE NET n/t

[Ikonoklast]

6. Is Stormfront invited, too?

For fucks sake.

[Botany]

7. And so it begins the fascist take over of America .....

No other reason for him to be there than to promote lies and a
pro right wing pro corporation agenda. I might be wrong but
I smell that "the fix is in."

[K8-EEE]

8. i would boycott abc except...

I don't watch any of their crap anyway!

[progressoid]

9. I stopped watching them after their "documentary" about 9/11.

:puke:

[MadMaddie]

10. Everyone should file a complaint with ABC

this mocks every real political journalist out there.

[Kind of Blue]

11. This is a kick in the stomach.

And the first time I've felt pain during this election season.

[spanone]

12. fair & balanced....contact info..link

http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3271346

[bigdaddycoles66]

13. I know my TV will not be on ABC for the election as well as any other

programs that the network is showing. ABC (Always Broadcasting Crap) has gone down the tubes over the years and with ignorant decisions such as this explains there downfall. They must think we are stupid.

[Historic NY]

14. Another reason to block ABC.