It’s been six week since Andrew Breitbart, conservative hero and new media pioneer, passed away suddenly. The New York Times finally caught up with the news long enough to write an insulting obituary that hit all the common, and often completely incorrect, left-wing tropes about Breitbart in a piece this weekend. Ed Driscoll did the hard work of reading the Times article and pointing out just how bad it was in a beautifully-titled piece of his own.
We realize that conservatives, especially those who push back against the persistent bias of the mainstream media, will not get a fair shake from those they criticize. Today provides just another reminder that the right, especially the grassroots right, has a very long way to go to get a fair shake from the allegedly objective media.
More reaction, and commentary, from around Twitter.
https://twitter.com/#!/ellencarmichael/status/191617588697108480
https://twitter.com/#!/em37x/status/191558494355341312
https://twitter.com/#!/Flyingright1/status/191553927387426816
https://twitter.com/#!/BigJournalism/status/191598452491296769
UPDATE: The author of the Times piece, David Carr, responded to some of the criticism he received on Twitter with a little Breitbart maneuver of his own.
https://twitter.com/#!/carr2n/status/191533788461924353
Here are some of the “slams” he re-tweeted.
https://twitter.com/#!/dave_danner/status/191555852287750144
https://twitter.com/#!/founding_ideals/status/191551540237053952
https://twitter.com/#!/jtLOL/status/191550698628980737
https://twitter.com/#!/founding_ideals/status/191549047096606721
https://twitter.com/#!/dongabriel/status/191542885299130368
Wait…that’s not a slam! Well, maybe that one slipped past the “layers and layers” of editing for which today’s media are famous.
https://twitter.com/#!/dave_danner/status/191561046065025024
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https://twitter.com/#!/keithbarry1959/status/191561036556541952
https://twitter.com/#!/keithbarry1959/status/191560280952676353
https://twitter.com/#!/keithbarry1959/status/191573406750212096
Have you noticed that none of the posts critical of Carr’s piece used profanity, wished death upon him, threatened his family or livelihood, or accused him of being gay (a very popular accusation about Breitbart from his Twitter critics)? We didn’t cherry-pick these comments to give you the most reasonable-sounding ones. Take note for next time the right-wing is accused of being hyper-violent and homophobic.
One last exchange is worth a mention here. In the article linked in Bill Kristol’s tweet, he suggested that Carr’s use of “for ill” were inserted by his editors. Apparently, that was all on Carr.
https://twitter.com/#!/gdnickel/status/191582675654557699
https://twitter.com/#!/carr2n/status/191583465576218625
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