Within days of the untimely death of Andrew Breitbart at 43, a team of dedicated supporters had launched a redesigned Breitbart.com, determined to carry on the vision of its founder and provide a conservative voice to counter liberal sites like The Huffington Post. The site carried on with the blessing of Breitbart’s widow, but a visible and unsightly crack within the team has opened into a fissure through which several writers have chosen to exit, including editor-at-large Ben Shapiro and Michelle Fields.
It’s not the first time people have made the suggestion, but the ugliness of the split has renewed a call for the site to change its name. The chance of that happening is next to zero, but that’s beside the point.
.@BreitbartNews Take. His. Name. Off. Your. Site. #NeverTrump pic.twitter.com/Z1dxBPtANo
— Kerfuffle Actual? (@shoshido) March 14, 2016
#NeverTrump Somebody have a good hashtag for getting Breitbart name off their site? https://t.co/WAyWdJyJjo
— Shira Geller (@ShiraGeller) March 14, 2016
I feel an online petition should be started to drop Andrew's Breitbart's name from Bannon's Trump-Pravda website? @benshapiro
— LOL! (@HG_Pennypacker) March 14, 2016
Take the man’s name off this garbage site already https://t.co/qwfd6CbS7p
— The H2 (@TheH2) March 13, 2016
@JohnEkdahl I never knew Breitbart the person, but going by his words he wouldn't recognize the website he created.
— Babino (@Babino) March 13, 2016
@sistertoldjah @jtLOL They should probably change the name of the site. I can't imagine that Andrew Breitbart would approve of any of this.
— Master Mirror (@Aurvant) March 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/basinator/status/709380380814499840
https://twitter.com/CarlPaulus/status/709382286639116288
https://twitter.com/TrustRory/status/709450010983735296
Take the man's name off the site already.
Seriously, it's a bad site run by bad people. Just ignore it. https://t.co/eIPGn7cv01
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) March 14, 2016
Take the man's name off that site. They won't for many reasons, but namely the trade value. Sickening.
— ??US Eye?? (@ShannonPoe) March 14, 2016
Also, take the man’s name off the site.
For decency’s sake?
— Peter Cook (@_Peter_Cook) March 14, 2016
If it weren't for the Breitbart name, I wouldn't care about the media site going down. The memory of Andrew deserves better!
— Toad (@ToadonaWire) March 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/bleuteaux/status/709355273975160832
https://twitter.com/Rschrim/status/709348599017160704
Breitbart doesn't deserve to be using Andrew Breitbart's name anymore. It's really sad. https://t.co/Tf0QHRy2ST
— Cassy Fiano Chesser (@casachess) March 14, 2016
It is sad, but also worth remembering that Andrew Breitbart’s lasting influence isn’t the sole property of Breitbart.com.
https://twitter.com/Will_Antonin/status/708838775170928640
You don't need Andrew Breitbart's name to carry on his fight and honor his legacy.
— Mr. Miller (@JmeMiller1974) March 14, 2016
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