Listening to Fingers Malloy on FTR Radio last night, while he was talking to a variety of people about the life and work of Andrew Breitbart, it was revealed that Breitbart was on the verge of consolidating and reconfiguring the entire Bigs catalog into one massive web presence that would be by far the most impressive, state-of-the-art news outlet on the right, rolling out this Sunday. Breitbart and company had apparently been working on this project for the past 3 years, and among the things that Bannon mentioned was that they were hoping to scoop up all the best and the brightest young online presences to be a part of their enterprise. So, if you fit that description, get your writing samples in order.
Claudia Rosett had expressed concern over whether or not the videos that Breitbart had promised to release showing Obama from his college days were still going to appear, and yesterday Bannon and other Breitbart insiders assured everyone that they would be released on schedule:
On his program Thursday, Fox News’ Sean Hannity spoke with Steve Bannon (producer of The Undefeated, among various other films) about a series of tapes Andrew Breitbart claimed to have about Barack Obama. Breitbart mentioned the tapes during his recent CPAC speech, sharing that “[w]e are going to vet [Barack Obama] from his college days to show you why racial division and class warfare are central to what hope and change was sold in 2008.”
Bannon confirmed that there exists a series of tapes taken during Obama’s time at Harvard, which will be publicly released “in a week or two.” Breitbart has been “very systematic about going through this thing,” Bannon added.
Additionally, the late activist / media personality had been working around the clock on a new website slated to be launched this weekend.
A good deal of paranoia was flung around concerning Andrew’s passing, but on PJTV Bill Whittle leapt to stifle the conspiracy mongering:
Andrew admired Bill a lot.
Hildo on March 2, 2012 at 3:25 pm said:
Why should we believe these tapes on Obama won’t be “heavily edited” to serve another dishonest result ala Sherrod?
Dan Collins on March 2, 2012 at 3:33 pm said:
The Sherrod tapes were not heavily edited. The portion that Breitbart used wasn’t edited at all. It included the turn-about when Sherrod, after sending the white farmer who came to her for help to ‘his own kind,’ realized that it was a matter of opportunity and representation, and not of race.
If you don’t believe me, perhaps you will believe Chris Matthews.
EBL on March 3, 2012 at 11:27 pm said:
Dan is right.
Corey Mondello on March 2, 2012 at 7:18 pm said:
Breitbarts Tweeted what he thought of Ted Kennedy when he died, so I tweeted how I felt about Breitbart’s death: I AM TRULY GLAD ANDREW BREITBART IS DEAD, and I truly wish the same on anyone who claims to be a “conservative” because the very ideology is against ALL things American’s claim America is about: equality for all.
Dan Collins on March 2, 2012 at 7:33 pm said:
Ted Kennedy was a scoundrel and a con man. He caused a young woman to die. He used his family connections to get off.
I hear that he kept an office that was very responsive to its constituents. Good. But anyone who thinks that Ted Kennedy was a greater advocate for women’s rights and dignity than Breitbart is nuts. Period.
Among the things that, historically, America has been all about is self-reliance. You don’t get it, but liberty and self-reliance are deeply intertwined.
Marcel on November 18, 2012 at 10:57 pm said:
I can’t wait to see these tapes! I just hope it does some good, but if the Jeremiah Wright tapes didn’t do it these probably won’t eitehr. Obama will just claim he was young and in college and no longer holds these beliefs!
Rocketman on March 2, 2012 at 10:19 pm said:
Do you have any evidence that Breitbart was against “equality for all”?
To be clear, we’re talking about equality of opportunity, as our founders intended, correct?
Not any of that “equality of outcome” Marxist claptrap…