Andrew Brietbart gave the Huffington Post more than they were bargaining for as their in house Far Right Wing flamethrower.
Huffington Post yanks Breitbart from front page
By Greg Sargent
After standing by Andrew Breitbart yesterday, the Huffington Post has made the decision to yank him from their highly-trafficked front page, in the wake of some vicious comments Breitbart has since made about former White House adviser Van Jones, a HuffPo spokesman confirms to me.
So what did Rancid Andy say to get himself thrown off the HuffPo's front Page?
While Breitbart will still be allowed to post at HuffPo, the decision to yank him from the front page and downgrade his visibility effectively gives the critics what they’d asked for.
Last night, HuffPo was still sticking by Breitbart, arguing that the site was committed to airing a range of voices and maintaining that Breitbart’s posts on HuffPo had remained civil.
HuffPo spokesman Mario Ruiz emails me:
The Huffington Post is committed to fostering a lively and often provocative debate about the issues of the day and encourages a wide range of voices from all perspectives to participate. Andrew Brietbart’s ad hominem attack on Van Jones in The Daily Caller -- right down to calling him a “commie punk” and “a cop killer-supporting, racist, demagogic freak” -- violates the tenets of debate and civil discourse we have strived for since the day we launched. As a result, we will no longer feature his posts on the front page.
The Huffington Post had no business giving a smear artist like Breitbart the status of a serious journalist nomatter how much Brietbart and Arianna Huffington are buddies. You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear no matter how hard you try Arianna.
I can't understand why Arianna still keeping Breitbart on at HuffPo at all.
Also see Leftwing Noise Machine's diary: Huffington Post Goes All Breitbart On Us