Title: Victory! Huffington Post agrees to stop promoting Breitbart
After more than 43,000 ColorOfChange.org members spoke out in just one day, The Huffington Post today announced they would stop promoting Andrew Breitbart's blog posts to the front page of their site -- exactly what our members demanded. Huffington Post spokesman Mario Ruiz (from The Plum Line):
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 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 move, which comes after The Huffington Post initially defended Breitbart, is just the latest example of a major media outlet rejecting Breitbart. ABC previously removed him from Election Night coverage in 2010 after hearing from thousands of ColorOfChange members. Even Fox News Channel has distanced themselves from Breitbart since the Shirley Sherrod scandal.
Here's our statement in response to The Huffington Post's decision:
ColorOfChange.org applauds The Huffington Post’s decision to no longer give Andrew Breitbart a prominent platform for his so-called ‘journalism’. Breitbart, whose entire career is built upon ‘reporting’ lies and falsehoods disguised as news, should have never been given the opportunity to present himself as a legitimate journalist or opinion-maker. Their decision is an important reversal. Over the course of one day, over 43,000 of our members called on The Huffington Post to end to their promotion of Breitbart. The Huffington Post has done the right thing by refusing to elevate someone who fear mongers, race-baits and lies – none of which have a place in America’s public discourse.
Many thanks to all who encouraged The Huffington Post to do the right thing.