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For background purposes, it's important to note that Andrew Breitbart is an attention-whore who is desperate to emulate his mentor, Matt Drudge, and this isn't the first time he's released misleading videotape "evidence" of African Americans...

Fooled Again by Breitbart and the Wingnut Right: Do I Smell a Lawsuit Cookin' Against Ole' Andrew?

Jen Fad · Thursday, July 22nd 2010 at 5:50PM · 203 views
There's nothing shocking or surprising about the latest Andrew Breitbart scam in which he released selectively-edited video of an African American USDA worker, Shirley Sherrod, and accused her of racism against a white farmer couple, the Spooners.

That's not to suggest we shouldn't be vigorously talking about it. We absolutely should be. But the most outrageous aspects of the story are fairly typical of everyone involved: Breitbart, the so-called "liberal" news media, Democrats, Fox News Channel and all points in between.

He previously engaged in the same chicanery when he released heavily edited and ultimately phony Jackass-style videos in which, he alleges, ACORN workers had given inappropriate advice to a (fake) pimp and a (fake) prostitute who were, among other things, seeking to engage in human trafficking. The videos turned out to be misleading at best, and the fake pimp character went on to plead guilty to charges of entering federal property under false pretense.

Breitbart scammed nearly everyone on the ACORN videos including people who should have known better, like, for example, Jon Stewart.

Breitbart has done it again. This time, he's flimflammed the White House, the NAACP and the traditional news media.

Click on link to read entire article by Huffington Post writer Bob Cesca
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/fo...

[Should Ms. Sherrod bring a lawsuit against Breitbart (who by the way isn't so bright) for defamation of character, emotional and psychological pain and suffering, and loss of financial income?]
Fooled Again by Breitbart and the Wingnut Right: Do I Smell a Lawsuit Cookin' Against Ole' Andrew?

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Siebra Muhammad Friday, July 23rd 2010 at 2:24PM

If Sherrod sues Breitbart and wins it would truly be a story that restores faith... BLACK POWER!!!

Jen Fad Saturday, July 24th 2010 at 5:49PM

@ Sister Siebra
I think this issue should be less about Black power, but more about unifying America and rallying against divisiveness that separates us like Ms. Sherrod has stated. As long as we as a nation continue to focus on one particular group having power then the problem continues. Breitbart believes in the power of the Right. Who's on the right? Are they mostly White or is it more about political views that support the wealthiest Americans? Either way, there's a group trying to exert their power over another group and its nonsense. We need to reflect the name of our nation~~~ The United States of America.

@ Brother Clark

[So Sherrod definitely has grounds to sue for defamation. I would love to hear the depositions of the people in Fox in charge of story production, to hear what they knew about the validity of the tape, and the decisions to show it in light of Breitbart's shaky reputation and credibility.]

Absolutely "feel you" on this and I totally want to know what the Fox Network knew about the authencity of the video and what they asked Breitbart? I wonder if ole' Andrew was paid any money by Fox? Either way, I think Ms. Sherrod should pursue the case or the NAACP should bring a suit against the Fox Network. Someone should.

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

Jen, as for bringing a law suit, "I" say yes, but not so much as fo rmonitary gain...but for the reason Oprah stated about don Imus getting the Black community a voice on our public air waves. Ms O put it this way, "DON IMUS HAS OPENED A DOOR IN TEH MEDIA THAT WE SHOULD NEVER ALLOW TO BE CLOSED AGAIN"...and, Ms O is going to put her words into actions by getting her O-W-N tv network...no not to play rap music as this will be totally owned by her and she does not have to feed off of her own people in this fashion for ratings and attention . JUST to GIVE US A VOICE TO HELP GET RID OF SOME OF THE MYTHS LIKE THIS ONE TAHT HAS THE MEDIA GIVING US A VOICE OVER OUR PUBLIC AIR WAVES "FOR NOW". (NUP)

Thanks so much Jen for this blog and please keep all of this info coming to our community. (smile)

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

Clark, I believe that every things happens for a reason. example,

notice how the injustices delt to Van Jones and ACORN ARE coming back front and center? And, Dr. Gates is now providing educational Ethnic programs on PBS...not to mention how tis oil spill is getting attention to long term health care needed by tos epeople dying and dead from working in the ExxonValdes oil spill 25 years ago...

Fox's short term 10 years of this abous of our public air waves is going to bring about long, long terms in how our news is given CORRRECTLY AND NOT FOR RATINGS AND THE GREATER THE RATINGS THE MORE ASKED TO RUN THEIR ADS TO BRING US THIS FILTH...IF IT GETS ANY WORST FOR FFOX THEY WILL BE CASSLIFIED AS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT...THEY DID HAVE A SAY IN HOW OUR GOVERNMENT MADE THEIR DECISSION ON FALSE INFORMATION...LIKE IN OUR GOING INTO IRAQ?????

and, believe it or not Christ Matthews and Ed on MSNBC cam as colse as they could to calling fox a terreorist and a thereat to our government...Thisis where I got this idea from while watching fox trying to say in a panel they were having how the government has not legal way to interfere with them...(otfl) as even they know over on Fox ow they really have screwed u on tis one in unifying the country and notjsut us against them and their (and, teh republicans)practices of trying to bring our president downalong with his administartion down, bit by bit...(smile)

(SMILE)

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

...the Ed program@msnbc just showed a clip of the president's speaking on this sister S,S, abuse of her by the media...I will try and catch the whole ting on C Span later tonight just wanted you all ot know about our president (smile)

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

hey Jen and Clark, Just went over to see what Oriellyis talking about...Well believe it or not he has managed to say he never said anything about the sister and then had Laura Ingram on as is guess to do the dirty work about it is all the Obama's administrtion's fault and this is where she as will as O'reilly got their idea about her needing to be fired for racism. (smile)

NOw she ahs got to sue, and we can watch this guy put fox and theri deep, deep pockets right in the center of this and off of him...say they are the ones who hired him to do tis as well as teh Pimp tapes as tis is going to come back on the scene...and cany you picture Congress saying what happened to ACorn started with their full investigation...

I JUST LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT...BUT PLESE LET IT WORK THE MEDIA...SARAH PALIN IS STILLMILKING THE MEDIA. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL (SMILE)

and, Clark is this good or bad for the democrats this close to election time if this remains in teh news fro any longer??????...

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