Andrew Breitbart

Morning Chatter - Posted January 17, 2012
Quotes of the Day CNN and Former FishbowlDC's Matt Dornic: "New show: Silver Fox Sundays w @bobcusack?" Cusack is Managing Editor of The Hill. ... [FishbowlDC]

10 Moments That Hooked Us in 2011 - Posted December 31, 2011
The year 2011 was the year the 7-second TV delay failed miserably, that members of Congress behaved badly and Weiner headlines became something of an art form. Today we've pooled our wisdom into ano... [FishbowlNY]

Morning Chatter - Posted December 29, 2011
Quotes of the Day Note to Readers: We're going fishing today (ice fishing, if necessary) so we won't be around. We will return tomorrow, so send us your items anyhow and we'll get to them on Friday. The only way we might interrupt this day off is if Rep. Jim ... [PRNewser]

Dear John (Nolte) - Posted December 20, 2011
Dear John (Nolte), For those of you who don't know who John Nolte is, he's the Editor-in-Chief of Andrew Breitbart's Big Holly... [FishbowlDC]

Andrew Breitbart Hearts Bank of America - Posted October 21, 2011
We don't expect...well...much of anything from Andrew Breitbart. But even we were shocked when we pulled this from his Twitter feed a couple of days ago. "Love your ATMs!" "Have a great day." You've got to be shi... [FishbowlLA]

With Friends Like David Shuster... - Posted September 28, 2011
...Who needs enemies at Fox News? Over the weekend Current TV's feisty substitute anchor David Shuster took a caveman's club to the Fox News commentators who moderated the most recent GOP presidential debate. He aired his grievances on CNN's "Rel... [FishbowlDC]

LA Times' Andrew Malcolm Moving to Investors.com - Posted September 16, 2011
Given the exit of his good friend Tony Pierce from the LA Times in the wave of layoffs that hit the paper this summer, Andrew Malcom's exit from the paper seemed inevitable. Looks like that day has finally come. The Top of the Ticket blogger is moving on from the... [FishbowlLA]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted September 8, 2011
Quotes of the Day -- GOP Presidential Debate Edition "How is this c--t on MSNBC saying Obama created jobs!? I'm stunned at this sh-t ass f--k d--k 'news' channel." -- Anthony Cumia from the "Opie and Anthony" radio show in a startling tweet last ni... [FishbowlDC]

The eXiled and Big Government Exchange More Words - Posted September 7, 2011
There's been a relatively small flare up in the emerging battle between Mark Ames of The eXiled and Andrew Breitbart's Big Government. Nothing major. Like North and South Koreans firing a few potshots over the DMZ, without actually hitting anything. Basically Big Government's ... [FishbowlLA]

Big Government Picks a Fight With The eXiled - Posted September 1, 2011
Andrew Breitbart seems to have fully recovered from his Shirley Sherrod scandal. But he just helped pick a fight that has the potential to get... [FishbowlLA]

MSNBC Shoots Down Proposed Chris Matthews Cameo in Aaron Sorkin's HBO Pilot - Posted July 7, 2011
New York's Joe Adalian reports that MSNBC has apparently nixed a proposed cameo by Chris Matthews... [TVNewser]

Big Surprise! Howard Kurtz Enjoys Compliments - Posted July 6, 2011
We all enjoy a warm fuzzy every so often. But it's unseemly to watch The Daily Beast's Washington Bureau Chief Howard Kurtz on the receiving end of an aforemen... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted June 20, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY Journo risks meat purchase at convenience store "Took a chance on some carne adovada at a convenience store in Alexandria after Dave Alvin show (typically terrific). Adovada almost as good."... [FishbowlDC]

Exclusive: Andrew Breitbart Causes Melee At Netroots Nation* - Posted June 17, 2011
Sources tell us that Andrew Breitbart just caused a huge scene at the annual liberal Netroots Nation conference. Breitbart apparently showed up unaccredited with a camera crew in tow and tried to gain entrance. We're told Breitbart did manage to get inside and was eventually escorted out by security. But not... [FishbowlLA]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted June 17, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY "...Choosing a tie like that -- one that's impossible to ignore -- when you're resigning just suggests one thing: maybe you actually enjoy all this attention. Which means you really are an a--hole, after all."... [FishbowlDC]

Andrew Breitbart Brings Blue Humor, Tea Party Proselytizing to Beverly Hills Jews - Posted June 13, 2011
"I don't take pictures of my genitals and send them to teenagers. I like to fight the media. That's my fetish." That's the dick joke Andrew Breitbart, still high on ... [FishbowlLA]

Constituents Support Weiner, Breitbart Comes Out of This Looking Bad - Posted June 10, 2011
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Breitbart Off the Cuff - Posted June 8, 2011
We know we compare his looks to "The Situation" and make fun of him for wearing wife beater tanks, but there's much to admire about the interview that Human Events Editor Jason Mattera did on Monday with BigGovernment's ... [FishbowlDC]

Weiner's Member is Out - Posted June 8, 2011
About two hours ago, Sirius XM Radio's Opie and Anthony tweeted semi-blurry pictures of what are presumed to Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-N.Y.) now infamous penis self-portrait. BigGovernment's Andrew Breit... [FishbowlDC]

Conservative Blogger Mocks Alyssa Milano - Posted June 8, 2011
Rabid Conservative blogger and former Asst. National Editor for TWT ... [FishbowlDC]

Weinergate's Biggest Media Winners and Losers - Posted June 7, 2011
Whether or not he will resign, or be forced out for lack of ethical behavior, or lose his wife, Anthony Weiner is the major loser of the last couple of weeks. But at FishbowlNY, we're as... [FishbowlNY]

WNYW's Linda Schmidt Says Reporters Urged Breitbart to Take Podium at Weiner Press Conference - Posted June 7, 2011
As journalists and TV viewers waited for Congressman Anthony Weiner to take the stage Monday afternoon at a scheduled press conference, many were shocked to see Andrew Breitbart, the man behind ... [TVSpy]

Big Government Unleashes Latest Contribution to the Journalistic World: Weinergate - Posted May 31, 2011
The Woodward and Bernstein wannabes at Big Government just broke their latest story of import: Weinergate. Wildly important, we assure you. An anonymous BG blogger posting under the handle Publius somehow ... [FishbowlLA]

Framing Andrew Breitbart - Posted May 5, 2011
Let's face it. LA's resident conservative agitator Andrew Breitbart isn't going away. His involvement in the Shirley Sherrod flap threatened to put him o... [FishbowlLA]

Daily Caller and ATR Bask in Breitbart - Posted April 22, 2011
Apparently Ann Coulter isn't the only one who sends her book covers to ... [FishbowlDC]

Glenn Beck: 'MSNBC. I mean how long does that stay in business like that?' - Posted April 22, 2011
The media -- specifically MSNBC -- was a big topic last night as Glenn Beck went on Bill O'Reilly's show. The conversation kicked off with a clip from Andrew Breitbart's interview with ... [TVNewser]

The Breitbart-Ratigan-Shuster-Bashir affair ... to sell books - Posted April 21, 2011
Try to keep up. Andrew Breitbart went on Dylan Ratigan's MSNBC show Tuesday. Critics say Ratigan was soft. Breitbart returned to MSNBC Wednesday to tape an interview with Martin Bashir, who wasn't soft at all. In between there was an inter... [TVNewser]

D. Shuster Takes Bite out of Breitbart, Slams MSNBC and Ratigan - Posted April 20, 2011
Ex-MSNBCer David Shu... [FishbowlDC]

Former MSNBC Anchor David Shuster Trades Barbs With Dylan Ratigan Over Andrew Breitbart Interview - Posted April 20, 2011
Conservative activist, author and pundit Andrew Breitbart is making the media rounds in New York this week. He spoke with CNN's Eliot Spitzer and MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan yesterday. ... [TVNewser]

Andrew Breitbart Booted From HuffPo Front Page: Equates Plight With Nazi Persecution - Posted March 25, 2011
Well, that didn't take long. Andrew Breitbart has officially been kicked off Huffington Post's front page. Breibart's arrival on HuffPo had not been very well received by the site's liberal base--and Breitbart saying some nasty things about C... [FishbowlLA]

The Curious Case of Breitbart's Banishment from HuffPost - Posted March 25, 2011
Well, that didn't last long. WaPo's Greg Sargent initially reported Wednesday night that Huff... [FishbowlDC]

Andrew Breitbart, Among Others, Now Writing for Huffington Post - Posted March 14, 2011
Huffington Post announced a bunch of huge hires today. First off, former LA Times features editor John Montorio is now HuffPo's new editor o... [FishbowlLA]

Writer Uses 'Mean Girls' to Teach a Lesson - Posted February 18, 2011
Joanne Bamberger at Politics Daily's "Woman UP" is really bothered by a cartoon of a fat Michelle Obama posted at Andrew Breitb... [FishbowlDC]

Breitbart's Big Gay CPAC Party - Posted February 11, 2011
[caption id="attachment_30964" align="alignnone" width="448" caption="Sophie B. Hawkins performs for Breitbart and friends..."][/caption] Andrew Breitbart and gay conservative group, GOProud, kicked off CPAC last night with a wild pr... [FishbowlDC]

A Media Reporter's Guide to CPAC - Posted February 9, 2011
The agenda for CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference happening in D.C. this weekend, has been posted, and journalists and media types are invading. Tucker Carlson, editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller will speak at an event sponsored by Accuracy in Media on Thursday and, later that night, will serve as Master of... [FishbowlDC]

Breitbart to Talk Media Bias with College Republicans - Posted February 7, 2011
Andrew Breitbart, conservative activist and publisher of the websites Big Journalism and Breitbart.com, will speak at George Washington University Tuesday night. The College Republi... [FishbowlDC]

Big Government Publishes New Planned Parenthood Sting Video - Posted February 3, 2011
Live Action founder Lila Rose has published a new--once again, highly suspect, highly edited--video on Andrew Breitbart's Big Government site, purporting to show Planned Parenthood workers in Virgi... [FishbowlLA]

LA Has More Than a Few 'Loathsome Americans' - Posted January 24, 2011
The Buffalo Beast has published its annual Matt Taibbi-inspired (he founded the paper) list of the "50 Most... [FishbowlLA]

The Most Loathsome (Paranoid) Writer in America - Posted January 24, 2011
Ian Murphy is one paranoid dude. Not to mention loathsome, a word he uses rather liberally. On Thursday I emailed him to request an interview. The reason: On Wednesday he had published the "50 Most Loathsome Americans o... [FishbowlDC]

Sarah Palin Stirs Controversy with Blood Libel Reference - Posted January 12, 2011
In a video message (embedded above), author and politician Sarah Palin compared negative media attention to "blood libel." The phrase refers to historical myths that Jews kidnap and murder Christian children. Here's the ... [GalleyCat]

LA Times Blogger Andrew Malcolm and Mickey Kaus Make Salon's List of Media Hacks - Posted November 22, 2010
Salon just published the first wave of its "Hack 30" list of the worst pundits in America. Not surprisingly, ... [FishbowlLA]

Dissecting ABC's Breitbart Debacle - Posted November 4, 2010
On his PressThink blog, media critic and NYU professor Jay Rosen tries to figure out what in the world ABC News was thinking when they invited LA's most infamous right-wing Internet troll Andrew B... [FishbowlLA]

BigGov's Slanted Take on Why Breitbart Got the Boot - Posted November 3, 2010
ABC gave BigGovernment.com's Andrew Breitbart the shaft on being a part of its election night coverage. Strangely, Breitbart wrote nothing on Twitter denouncing the network. But he did receive lashings that he, in typical Breitbart fashion, ran. One person tweeted at him: "I finally got to the bottom of this @AndrewBreitbart... [FishbowlDC]

ABC News Drops Andrew Breitbart from Midterm Election Coverage - Posted November 2, 2010
ABC News has dropped conservative blogger and commentator Andrew Breitbart from its midterm election coverage. Breitbart was scheduled to appear as a commentator on the network's "digital town hall" on ABCNews.com and Facebook. He also said he wou... [TVNewser]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted November 1, 2010
QUOTES of the DAY And one, and two, and one and two...Come on ladies, here's a Halloween costume to burn into memory. It's FishbowlDC's and QGA's Matt Dornic preparing to sweat to the oldies like only Richard Si... [FishbowlDC]

Breitbart: 'They put me up in a 5-Star Hotel, I'll Survive' - Posted November 1, 2010
When BigGovernment.com's Andrew Breitbart flies to Phoenix tonight to join ABC's election night coverage, even he doesn't know what he'll find there. After bashing ABC, Media Matters, HuffPost, Dail... [FishbowlDC]

ABC News Clears the air about Andrew Breitbart's Participation in their Election Night Coverage - Posted October 30, 2010
It didn't take long, after conservative author, commentator and webtrepreneur Andrew Breitbart announced he would be participating in ABC N... [TVNewser]

Parker Spitzer Premieres on CNN - Posted October 5, 2010
Last night CNN premiered its new 8 PM show, "Parker Spitzer." The duo promised a different sort of cable news show, with pundits that would be unlike the ones you see on the other networks "The one thing we don't want is for someone to turn on the TV and say 'oh... [TVNewser]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted September 27, 2010
QUOTES of the DAY A question for the sages "What age is too old to wear a bikini or get tan from sun?" -- Emily Miller, senior editor for Human Events, in a weekend tweet. Br... [FishbowlDC]

Breitbart Blasts Todd for Being Biased Journalist - Posted September 22, 2010
BigGovernment.com's Andrew Breitbart went after NBC's Chuck Todd late Tuesday with a vengeance, accusing him repeatedly and relentlessly of being biased. He made the accusations sarcastically... [FishbowlDC]

Glenn Beck Headlines Event in Obama's Back Yard - Posted September 18, 2010
Fox News host Glenn Beck will be in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates t... [TVNewser]

Andrew Breitbart Thinks Big: 'I'll have a network, I'm sure I will' - Posted September 13, 2010
BigGovernment, BigJournalism, now Andrew Breitbart is really thinking big. He wants to start his own TV network, beyond his Breitbart.tv. According to ... [TVNewser]

Separated at Birth: BigGovernment's Andrew Breitbart and... - Posted August 16, 2010
BigGovernment.com's Andrew Breitbart and former CNBC host Donny Deutsch could pass for long lost twins. And for a ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted July 27, 2010
Quote(s) of the Day Journo longs for days of Journolist "I learned a lot from it and rejoin it in a heartbeat. I wish there was a conservative version I could lurk around too. useful." - The Atlantic's ... [FishbowlDC]

Jonah Goldberg: Cronkite 'Overrated' and Breitbart 'a Friend' - Posted July 27, 2010
Momma's boy Jonah Goldberg is touting the new "journalism" of his buddy Andrew Breitbart in his latest column. Since last week, ... [FishbowlLA]

Salon's Joan Walsh: Don't You Know Who I Am? - Posted July 26, 2010
Dainty it wasn't. Salon's Editor-in-Chief Joan Walsh had one of those kind of moments on Sunday's CNN's "Reliable ... [FishbowlDC]

Editor Breitbart Gets Edited - Posted July 26, 2010
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Ali Wentworth thinks Shirley Sherrod should ask Pres. Obama for Secy. of Ag. Job - Posted July 22, 2010
Fired, maybe rehired, Deptartment of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod continues to make the rounds, showing up this morning on "The View." HLN/"The View"'s Joy Behar thinks ... [TVNewser]

Eric Alterman on Journolist: "Many of Us Could Barely Stand One Another" - Posted July 1, 2010
Last week political blogs around the country focused on Journolist, an exclusive 400-member email list where political journalists shared ideas and thoughts. Following a few leaks of the off-the-record emails, the email list was shut down... [GalleyCat]

Breitbart Willing to Cough up 100K for Journolist Archive - Posted June 29, 2010
The following headline is up on BigJournalism.com as we speak posted by none other than Editor and founder Andrew Breitbart, who apparently has 100,000 "burning in my pocket": Reward: $100,000 for Full 'JournoList' Archive; Source Fully Protected Read all about it... [FishbowlDC]

Weigel Says He Treated 'The List' Like a Dive Bar - Posted June 28, 2010
Former WaPo blogger Dave Weigel offers explanations for his behavior on Andrew Breitbart's Big Journalism site today in a first-person story bearing the headline, "Hubris and Humility: David Weigel Comes Clean on Washi... [FishbowlDC]

Flynn and Hannity Criticize Media for 'Deafening Silence'' - Posted June 15, 2010
Big Government's Mike Flynn had a breezy interview on FNC's "Hannity" with host Sean Hannity Monday night. The appearance centered on the story Flynn first posted Monday on the conservative website regarding Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) manhandling a college student. During the interview Flynn railed on Etheridge's behavior... [FishbowlDC]

Breitbart in Bed and Bath - Posted March 25, 2010
Photo credit: Bryce Duffy Time magazine is a vision this week. The magazine presents new conservative media mogul Andrew Breitbart lounging in bed in pajamas at his Los Angeles home. He's also in a bubble bath, chest exposed, working on his laptop. In the piece by ... [FishbowlDC]

Andrew Breitbart, Nick Denton: Words at Dawn - Posted February 3, 2010
There's an East Coast - West Coast Twitter storm abrewin' between Big Hollywood's Andrew Breitbart and Gawker Media's Nick Denton. After Gawker's Alex Pareene picked up on an NPR story about Breitbart, Breitbart took to Twitter to respond: ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Instapundit to Breitbart: Who's Controlling Narrative? - Posted February 3, 2010
Glenn Reynolds, a monthly columnist at the Washington Examiner (a.k.a Instapundit), enjoys being quoted. He was quoted in a recent NPR story on conservative writer, former Drudge Report Editor Andrew Breitbart, who runs his own site, Breitbart.com. But Reynolds wonders how the story got so twisted. Read Re... [FishbowlDC]

David Shuster Interviews Andrew Breitbart and Eric Boehlert About James O'Keefe Arrest - Posted January 28, 2010
On his MSNBC show this afternoon, David Shuster, anchoring from Louisiana, dove headlong into the coverage of the arrest of anti-ACORN video producer James O'Keefe, and three others earlier this week. In back-to-back interviews... [TVNewser]

Tucker Carlson Launches The Daily Caller - Posted January 11, 2010
This is a great month to be a conservative pundit on the Web: Matt Drudge's protege Andrew Breitbart last week ... [FishbowlNY]

Daily Show Slams Obama| Breitbart Attacks Gawker's Deal With Business Insider | Ben Silverman Heads Up DumbDumb | Snooki Applies For New Jo - Posted January 8, 2010
The Daily Show: Who said Jon Stewart took it easy on this administration? Last night he slammed Obama for breaking his promise of an "open government." On C-Span. MediaIte... [FishbowlNY]

Breitbart Debuts New Media Site BigJournalism.com - Posted January 7, 2010
Just in case there weren't already enough Web sites keeping tabs on the media and reporting on what they're reporting on, Matt Drudge protege Andrew Breitbart has entered the fray with h... [FishbowlNY]

Breitbart Sets His Sights On The MSM - Posted December 10, 2009
Andrew Breitbart is a graduate of the Matt Drudge School for Journalism: the more sensational a headline, the better it works. And Breitbart employs this principle frequentl... [FishbowlNY]

Morning Reading List 10.21.09 - Posted October 21, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Hanson ... [FishbowlDC]

O'Reilly: 'I Am Exhausted by these Ideologues Masquerading as TV Critics' - Posted September 28, 2009
Tonight, FNC's Bill O'Reilly went after Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik over a blog post he wrote on Friday. Zurawik criticized O'Reilly and fellow Fox News host Sean Hannity for their interviews with ACORN video star ... [TVNewser]

WHCA Dinner: TWT Lands Hootie - Posted May 7, 2009
This laugh's on me: I love "Hootie and the Blowfish" so you can imagine my excitement to see that TWT's WHCA Dinner guest list includes Darius Rucker. ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.25.09 - Posted March 25, 2009
h/t Shenan... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.29.09 - Posted January 29, 2009
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.28.09 - Posted January 28, 2009
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the... [FishbowlDC]

Breitbart Going Big(ger)? - Posted December 11, 2008
The American Spectator talks with Breitbart.com's Andrew Breitbart (also part-time editor of The Drudge Report): "I think that now is the right time to strike," Andrew Breitbart says, talking on his hands-free cell phone as he drives through Hollywood. He's en route to dinner with a screenwriter whose work has been filmed... [FishbowlDC]

Why Won't Sarah Palin Take Questions From The Press? - Posted September 24, 2008
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Saleno Zito asked Chuck Todd, Sam Youngman, Andrew Breitbart, ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 09.09.08 - Posted September 9, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the... [FishbowlDC]

Andrew Breitbart: Sensitive Olden Days Guy - Posted August 7, 2008
Choire Sicha penned a piece in Radar about Andrew Breitbart's new venture into the conservative... [FishbowlLA]

Breitbart Takes Over Miller - Posted August 22, 2007
Tune in to the Dennis Miller Radio Show right now and you'll catch Andrew Breitbart guest-hosting. Guests include former agent turned Iraq War documentarian Pat Dollard, author Jackie Collins and comedian/actor Larry Miller. ... [FishbowlDC]

BREAKING: Joel Sappell Tinkers with Large Plastic Box on Desk, Presses Buttons and Finds Matt Drudge - Posted August 4, 2007
While everyone else at Spring Street was busy learning the new copyediting software, Joel Sappell snuck off and got his hands on a computer again. The result: A piece on that internet wunderkind of the late 20th Century: Matt Drudge... [FishbowlLA]

FBLA Goes to the Party: Modernica Sale Preview - Posted June 1, 2007
Modernica, the furniture company of hipsters all over, threw a not-all-that exclusive preview party at ... [FishbowlLA]

RADAR LOVE: FBLA Goes to the Party - Posted February 22, 2007
FBLA went to Radar's party at the Standard Hotel last night and had a surprisingly good time. There's always that moment, when fully dressed, one thinks, "To hell with it", and decides to climb out of the pumps and stay home and eat in front of the tv. But we went and... [FishbowlLA]