Right-Wing Media Critic Andrew Breitbart Dies
Over the course of his career as a conservative commentator, blogger and vigilant crusader against liberal bias, as he saw it, in the mainstream American media and in Hollywood, Andrew Breitbart pulled off a few high-profile alliances and at least one major takedown.Conservative commentator, blogger and anti-liberal crusader Andrew Breitbart is dead at the age of 43.
Over the course of his career as a conservative commentator, blogger and vigilant crusader against liberal bias, as he saw it, in the mainstream American media and in Hollywood, Andrew Breitbart pulled off a few high-profile alliances and at least one major takedown. He was a colleague and crony of another prominent online media fixture from right-leaning ranks, Matt Drudge of the Drudge Report, but he also played a contributing role in The Huffington Post’s past. But Breitbart, who died suddenly early Thursday morning in Los Angeles, will mostly be remembered on a professional level for breaking the story of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s sexting scandal. Breitbart was 43.
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Reaction to his death was quick.
“RIP ‘O Mighty Warrior!” Texas Gov. Rick Perry said in a message on Twitter, the medium where Breitbart confronted his critics with often abrasive messages. Indeed, Breitbart’s final message called a follower “a putz.”
His online profile, meanwhile, called him a “mild-mannered family guy” and “husky male model.”
Media Matters, the liberal watchdog that was a frequent Breitbart critic, said the organization’s “thoughts and prayers are with his family today.”
“We’ve disagreed more than we’ve found common ground, but there was never any question of Andrew’s passion for and commitment to what he believed,” said Media Matters’ Ari Rabin-Havt.
Republican presidential contenders also weighed in.
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