It may not be the most strategic time to be citing/using Breitbart News as a source. (And I'm also thinking of the other thread by babe as well as this one). And the reason I say that is because of the expose of Breitbart that was published last week by Buzzfeed News. Based on Breitbart's own internal documents, emails, etc., the report by Buzzfeed, in a bottom line sense, blows that so-called news organ out of the water, drawing the connections and connecting the dots in a Breitbart-Bannon-Milo-White Nationalists-Neo Nazi kinda way. It's awfullly tough to deny the charges made in the Buzzfeed report, based as they are on the treasure trove of Breitbart documents Buzzfeed was able to obtain. Forbes has a short summary:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetw...bannon-milo-yiannopoulos-report/#71ea8bf8925c
"Citing a cache of leaked internal documents, an expose by BuzzFeed News has sought to connect the dots on how the alt-right's leading site has been pooling racist, sexist, and/or white nationalist ideals (and, at it happens, seemingly endless cracks about ************).
On Thursday, BuzzFeed News’ Joseph Bernstein published the results of a massive investigation into the strategic and ideological inner workings of Breitbart News, and particularly the actions and opinions of former Trump adviser and Breitbart executive Steve Bannon and former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos.
Based on internal emails and documents from the company, the expose reveals how Bannon, Yiannopoulos, and a large cast of other Breitbart players and employees worked to develop and advance an agenda that embraced tactics, values, and assistance from neo-Nazi and white nationalist groups, among others.
In his roles as Breitbart voice and Bannon surrogate, BuzzFeed reported, Yiannopoulos in particular sought input and content from white nationalists and neo-Nazis, but also collaborated with like-minded (if previously more low profile) members of the media and business communities.
Bernstein wrote, "These new emails and documents [clearly] show that Breitbart does more than tolerate the most hate-filled, racist voices of the alt-right. It thrives on them, fueling and being fueled by some of the most toxic beliefs on the political spectrum--and clearing the way for them to enter the American mainstream." He continued, "They [also] reveal how the website--and, in particular, Yiannopoulos--links the Mercer family, the billionaires who fund Breitbart, to underpaid trolls who fill it with provocative content, and to extremists striving to create a white ethnostate."
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But no need to settle for second hand analysis. Here is the expose from Buzzfeed News, thanks to whom may Breitbart never be able to hide again:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbern...te-nationalism?utm_term=.un3PldpOV#.hunEqaOyp
Here's How Breitbart and Milo smuggled Nazi and White Nationalist ideas into the mainstream:
"These documents chart the Breitbart alt-right universe. They reveal how the website — and, in particular, Yiannopoulos — links the Mercer family, the billionaires who fund Breitbart, to underpaid trolls who fill it with provocative content, and to extremists striving to create a white ethnostate.
They capture what Bannon calls his “killing machine” in action, as it dredges up the resentments of people around the world, sifts through these grievances for ideas and content, and propels them from the unsavory parts of the internet up to TrumpWorld, collecting advertisers’ checks all along the way.
And the cache of emails — some of the most newsworthy of which BuzzFeed News is now making public — expose the extent to which this machine depended on Yiannopoulos, who channeled voices both inside and outside the establishment into a clear narrative about the threat liberal discourse posed to America. The emails tell the story of Steve Bannon’s grand plan for Yiannopoulos, whom the Breitbart executive chairman transformed from a charismatic young editor into a conservative media star capable of magnetizing a new generation of reactionary anger. Often, the documents reveal, this anger came from a legion of secret sympathizers in Silicon Valley, Hollywood, academia, suburbia, and everywhere in between."
