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Andrew Breitbart: Opie And Anthony Completely Violated My Trust; They Agree

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When the newest (and most graphic) photo of Rep. Anthony Weiner was posted online today, the strangest thing wasn’t that we were seeing a picture of a Congressman’s genitals. In the digital age, seeing naked images of public figures is sadly (or not, depending on the public figure…) really not that shocking any more. No, the strangest thing was that, less than 12 hours earlier, a lengthy post had gone up at the Daily Caller in which Andrew Breitbart had said he wasn’t going to release the photo. So, what happened? Did he change his mind? Apparently not as he told Fox News that the radio hosts who tweeted the image, Anthony Cumia and Gregg “Opie” Hughes, had commited a “complete violation of [his] trust.” (UPDATE at bottom)

Breitbart told Fox News’ Eric Shawn that he was “mortified” (probably not as much as Weiner, eh?) and continued:

“This is the first time that someone surreptitiously grabbed a photo of it. This is a complete breach of our arrangement that the photo would not be made public. It was a complete violation of trust.”

Below watch the clip from Fox News:

For their part, Hughes and Cumia don’t seem to be denying this. Hughes tweeted out a YouTube video in which he explained his side of events. In it, he explains that they had to work hard to persuade Breitbart to even just show it to them. However, he says that he always intended of grabbing a spapshot of it but was thwarted by Cumia who thought that was a bad idea. Fortunately or unfortunately depending on your view, a listener grabbed a screen grab of it from a the show’s video live feed and then it was a “race” to see who could tweet it out “the fastest.”

Though, while they may have been in a rush to get it out there (and the massive amounts of tweets that everyone involved on the show sent out with it shows that they were quite excited with their scoop), Hughes appears to be a little regretful in going against Breitbart’s wishes.

“Unfortunately, I don’t think we were thinking at the time because I don’t think Andrew Breitbart is too happy with us right now. I’ll say it again, I’m convinced that Andrew Breitbart did not want this picture to be released at this time. Unfortunately, it was. What are you gonna do?”

What are you gonna do is right. Whoever wanted the picture out there, it’s out there now and it isn’t going away.

Below is Hughes’ YouTube video:

UPDATE: Breitbart has released a lengthier statement on BigGovernment which also includes a comment from Cumia which is similar to that of Hughes’. Below is that full statement:

“Earlier today, a photograph resembling one that I had withheld from publication in the Weinergate saga was released without my knowledge or permission.

Prior to the publication of our story on BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com this past Monday morning, it was necessary to show the pictures I had received from our source to several news producers, including several at major news networks, to prove that the additional material I described really did exist, which some have continued to doubt.

This morning, I showed a photograph, which our source claims Weiner sent her, to radio hosts ‘Opie and Anthony’ of the Sirius XM radio network on my mobile device. Somehow, without my knowledge or permission, apparently a picture was taken of my mobile device, and subsequently published by Opie (Gregg Hughes) on Twitter.

His co-host, Anthony (Anthony Cumia), stated today:

‘In regards to the photo of Anthony Weiner that was leaked by members of The Opie And Anthony show on 6/8, I want to make it clear that Andrew Breitbart had no knowledge that this photo was being made public. A phone with the photo was being displayed and a camera in the studio caught it. It was then uploaded to twitter [sic], again, without Andrew Breitbarts [sic] knowledge.’

I regret that this occurred.”

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  • Emma

    Give me a break. Breitbart wants to be considered a serious journalist and yet shares a pic with Opie and Anthony? LMAO! What did he think was going to happen?

  • BFD

    “Anthony Cumia and Gregg “Opie” Hughes, had commited a “complete violation of [his] trust.”

    There is no honor among thieves, liars and scumbags.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

    Daily Beast.

  • Nacho

    Breitbart is upset that he lost his ace in the hole.

  • http://www.harropson.com WHarropson

    Wink?
    I coulds swear I saw him wink!
    Couldn’t be. it’s a still picture.

  • Yoda002

    Beibart is going to look like a fool again. While trying to overexpose himself, no pun intended and he will end up with pie all over his face.

  • tatboy

    Nacho said:
    Breitbart is upset that he lost his ace in the hole.

    So to speak…

  • rubberneck

    Don’t let Opie and Anthony anywhere near Bin Laden’s death pic.

  • catfishjuggling

    Isn’t this kind of as stupid as if Weiner blaming the gal he sent the pics to for violating his trust?? I would imagine that the best way to prevent people from seeing the pic is to not show people the pic.

  • tatboy

    Yoda002 said:
    Beibart is going to look like a fool again. While trying to overexpose himself, no pun intended and he will end up with pie all over his face.

    What color is the sky in your world? A Dem doeas ALL this and all you can talk about is HOW Andrew exposed him. Well did you ever think it takes 10X the evidence when it’s a liberal or a Dem. He had to drag the MSM kicking and screaming to a story that… had it been a Repub… they would have tripped over themselves to get.

    Even in the entertainment world Stewart just had to eat crow for “going soft” on Weiner. Geez your a whiner…. blame the messenger some more.

  • lolitahaze

    breitbart is a joke, a really bad one. he can’t expect anyone to believe this horse manure.

  • Bennybombom

    yup….Andrew just happens to carry with him the picture of Weiner’s d… everywhere on his phone and shows it to radio hosts but doesn’t notice being filmed……..huh huh…….
    we all know Andrew wants to completely destroy and humiliate Weiner.
    now we all see he doesn’t mind completely humiliating his wife too…..
    unless you believe he was set up like he didn’t know cameras were on at the press conference…
    hey congrats Andrew…I’m sure Weiner’s wife appreciate your professionalism..
    and then the guy wonders why the media considers him a classless SOB
    yea really surprising

  • Harry Flashman

    Freakin’ children, adolescent locker room jocks. I said earlier that I sorta kinda felt sorry for Weiner – not for the lying, for that he needs to lose his job – and this type of thing just solidifies that in me. He screwed up badly and got caught and will dearly pay for it.

    What happens in a person like “Opie and Anthony” to make this type of thing all right in his mind? Posting that picture without regard to how it would affect the family, children, and friends show these guys to be just what they are – snickering punks with a radio show.

    Kick him some more while he’s down, guys. It’s what you’re good at. In fact, it’s ALL you’re good at.

    Punks.

  • tatboy

    Emma said:
    Give me a break. Breitbart wants to be considered a serious journalist and yet shares a pic with Opie and Anthony? LMAO! What did he think was going to happen?

    BFD said:
    “Anthony Cumia and Gregg “Opie” Hughes, had commited a “complete violation of [his] trust.” There is no honor among thieves, liars and scumbags.

    I’ll remeber your outrage when the MSM does this to a rightie… ;).

  • tatboy

    lolitahaze said:
    breitbart is a joke, a really bad one. he can’t expect anyone to believe this horse manure.

    You don’t have to trust him…. he’s got the goods (so to speak) on Weiner.

  • tatboy

    Bennybombom said:
    yup….Andrew just happens to carry with him the picture of Weiner’s d… everywhere on his phone and shows it to radio hosts but doesn’t notice being filmed……..huh huh…….we all know Andrew wants to completely destroy and humiliate Weiner.now we all see he doesn’t mind completely humiliating his wife too…..unless you believe he was set up like he didn’t know cameras were on at the press conference…hey congrats Andrew…I’m sure Weiner’s wife appreciate your professionalism..and then the guy wonders why the media considers him a classless SOByea really surprising

    Wow… blame the messenger a little more. I’m sure Weiner’s wife is a little more focused on Weiner (it’s just too easy).

  • Yoda002

    tatboy said:
    What color is the sky in your world? A Dem doeas ALL this and all you can talk about is HOW Andrew exposed him. Well did you ever think it takes 10X the evidence when it’s a liberal or a Dem. He had to drag the MSM kicking and screaming to a story that… had it been a Repub… they would have tripped over themselves to get.

    Even in the entertainment world Stewart just had to eat crow for “going soft” on Weiner. Geez your a whiner…. blame the messenger some more.

    I can go down the conservative family values road and we can find a lot worse. He is on his victory tour and it makes him look like he is gloating over this. Maybe he should just call the U.S. Navy and stage an aircraft carrier landing.

  • Nacho

    Harry Flashman said:
    Punks.

    I agree, but you have to add Brietbart to that list. He’s the guy that showed the picture in the locker room. Breitbart is the guy that wants to be accepted so much he showed the other guys that he nailed the head cheerleader.

  • cjd ohio 1

    who originally released the photo?

  • mikey970

    did you get permission to show the boxer brief shot ???….after you stated you would not show the photo unless wieiner forced you to…you are a bigger dick than him…..go away and stay away…………..

  • bealzebubba

    Ah yes. America: day two.

    Sorry, I’m buying this innocence BS from Breitbart. There’s no way he could have thought that he could share the image with radio personalities like O&A and think they weren’t going to “leak” it somehow. Breitbart’s not a fool, though. He never has to take the fall for what gets released because he’s a professional aggregator….he’s just the avenue in which the content travels.

  • SuburbanPatriot

    Why is Andrew Brietbart hanging out with filth merchants like Opie and Anthony? He is a serious American journalist who is all set to remake our lamestream media and make it into something that we can be proud of once again but he is not doing himself any favors by appearing with these sleazes. Andrew you are better than this, surely James O’Keefe would not stoop to consorting with such morally questionable characters. Be smart next time thank you.

  • kit9

    I’m thrilled it’s out. It should have been released immediately. If it were a Republican, it would have been released right away. I have to laugh at all the ‘poor wife’ comments. Andrew didn’t take the picture, Andrew didn’t upload it online. WEINER did. He’s the one to blame for his wife’s pain. He’s the ONLY one to blame. He’s a disgusting lying pig that never should have been shown mercy from Breitbart, a man Weiner very calculatingly tried to destroy and blame. I seriously doubt this leak was an accident. Andrew was probably pissed that the a-hole hadn’t done the right thing and resigned…so wink wink, Opie and A ‘stole it’. God, I love you, Andrew, you magnificent bastard.

  • Trixi

    Oh for pete’s sake. What serious journalist brings a picture of somebody’s bitz to pass around to a couple of shock jocks? Can you see Bob Woodward doing this?

  • SuburbanPatriot

    Trixi said:
    Oh for pete’s sake. What serious journalist brings a picture of somebody’s bitz to pass around to a couple of shock jocks? Can you see Bob Woodward doing this?

    This is the future of journalism because in the past the liberal lamestream media would cover up the perversions of Democrat politicians. Now Brietbart is here and he like other new journalists like James O’Keefe and Matt Drudge will shine a light on the liberals and their secret shames. Whether Breitbart showed this to the DJs on accident or if he really meant for the world to see it it doesn’t matter because he is telling America and Americans what it needs to hear thank you.

  • Just my Opinion

    WHO originated the damn picture?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

    “seeing naked images of public figures is sadly (or not, depending on the public figure…) really not that shocking any more. ”

    More spin in an attempt to downplay the whole incident. Go ahead and make a list of all the public figures who’s nude pictures got released to the world.

  • tatboy

    Yoda002 said:
    I can go down the conservative family values road and we can find a lot worse. He is on his victory tour and it makes him look like he is gloating over this. Maybe he should just call the U.S. Navy and stage an aircraft carrier landing.

    Wow… really man, move on, Obama is prez and everything now. Gitmo is closed, the air and water are clean again, I don’t have to pay my car not (a quote BTW), unemplyment is below 8% and the economy in humming along and my car runs on unicorn farts.

    You want to jump on Vitter and Ensign… go ahead you won’t get any argument from me.

  • Azarkhan

    …It was at this point that Weiner’s campaign decided to blanket the district with leaflets attacking his opponents. But these were no ordinary campaign attacks: They played the race card, and at a very sensitive time. They were also anonymous.

    Just weeks earlier, the Crown Heights riot — a deadly, days-long affair that brought to the surface long-standing tension between the area’s black and Jewish populations — had played out a few miles away from the 48th District. The episode had gripped all of New York and had been national news. It was just days after order had been restored that Weiner’s campaign distributed its anonymous leaflets, which linked Cohen — whose voters he was targeting in particular — to Jesse Jackson and David Dinkins, who was then New York’s mayor. It is hard to imagine two more-hated political figures in the 48th District at that moment. Jackson just a few years earlier had called New York “Hymie town,” and it was an article of faith among white voters in Weiner’s part of Brooklyn that Dinkins had protected the black rioters in Crown Heights — and thus endangered the white population — by refusing to order a harsh police crackdown. (Two years later, Dinkins would lose to Rudy Giuliani by an 80-20 percent margin in the 48th District.) The leaflets urged voters to “just say no” to the “Jackson-Dinkins agenda” that Cohen supposedly represented. At City Hall, Dinkins held up the flier and branded it “hateful.”

    It’s impossible to say what precise effect this all had on the election, but it clearly didn’t hurt Weiner. In a surprise result, he finished in first place….

    http://www.salon.com/news/new_york_city/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/06/07/anthony_weiner_1991

  • cjd ohio 1

    unreal censorship

  • Bennybombom

    SuburbanPatriot said:
    This is the future of journalism because in the past the liberal lamestream media would cover up the perversions of Democrat politicians. Now Brietbart is here and he like other new journalists like James O’Keefe and Matt Drudge will shine a light on the liberals and their secret shames. Whether Breitbart showed this to the DJs on accident or if he really meant for the world to see it it doesn’t matter because he is telling America and Americans what it needs to hear thank you.

    funny….you should be a comedian.

  • mitchflorida

    Breitbart showing the Xrated photo to Opie and Anthony

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9itMNwHIWIc

  • Bennybombom

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    unreal censorship

    agreed….the right-wing nut however,can insult all they want….that seems to be ok…..odd.

  • SuburbanPatriot

    Bennybombom said:
    funny….you should be a comedian.

    The world doesn’t need any more comedians because the US is currently run by a bunch of Jokers thank you.

  • Skippy

    Oh, so now Braysfarts IS ANOTHER VICTIM.

  • RhapsodyinBlue

    http://www.mobypicture.com/user/anthonycumia/view/9730602

    Here’s Anthony and Breitbart sharing a drink Monday night

    http://www.mobypicture.com/user/anthonycumia/view/9730838

    There’s Ann Coulter being shown the picture on the same night

    So yeah, even though they had drinks a few nights before, Breitbart is a complete attention whore and OnA would love any publicity it’s totally believable this wasn’t conceived a few nights ago as they laughed over the picture over a few drinks and talked about Breitbart coming in studio a little more than a day later. Totally believable. Breitbart gives himself little outs in everything, similar to Perez Hilton, not a reputable human being, scum of the earth. Will take all credit coming to him when things go well but leave you out to dry when they don’t, like when O’Keefe broke into Landrieu’s office.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Bennybombom said:
    agreed….the right-wing nut however,can insult all they want….that seems to be ok…..odd.

    not exactly

  • Sean68

    Weiner would make a great lobbyist for the porn industry. To paraphrase Pascal, the penis wants what the penis wants.

  • Just my Opinion

    Outrage at one person ONLY libbies!
    Again, WHO originated the damn photo????
    HMMMMM ?

  • Sean68

    Breitbart should have said, “I was hacked!”

  • SuburbanPatriot

    Bennybombom said:
    agreed….the right-wing nut however,can insult all they want….that seems to be ok…..odd.

    The libs are being censored because all they do is spew filth and hate and lies thank you.

  • Azarkhan

    Now, Representative Anthony D. Weiner and Huma Abedin are about to make news of a different kind: they are expecting their first child.

    Ms. Abedin, 35, is in the early stages of pregnancy, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.

    http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/weiners-wife-is-pregnant/

  • cjd ohio 1

    a person here asked if breitbart is trying to hurt weiners (pregnant) wife, i asked should breibart care more than weiner about his wife?…………and it was deleted………..having a hard time with these subjective rules

  • Big Eddie

    Never trusted Opie since he shot that bird with his BB gun .

  • http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com PoliticallyIncorrectLibertarian

    Weiner should be happy that picture was leaked, at least now nobody can make fun of his size.

    Seriously, why can’t politicians and celebrities follow this simple rule:

    “Don’t tweet, IM, facebook or share anything you don’t want others to see.”

    Public figures are public figures, EVERYTHING they do can and will be used against them. They have no right to privacy, other than closing their blinds and being as discrete as possible.

    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com

  • bealzebubba

    SuburbanPatriot said:
    This is the future of journalism because in the past the liberal lamestream media would cover up the perversions of Democrat politicians.

    What you mean to say is he’s the future of CONSERVATIVE journalism. You’ll be singing a different tune altogether when the first Breitbart clone comes out, only this time, the clone is targeting scandalous CONSERVATIVE behavior..and it will happen. This I guarantee.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    I’m sick of hearing about Andrew Breitbart, he acts like a child.

  • valkyrie101

    Britebart intended to just let these guys “see” the photo? Why? Who is sending graphic sexual images around now?

  • cjd ohio 1

    bealzebubba said:
    What you mean to say is he’s the future of CONSERVATIVE journalism. You’ll be singing a different tune altogether when the first Breitbart clone comes out, only this time, the clone is targeting scandalous CONSERVATIVE behavior..and it will happen. This I guarantee.

    its called media matters

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Azarkhan said:
    Now, Representative Anthony D. Weiner and Huma Abedin are about to make news of a different kind: they are expecting their first child.

    Ms. Abedin, 35, is in the early stages of pregnancy, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.

    http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/weiners-wife-is-pregnant/

    They should be able to get over it, he didn’t cheat on her, he just sent a picture. Not the same thing at all.

  • MediaWhorse

    Breitbart and Opie/Anthony carried out their plan to perfection. Pretend outrage from Breitbart, publicity for radio jerks.

    Anyone who doesn’t think this was a strategic, planned leak is an idiot.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Snowspot said:
    They should be able to get over it, he didn’t cheat on her, he just sent a picture. Not the same thing at all.

    and hopefully they do. but he flat out lied to the face of the american people

  • cjd ohio 1

    MediaWhorse said:
    Breitbart and Opie/Anthony carried out their plan to perfection. Pretend outrage from Breitbart, publicity for radio jerks. Anyone who doesn’t think this was a strategic, planned leak is an idiot.

    too bad they were not the first to put the picture out

  • koolmoedee

    freaking love it….. they took the spoiled child favorite toy and showed it to the world. brietbart loved that picture he wanted to make it his screensaver now he has to share weiner with the world….he must be so depressed.

  • timzank

    This is hilarious. Again almost 3 pages bashing Breitbart for the exposure of someone else’s aberrant behavior. Would it be safe to assume all of you Weiner defenders like to sleep with each others significant others, trade pics, tweet back and forth about positions, choking women with your co*k, etc?
    Did any of you read the transcripts of what this little pervert tweeted??

    What a bunch of a-moral sluts you all must be.

  • Nature Freak

    It’s not like Weiner can say yeah I lost my job and I lost my wife, what I did was wrong, but spending an entire three day weekend tripping on ecstasy reenacting the karma sutra with two gorgeous lingerie models I met online, well I will remember that for the rest of my life.
    Someone should have told Weiner that “sexting ” was a means to a end, or at least it should be.
    This couldn’t have been worth it.

  • Nacho

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    too bad they were not the first to put the picture out

    That’s old news, this article is about how it’s being handled.

    How Breitbart is handling Weiner’s junk shot. How Opie and Anthony are taking pictures of Weiner’s junk and tweeting it.

  • Skippy

    It was just a few hours ago when Billdo asked Braysfarts if he feared for his life.

    Now we know Braysfarts doesn’t fear for his life. Well, until Opie and Anthony viol ated him.

  • valkyrie101

    timzank said:
    This is hilarious. Again almost 3 pages bashing Breitbart for the exposure of someone else’s aberrant behavior

    Britebart is sending penis pictures around the internet. Why?

  • cjd ohio 1

    Nacho said:
    That’s old news, this article is about how it’s being handled. How Breitbart is handling Weiner’s junk shot. How Opie and Anthony are taking pictures of Weiner’s junk and tweeting it.

    so they should be more careful than he was lol

  • lane

    Breitbart doesn’t get any blame. You send a naked photo of yourself to a stranger, it will get out whether you’re a congressman or anyone else. Breitbart’s blame is to the photo’s recipient, in essence, it’s her photo to share or to sell.

    Breitbart bashing on this makes you look like a fool. If he sent the photo to a girlfriend or someone close to him, fine I’d feel for him, that’s someone to trust. You send it to a stranger, it’s reckless, stupid and this stuff happens.

  • RhapsodyinBlue

    timzank said:
    This is hilarious. Again almost 3 pages bashing Breitbart for the exposure of someone else’s aberrant behavior. Would it be safe to assume all of you Weiner defenders like to sleep with each others significant others, trade pics, tweet back and forth about positions, choking women with your co*k, etc?
    Did any of you read the transcripts of what this little pervert tweeted??

    What a bunch of a-moral sluts you all must be.

    Yeah, their just isn’t enough Anthony Weiner bashing online, I mean, I looked around all day for one site where there was one open discussion I could possibly bash the congressman but of course found nothing. There just seems to be no one willing to post articles trying to incite angry responses from people online, darn. I came here discouraged and resigned to the fact that the best I could do is find a discussion bashing media attention whore, Andrew Breitbart, whose main objective in life according to him is to bash elitist, which he says in his heavy Beverly Hills 90210 accent he gained from being raised exceptionally rich in Hollywood.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    BECK – BREITBART is the ticket!

    Get rid of that indoctrinated MARXIST-SOCIALIST in the White House!

    Time for Democratic Voters to start paying their own way, and stop living off of the taxes from MY HARD WORK!

  • Nacho

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    so they should be more careful than he was lol

    what?

  • Skippy

    timmeh said:

    Did any of you read the transcripts of what this little pervert tweeted??

    What a bunch of a-moral sluts you all must be.

    No.

    But you will be telling us all about it in graphic detail to, you know, educate us a-moral sluts.

    Go Timmeh!

  • tatboy

    Lots O” outrage here on Mediaite about Weiner being “exposed”. They don’t like it at all. :)

  • cjd ohio 1

    Nacho said:
    That’s old news, this article is about how it’s being handled. How Breitbart is handling Weiner’s junk shot. How Opie and Anthony are taking pictures of Weiner’s junk and tweeting it.

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    so they should be more careful than he was lol

    what dont you understand, should briebart, opie and anthony be more careful than weiner was

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Wasn’t Tony Weiner investigated for getting the Bryant Park models Visas ahead of others waiting on the list?
    - and weren’t there sexual quid-pro-quo’s implied in the investigation?

  • cjd ohio 1

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    what dont you understand, should briebart, opie and anthony be more careful than weiner was

    handling pictures of his junk…………handling lol

  • BFD

    Breitbart lies again.
    He said he wasn’t going to release the photo and he did, to Opie and Anthony.

    The man is incapable of keeping his word.

  • Nacho

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    what dont you understand, should briebart, opie and anthony be more careful than weiner was

    No, who ever implied that?

  • lane

    With every new scandal revealed by breitbart, he learns a lesson. This ones clearly to protect your evidence better!

    I think we ALL know there’s more girls and more pictures out there, so it was inevitable. But, it was a good idea to use the picture as insurance, and now he’s lost that leverage. He really screwed up here.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Nacho said:
    No, who ever implied that?

    then there is no problem on how they are handling pictures of his junk

  • cjd ohio 1

    Nacho said:
    No, who ever implied that?

    not accusing you of anything nacho, just making a point, weiner sent them out, what else would he think would happen………re-tweet, duh

  • timzank

    valkyrie101 said:
    Britebart is sending penis pictures around the internet. Why?

    Dishonest & disingenous. You’re usually better than that.

  • Nacho

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    then there is no problem on how they are handling pictures of his junk

    The question is Breitbart’s integrity when he said he didn’t want to release the picture. He claimed to be taking the high road because he wants to be respected as a real journalist.

    Meanwhile, he’s carrying it around on his phone showing to everybody.

    What A and O did is no surprise to anybody, and I guess what Breitbart did isn’t either.

  • tatboy

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    then there is no problem on how they are handling pictures of his junk

    WEINERS, WEINER!!!!!!!!!!

    *this is awesome*

  • timzank

    Skippy said:
    No. But you will be telling us all about it in graphic detail to, you know, educate us a-moral sluts. Go Timmeh!

    You should read what your little hero was saying.

  • Skippy

    valkyrie101 said:
    Britebart is sending penis pictures around the internet. Why?

    Look at me!

  • timzank

    BFD said:
    Breitbart lies again.He said he wasn’t going to release the photo and he did, to Opie and Anthony. The man is incapable of keeping his word.

    He didn’t “release” anything, now did he?

  • BFD

    timzank said:
    He didn’t “release” anything, now did he?

    He was the one who said he wasn’t going to do it. Take it up with him.

  • http://www.harropson.com WHarropson

    Wait a minute. Anthony is apologizing to Clinton?
    This is beyond the beyond.

  • tatboy

    Nacho said:
    The question is Breitbart’s integrity when he said he didn’t want to release the picture. He claimed to be taking the high road because he wants to be respected as a real journalist. Meanwhile, he’s carrying it around on his phone showing to everybody. What A and O did is no surprise to anybody, and I guess what Breitbart did isn’t either.

    If Andrew was a lib you would be screaming. “You have no proof, A&O stole it, you can’t prove a thing.”

  • tatboy

    BFD said:
    He was the one who said he wasn’t going to do it. Take it up with him.

    “He” didn’t…

  • Skippy

    timzank said:
    You should read what your little hero was saying.

    NO.

    You go ahead and tell us.

    I am sure it is much more informative and vital to the nation like yesterday when you wanted to b itc h about the economy and Iraq/Afghanistan.

    Oh, don’t forget the pictures.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    DO THE RIGHT THING!
    Anthony…

    LMFAO!

    Too bad you LEFTY’s lost a good fighter!

    LMFAO!!!!

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Anthony,

    How about asking Harry Reid for a vote of confidence?

    LMFAO!!

  • michiganruth

    BFD said:
    He was the one who said he wasn’t going to do it. Take it up with him.

    see, timzank et al., this is why Opie and Barney or whatever their names are don’t have to worry. nobody will be mad at them. everybody will be mad at Breitbart, because as BFD points out, Breitbart–well, we just don’t like him. he had the photo with him and that should be enough to hang the guy.

    with the left, it’s never about the facts, it’s always about the narrative. that’s a paraphrase of something that was said during the Duke lacrosse non-rape incident, and it’s very true. the fact that Breitbart is not lying doesn’t take away from the liberal ur-narrative that Breitbart is lying.

  • michiganruth

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    Anthony,

    How about asking Harry Reid for a vote of confidence?

    LMFAO!!

    bravo! sad when even the Dingey One won’t stand up for you.

  • Liberty_Hound

    BFD said:
    Breitbart lies again.
    He said he wasn’t going to release the photo and he did, to Opie and Anthony.

    The man is incapable of keeping his word.

    So I take it you’re ok with what Weiner did. Weiner is incapable of telling the truth and is creepy to boot. And he is employed by tax payers. You’re ok with Weiner lies and creepiness but this Breitbart guy to you is bad news.

    Yep, that likeness of Biden fits you very well. You see everyone views Biden as one of the dumbest if not the dumbest guy in politics today. Biden’s other trait is that he thinks he’s one of the smartest. Basically he is delusional along with being stupid. So I conclude again your avatar is fitting.

  • http://24ahead.com/ 24AheadDotCom

    Are you tired of this crap? The U.S. faces serious problems, and all r/w bloggers like Breitbart and his downstream can do is obsess over a politician’s dick.

    If you want an alternative, see what I’ve covered in over 9000 posts since 2002:

    http://24ahead.com/topics

    I concentrate on showing how various peoples’ *ideas* are wrong, not on their personal sleaze.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    michiganruth said:
    bravo! sad when even the Dingey One won’t stand up for you.

    This is great, because Weiner was becoming more and more effective in propagating the Lies of the Left!

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Why are the Democrats not DEMANDING his resignation?

    CAN WE TRUST DEMOCRATS anymore if they don’t call for Weiner’s resignation?

    heh-heh-heh

  • Son of Sevenless

    How low can these freaks go?

  • tatboy

    Son of Sevenless said:
    How low can these freaks go?

    You mean Weiner???

  • BFD

    Liberty_Hound said:
    So I take it you’re ok with what Weiner did.

    You are wrong. I have been one of Weiners biggest critics here, from day one.

    That doesn’t change the fact that Breitbart said he was going to play his trump card close to the chest, partly out of his supposed consideration for the family.

    Then he showed his cards all around in private.
    Breibart is a scumbag and fake who says the honorable thing then does the dishonorable in secret.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    24AheadDotCom said:
    Are you tired of this crap? The U.S. faces serious problems, and all r/w bloggers like Breitbart and his downstream can do is obsess over a politician’s dick. If you want an alternative, see what I’ve covered in over 9000 posts since 2002: http://24ahead.com/topics I concentrate on showing how various peoples’ *ideas* are wrong, not on their personal sleaze.

    Character matters.

    We saw it with Clinton: “It’s only Sex…”
    - and Goldman & Big Bank USED Clinton’s CHARCTER to change the financial regulations, which resulted in 15 years of stagflation for the country, and the debacle of 2008 – all as the Financial Industry USURPED investment capital to ENGORGE their own net worths!!!
    That’s where charcter matters!

  • OxyCon

    I’d have to say walking around with that Weiner pic on your mobile device wasn’t a Breit thing to do.

  • Ajolily

    “. . . a listener grabbed a screen grab of it from a the show’s video live feed and then it was a “race” to see who could tweet it out “the fastest.”
    Weiner is disgusting for trolling the internet to find woman half his age to send pornographic pictures to, for lying and conducting a cover up. He should resign or be removed from office but this behavior of the media and Americans on both sides of the aisle is worse than his behavior was. Andrew when you said you weren’t going to publish it you should have locked it away. Really what did you expect? What can we Americans expect of our politicians when we behave this way? What can we expect our children to learn and how much worse will they be given the example we are setting?

  • brownsound

    24AheadDotCom said:
    Are you tired of this crap? The U.S. faces serious problems, and all r/w bloggers like Breitbart and his downstream can do is obsess over a politician’s dick.

    If you want an alternative, see what I’ve covered in over 9000 posts since 2002:

    http://24ahead.com/topics

    I concentrate on showing how various peoples’ *ideas* are wrong, not on their personal sleaze.

    And all the left wing hosts on MSNBC and columnists at bigtime newspapers can do it insinuate racism at every turn, rather than face facts. Get some perspective.

  • BatBoy

    Nacho said:
    The question is Breitbart’s integrity when he said he didn’t want to release the picture

    I believe the question is…..Why did Weiner take a shot of his erect penis and send it out over the internet?

    Answer that you libs!!!!

  • BFD

    BatBoy said:
    I believe the question is…..Why did Weiner take a shot of his erect penis and send it out over the internet?

    Answer that you libs!!!!

    We already did. Because he is a creep who is unfit for office.

    Now you answer why Breitbart said one thing in public and did another in private.

  • Calvin

    Big Eddie said:
    Never trusted Opie since he shot that bird with his BB gun .

    It was a slingshot. Just sayin’. I know my Andy Griffith Show episodes. Until the color episodes, that is.

  • Nacho

    BatBoy said:
    I believe the question is…..Why did Weiner take a shot of his erect penis and send it out over the internet?

    Its sad that you really don’t know the answer to that question.

    My guess is “BatBoy” is a cover up and you’re really a 68 year old lady.

  • tatboy

    BFD said:
    We already did. Because he is a creep who is unfit for office. Now you answer why Breitbart said one thing in public and did another in private.

    OK… easy answer. Nobody believes him till he proves it. From day 1 he had to back up what he was saying. And when some media outlets (I’m speculating here) said they wanted proof before they reported, Andrew obliged.Then A&O took advantage of the situartion (which thay now admit was the plan all along).

    There you go… all explaned.

  • wore on terror

    If Breitbart wants to be taken seriously as a “journalist”, what does it say about his judgment to be doing the O&A show which is a daily parade of nudity and smut that makes Weiner look like a choirboy.

    Breitbart did not need to show x-rated shock jock comedians the picture for “verification” purposes, they wanted to see it for purely prurient reasons – and look what they did.

    Add in that Breitbart knew or should have known that O&A stream live video from their studio and so the excuse Breitbart is not at fault falls flat, especially after he said he was protecting Weiner’s family. Think of the stress to his pregnant wife who did nothing wrong.

    Lastly, look at the photo and it doesn’t look like he was hunched together with O+A giving them a sneak peek, it looks like he was holding it out for the cameras. What do you expect from an activist propagandist?

  • BatBoy

    BFD said:
    Now you answer why Breitbart said one thing in public and did another in private.

    That has absolutely nothing to do with this. Read Opie and Anthony’s statement. That will explain it.

    Had the picture not been out there, we would not have had this discussion.

    I know, you libs like to shoot the messenger.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Breitbart is a Man Among Men!

    Keep up the Good Work Andy!

    How about some undercover activity to expose:

    NAACP

    C.A.I.R.

    ACLU

    LA RAZA

    MEDIA MATTERS & SOROS CONNECTIONS

    …all the Primitive, Group-Identity people…that is, liberal DEMOCRATS!

  • BatBoy

    Nacho said:
    Its sad that you really don’t know the answer to that question.

    What is sad is that you are trying to blame the messenger. None of you can defend Weiner, so you have to go after someone else. Read the statement from Opie and Anthony…that explains it.

    Get the emotion out of this, stick to the facts and it will become clear to you for once in your sad life.

    Please please please NEVER get a job as a cop!

  • Nacho

    BatBoy said:
    That has absolutely nothing to do with this. Read Opie and Anthony’s statement. That will explain it.

    Had the picture not been out there, we would not have had this discussion.

    I know, you libs like to shoot the messenger.

    So you’re saying Breitbart is just an ldiot that got duped by 2 guys that any semi intelligent person would be aware of them trying to dupe him?

    Yes, Weiner is an ldiot, so you don’t have to ask again.

  • Nacho

    BatBoy said:
    What is sad is that you are trying to blame the messenger. None of you can defend Weiner, so you have to go after someone else.

    People are discussing Breitbart, nobody is defending Weiner.

    This incident may end up defining Weiner, but to Breitbart’s dismay, getting the scoop on this one incident will not define his “journalistic” has a respected journalist.

  • david r

    Is everyone sure Breitbart is not part Irish ? I smell a shenanigan.

  • juan

    BREITBART = REAL JOURNALIST

    Luv ya, Andrew!

    Stay STRONG, because America needs ya!

  • turk281

    wore on terror said:
    Think of the stress to his pregnant wife who did nothing wrong

    What kind of person blames others(Breitbart) for the actions of an individual(Weiner)? Oh yeah, it’s called the core element of liberalism.

    And I’m pretty sure she has seen what her husbands erection looks like. That pales in comparison to the transcripts of his transgressions that are all over the place.

  • TerryDo

    My question to you Andrew is firstly, why did you bring the photo to the show, if you did not want it to be released to anyone and secondly why did you permit them to copy it, you are just not believable.

    You wanted that picture out there Andrew, but you did not want to be the “one” to produce it and be blamed for its release, thus you allowed the picture to be compromised on the Opie and Anthony; so in reality Andrew Breitbart you are guilty of one upmanship with Mr. Anthony Weiner.

  • RhapsodyinBlue

    turk281 said:
    What kind of person blames others(Breitbart) for the actions of an individual(Weiner)? Oh yeah, it’s called the core element of liberalism.

    And I’m pretty sure she has seen what her husbands erection looks like. That pales in comparison to the transcripts of his transgressions that are all over the place.

    Right, Weiner did something wrong so Breitbart is above reproach now, even in a comment section of an article centered around him. Excellent logic there

  • Nacho

    turk281 said:
    What kind of person blames others(Breitbart) for the actions of an individual(Weiner)? Oh yeah, it’s called the core element of liberalism.

    And I’m pretty sure she has seen what her husbands erection looks like. That pales in comparison to the transcripts of his transgressions that are all over the place.

    I knew one of you would single out that line. Good job in being so predictable.

  • Sam M.

    turk281 said:
    What kind of person blames others(Breitbart) for the actions of an individual(Weiner)? Oh yeah, it’s called the core element of liberalism.

    And I’m pretty sure she has seen what her husbands erection looks like. That pales in comparison to the transcripts of his transgressions that are all over the place.

    What kind of person searches for pics of nude men? Libertarians? The core of libertarianism is lunacy. You’re the guy.

  • NORBIT

    They’re eating their own, Jr.

    Beckel just said on O’Reilly:

    “…and the idea that this PUNK Weiner is somehow a big deal in the Democratic Liberal machine is crazy!”

    The Beginning of the End to Democratic-Socialism, and their Welfare Society, in America!

  • turk281

    Sam M. said:
    What kind of person searches for pics of nude men? Libertarians? The core of libertarianism is lunacy. You’re the guy.

    Don’t attribute your personal google searches onto others.

    If you have a problem with a boner pic being released, start with the weiner who was foolish enough to send it. Adults are responsible for their own actions. Adults are capable of handling the consequences.

  • turk281

    Nacho said:
    I knew one of you would single out that line. Good job in being so predictable.

    Predictable? This coming from the guy who probably has “Faux Lies!” tattooed on himself to remember political positions.

  • Sam M.

    turk281 said:
    Don’t attribute your personal google searches onto others.

    If you have a problem with a boner pic being released, start with the weiner who was foolish enough to send it. Adults are responsible for their own actions. Adults are capable of handling the consequences.

    This is libertarian-ese for I have no fricking clue what I’m talking about. I just like to blather on about nothing. Thanks Turk for your scintillating insights.

  • valkyrie101

    timzank said:
    Dishonest & disingenous. You’re usually better than that.

    He apparently shares his photo of Weiner’s penis that he is so proud of, obtaining the promise of people known by Britebart to be serious rabblerousers not to misuse it or copy it or whatever, and then of course there it is on the web. I’m wondering why he shared his penis photo over the internet? That seems perverse to me, even sick. Does Britebart have a collection of penis photos? Has he shared other penis photos with his friends? Are not these questions now relevent?

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    turk281 said:
    What kind of person blames others(Breitbart) for the actions of an individual(Weiner)? Oh yeah, it’s called the core element of liberalism.

    And I’m pretty sure she has seen what her husbands erection looks like. That pales in comparison to the transcripts of his transgressions that are all over the place.

    Are you daft?

    Did Weiner send it to Brietbart to put on Opie and Anthony? Famous or not, morals don’t change and Breitbart is hurting this family just for kicks.

  • valkyrie101

    timzank said:
    Dishonest & disingenous. You’re usually better than that.

    I wonder how Britebart set that up. “Hey guys, guess what, I got a picture of Weiner’s penis, would you like to see it?”

  • valkyrie101

    “…yea, strictly for journalistic purposes, heh, heh.”

  • turk281

    Snowspot said:
    Are you daft?

    Did Weiner send it to Brietbart to put on Opie and Anthony? Famous or not, morals don’t change and Breitbart is hurting this family just for kicks.

    You see, this is the problem with the liberal argument.

    WEINER is hurting his family for kicks.

    I truly do feel sorry for his family, but that’s not Breitbarts fault.

  • Sam M.

    turk281 said:
    You see, this is the problem with the liberal argument.

    WEINER is hurting his family for kicks.

    I truly do feel sorry for his family, but that’s not Breitbarts fault.

    LMAO!!

  • donalan

    Gosh gollie – darn media. I feel sorry for Brietbart. First he gives a national press conference by accident on this now those darn journalists O&A trick him. He must be a really trusting sort of guy. Its just a shame when a Good Man like this gets taken advantage of…

    i guess for unfortunate people like him life is just not fair. A poor lost lamb indeed.

  • http://24ahead.com/ 24AheadDotCom

    brownsound replies to me, and I can’t figure out what he/she is trying to say. However, since brownsound appears to be a teapartier, I know he/she is wrong.

    If people like Breitbart could deal with peoples’ *ideas* and show how those *ideas* are wrong (hint: ACORN is not an idea), then perhaps his TP buddies wouldn’t constantly have the race card played on them. I can guarantee that that’s going to fly right over the head of TPers, so instead of trying to figure it out they should just go back to listening to The Voices.

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    turk281 said:
    You see, this is the problem with the liberal argument.

    WEINER is hurting his family for kicks.

    I truly do feel sorry for his family, but that’s not Breitbarts fault.

    Um… Weiner did and apologized… now Breitbart is running around with Weiner’s c*** on his cellphone showing it to everyone and saying he’s a “real journalist”, he’s more like Perez Hilton. Breitbart is just some fat creepy gay dude that wants attention.. and I wouldn’t be surprised if he uses that pic as J/O material.

  • Bennybombom

    donalan said:
    Gosh gollie – darn media. I feel sorry for Brietbart. First he gives a national press conference by accident on this now those darn journalists O&A trick him. He must be a really trusting sort of guy. Its just a shame when a Good Man like this gets taken advantage of…

    i guess for unfortunate people like him life is just not fair. A poor lost lamb indeed.

    hehe….

  • Bennybombom

    Snowspot said:
    Um… Weiner did and apologized… now Breitbart is running around with Weiner’s c*** on his cellphone showing it to everyone and saying he’s a “real journalist”, he’s more like Perez Hilton. Breitbart is just some fat creepy gay dude that wants attention.. and I wouldn’t be surprised if he uses that pic as J/O material.

    Amen brother…..
    He did that 12 hours after saying he wouldn’t out of respect for his wife….and after telling the journalists at that press conference that he hijacked how hard this episode had been on his own family.
    But I guess 12 hours after Weiner apologized to him and cried live on National TV he didn’t mind to completely humiliate his wife…I guess family wasn’t that important anymore after he got his little win.

  • turk281

    Bennybombom said:
    Amen brother…..
    He did that 12 hours after saying he wouldn’t out of respect for his wife….and after telling the journalists at that press conference that he hijacked how hard this episode had been on his own family.
    But I guess 12 hours after Weiner apologized to him and cried live on National TV he didn’t mind to completely humiliate his wife…I guess family wasn’t that important anymore after he got his little win.

    Sorry man, I’m sure Huma has seen his erection before.

    I’m sure she was humiliated a little more by the transcripts that are out there.

  • SuburbanPatriot

    Looking through all these comments I can clearly see by the thumbs up and the thumbs downs that the libs on here are fighting a losing fight. There is a reason we conservatives run the conversation around here and that’s because we are right – thumbs don’t lie to paraphrase Shakira. History is on our side as well as the 2012 elections when we will bring American exceptionalism back. Thank you.

  • harleywood

    It was a complete set up total collusion by Breitbart and O&A ..Todays show had Glenn Close and the boys wanted to bump her off and were trying their hardest to get Breitbart in as soon as possible and were really anxious to have him on ..You could tell something was brewing..They were really excited to have him on and were obvious in their actions. I love the show but they went a bit too far ..I know weiner is an idiot but just proves Breitbart is out for the shock value and getting on Fox news. What a scum bag no better than Weiner

  • Pablo

    Snowspot said:
    Um… Weiner did and apologized… now Breitbart is running around with Weiner’s c*** on his cellphone showing it to everyone and saying he’s a “real journalist”, he’s more like Perez Hilton. Breitbart is just some fat creepy gay dude that wants attention.. and I wouldn’t be surprised if he uses that pic as J/O material.

    Look, Weiner sent the picture of his wiener around. Breitbart just happened to get a copy of it, and then he got pranked. And you know it’s true because Opie and Anthony did it, and that’s what they do. And they said so.

    But maybe you guys can figure out how somebody swapped the picture somewhere in the twitpic stream and hacked a prank wiener in there so it’s STILL not Weiner’s wiener.

  • Pablo

    Snowspot said:
    Are you daft?

    Did Weiner send it to Brietbart to put on Opie and Anthony? Famous or not, morals don’t change and Breitbart is hurting this family just for kicks.

    Wait a minute. This is a key piece of history. This is America’s very first and (currently) only Congressional Junk Shot. This belongs in the Smithsonian. Do they have a porn section, or maybe a political idiocy wing? They should definitely build the latter, if they don’t already have it.

  • Big Dumb Ape

    Nacho said:
    He’s the guy that showed the picture in the locker room. Breitbart is the guy that wants to be accepted so much he showed the other guys that he nailed the head cheerleader.

    This is the cold, hard truth. And most laughably of all, Breitbart has managed to go from zero…to hero…and right back to zero. So, congratulations, Breit — speaking as a middle of the road Independent, I WANTED to like you, but apparently you really are a bottom barrel, sleezy reporter OR you’re simply one of the most stupid people around.

    Seriously…what was Breitbart thinking? What GOOD did he think would come from showing the photo to Anthony and Opie VERSUS being a stand-up guy and honoring his own word? And simply saying “No, I can’t show it to you guys. I made a pledge to keep the photo private and that’s what I’m gonna do.”

    But did he do that?
    Noooooooooooo!

    Instead, the MORON decided he just HAD to have some giggles by sharing the pic. I guess we can chalk THAT decision up to his lack of professionalism…his personal level of immaturity…or as I noted above, sheer stupidity. And thus Nacho’s analogy becomes spot on. Breitbart decided that he HAD to show all the other guys in the locker room that he had nailed the cheerleader.

    So, the guy who said he WOULDN’T release the photo or show it around…to spare Weiner’s wife any pain and whatnot…apparently decided he’d keep a copy on his FREAKING PHONE just so he could get a good chuckle here and there by actually flashing the photo to others.

    Which, of course, brings up another question. Why the hell is Breitbart walking around with a photo of Weiner’s privates on his freaking phone? What, after his chat with Bill O’Reilly the other night, now Breitbart feels he has to ACTUALLY CARRY A COPY AROUND to…what?…protect himself from someone or something?

    Breitbart may feel he’s fighting the “good fight” for conservatives — but frankly, he’s an EMBARRASSMENT to the Right. Plus, between things like this… his association with James O’Keefe…tack on the Shirley Sherrod mess…and it becomes more and more apparent that Breitbart is nothing more than a ego-driven sleeze who actually is incapable of actual honorable journalism. And I say that AS someone who leans Right and is Conservative!

  • Arkansas Steve

    I lost a lot of respect for Andrew Breitbart.
    I didn’t expect better from O & A, they are two low lifes and always will be.

  • valkyrie101

    turk281 said:
    You see, this is the problem with the liberal argument. WEINER is hurting his family for kicks. I truly do feel sorry for his family, but that’s not Breitbarts fault.

    I am sure his family believe the abuse he has recieved far out weigh the simple crime of a lonely man, often separated from his wife by professional circumstance, fantasizing and masturbating in front of a computer screen. He was into sexual fantasy, apparently, with consenting adults. That’s not fuking someone. Not even close. Well, unless there is something else…

    Britebart has taken to showing his buddies what Weiner’s prick looks like. I wonder if he charges a fee for that. I mean, the man is PT Barnum, why not?

  • runner165

    Live by the sword, die by the sword you wack job.

  • harleywood

    It was a complete set up total collusion by Breitbart and O&A ..Todays show had Glenn Close and the boys wanted to bump her off and were trying their hardest to get Breitbart in as soon as possible and were really anxious to have him on ..You could tell something was brewing..They were really excited to have him on and were obvious in their actions. I love the show but they went a bit too far ..I know weiner is an idiot but just proves Breitbart is out for the shock value and getting on Fox and spewing his arrogant right wing crap..WILL HE APOLOGIZE To WEINER

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

    Andrew Breitbart is the only honest man in the Sodom & Gomorrah of the lamestream MSM city of lying cynical DNC agitpreppies. But he’s gotta be disingenuous when he says he didn’t expect a couple of shock-jock lame-os to release the shot of the Wiener man’s wiener.

  • Hall Phillip Walker

    I’m sure a Mediaite staffer will say it’s okay for Breitbart to go around showing the photos to shock jocks because Breitbart is a good father and a journalist, so that makes it okay.

    Weiner’s a sick f*ck for sending out the photos, and Breitbart is also a sick f*ck for carrying the photos around and showing them off. I don’t buy this “it’s not my fault, Opie and Anthony lied’ business either. If he hadn’t shown them the photos, they never would have been sent out.

  • Bennybombom

    A little reading for Andrew “the victim” Breitbart’s fans

    From NewsCorpse.com

    “For those who are interested, including members of the press who were struck dumb at the press conference, here is a brief compilation of Breitbart’s reportorial resume, replete with dishonesty and deliberate disinformation. Feel free to offer these in response to Breitbart’s future challenges. We will await his profuse and heartfelt apologies.

    1) ACORN: Breibart’s web site was the central agency for disseminating videos that were later shown to have been heavily edited in order to convey a fictional scenario that smeared a social service organization that had for years been assisting low income citizens with financial advice and voter registration. Every investigation of the affair exonerated ACORN and affirmed the deception of the videos. Breitbart’s henchman, James O’Keefe, is currently being sued by former ACORN employee, Juan Carlos Vera.

    2) Shirley Sherrod: In this episode, Breitbart was responsible for slandering a USDA employee as a racist. Lately he has been defending himself by saying that he had included the “redemptive arc” of her story that revealed her innocence. But let’s not forget how he originally portrayed the situation:

    “In her meandering speech to what appears to be an all-black audience, this federally appointed executive bureaucrat lays out in stark detail, that her federal duties are managed through the prism of race and class distinctions. [...] In the first video, Sherrod describes how she racially discriminates against a white farmer.”

    That is a pretty clear accusation of discriminatory behavior on the part of a federal employee. And it is also a lie. Sherrod did not discriminate against the farmer, as Breitbart later acknowledged, and the story she told was of an incident that occurred 20 years before she held a federal post. Nevertheless, Breitbart’s reaction at the time was another demonstration of his paranoid Narcissism as he whined, “As difficult as it probably was for her, it’s been difficult for me as well.” Poor guy. Sherrod is currently suing Breitbart.

    3) Clinton Plotting a Tea Party Attack: Breitbart published a story with no evidence, about an alleged conspiracy that never came to pass:

    “Big Government has learned that Clintonistas are plotting a ‘push/pull’ strategy. They plan to identify 7-8 national figures active in the tea party movement and engage in deep opposition research on them. If possible, they will identify one or two they can perhaps ‘turn’, either with money or threats, to create a mole in the movement. The others will be subjected to a full-on smear campaign.”

    Also never coming to pass…a retraction. This story bubbled up through the media like much of Breitbart’s fiction, eventually getting coverage from Fox Nation.

    4) Jason Mattera’s Punking of Grayson and Franken: Jason Mattera, who later became editor of Human Events, was employed to run a couple of “ambush” interviews that were posted on Breitbart’s web site. One interview targeted Rep. Alan Grayson and castigated him for his support of bill that funded a program to prevent child abuse. The other interview was directed at Sen Al Franken who was attacked for supporting student health and school safety. In both cases Mattera twisted the purpose of the legislation into something unrecognizable and patently false. Expect more of this because, as Breitbart says in his book, Righteous Indignation, “Ambush journalism is the most valuable kind of journalism.”

    5) University of Missouri Labor Class: In another phony video sting, Breitbart published a video of the proceedings of a class on the history of labor at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. As usual, the video was a deceitful mash-up that misrepresented the professors and students as supporting violent labor activity. The twist here is that it was Breitbart’s one-time friend Glenn Beck who published an accounting of the video deception and vindicated the professors. As a bonus intrigue, the party from whom Breitbart got the UM video is identified only as Insurgent Visuals. That, however, may be a ruse to disguise Breitbart’s long-time partner in crime, James O’Keefe.

    6) Beck’s Back Alley Snitch: Speaking of Glenn Beck, in happier times when the two weren’t feuding, Breibart was the source for numerous Beck offensives. He provided Beck with scandalous material on Van Jones who, at the time, was a White House adviser on environmental initiatives. Beck lauded Breitbart, saying…

    “You know where the great journalists of our time are? Andrew Breitbart. [...] You were the only one, besides watchdogs, that were really aggressively working behind the scenes with us on Van Jones.”

    The same thing occurred with Yosi Sergant, communications director for the National Endowment for the Arts. Breitbart went after him and provided the data to Beck, who said…

    “This is again another Breitbart story, where the NEA communications director reached out and said, hey, listen, we have to be very careful with our language here.”

    In both cases the information provided by Breitbart was vague and/or untrue, but both Jones and Sergant were jettisoned — just as Sherrod was — by a nervous White House for violations that were either false or greatly exaggerated.

    7) Democrats Plotted to Blame Tea Party for Slaughter: Breitbart’s site featured an article that made the sensationalist claim that Democrats devised a plan to blame the Tea Party for the tragic shooting in Tucson, AZ. The allegation consisted of a single, unidentified source who merely offered his own opinion that the massacre could be pinned on Tea Partiers. There was no allegation of a conspiracy or even of any discussions of such a plan by anyone connected to the Democratic Party. But that didn’t stop Breitbart from posting the story with an irresponsibly provocative headline.

    8) The Abbie Boudreau Affair: In one of the most bizarre adventures by the James O’Keefe gang, they set out to lure CNN reporter Abbie Boudreau into a floating love nest to embarrass her in some manner that was never really explained. While Breitbart did not act as the agent for this prank, he did provide a platform for O’Keefe to publish his defense after having been outed by an accomplice. O’Keefe managed to take a situation in which he appeared to be a revolting pervert and make it worse by saying about Boudreau…

    “She would have had to consent before being filmed and she was not going to be faux ‘seduced’ unless she wanted to be.”

    Considering the fact that he never sought the consent of his previous video victims, why should we accept his assertion that he was going to start seeking consent now? Even more troubling is his implication that his intended victim “wanted” it. O’Keefe is resorting to the disgusting defense that rapists offer about their victims. And Breitbart permitted this to be published on his site.

    9) GEICO Gecko – Tea Party Crasher? Breitbart’s BigGovernment blog posted a mind-numbingly stupid article that accused Ricky Gervais, the actor/comedian and voice of the GEICO Gecko of disparaging the Tea Party in a profanity-laced voice-mail. The only problem is that Gervais had nothing to do with it. It was an actor (D.C. Douglas) who worked for GEICO a couple of years prior. But it wasn’t enough to smear Gervais with insinuations, Breitbart also posted a picture of the Gecko atop a table that was adorned with a poster of President Obama sporting a Hitler mustache. What that had to do with the story is anyone’s guess. It just appeared to be a gratuitous slap at the President while falsely slandering Gervais.

    10) Racism: Breitbart is obsessed with the theme of racism. He is convinced that the charge is thrown around cavalierly, and mostly to insult Tea Partiers and himself. He embarked on a campaign to prove that congressman and civil rights hero, John Lewis, was lying when he said that he had been the victim of racial epithets when attending a congressional rally. He regards the Shirley Sherrod incident as an example of the racism demonstrated by the NAACP. But when discussing allegations of his own prejudice, Breitbart said this to radio host Adam Carolla:

    “Can I prove that I’m not a racist toward Hispanics? Did you ever see Moscow on the Hudson? Remember Maria Conchita Alonso in that? The things I did to myself as a teenager prove that I’m not a racist.”

    So Breitbart’s proof that he is not a racist is that he used to masturbate to pictures of a Latino actress. That defense would also work pretty well to prove that colonial plantation masters weren’t racist either because they routinely raped their slaves. Breitbart’s repulsive pride in his perverse view of racial open-mindedness tells us much about him. And he is certainly in no position to assess the veracity of people like John Lewis.

    This should be a good starting point for the press in case they ever get the chance again to respond to Breitbart’s call for evidence of his dishonesty and low character. Here’s hoping that they are listening and that no one presumes to use the Weiner affair to rehabilitate Breitbart’s deservedly sleazy reputation. Just because Breitbart lucked into being correct (like a broken clock) doesn’t mean that his long-established pattern of deception should be dismissed. Just because Charles Manson didn’t kill Marilyn Monroe doesn’t mean that he’s innocent of every other crime attributed to him.

    Breitbart deserves no accolades over this. His reputation cannot be rehabilitated after one lucky scoop sent to him by a Twitter stalker. And he still owes the many people he deliberately harmed an apology. Weiner, at least, was man enough to own up to his mistakes, eventually. Will Breitbart ever do the same? Not likely.”

    It’s a doozy isn’t it?

  • Rokker

    Breitbart playing some kind of virtuous character is the laugh of the week.

  • mikey970

    i dont believe a damn thing that come out of andrew’s sorry a$$ mouth…if he didnt want the pix shown he should have kept his phone closed……….no mas !!!!…………………..

  • Hockibabe

    ask him about the rupert murdock scandal…OR perhaps he doesn’t want anyone to know he obtained personal info from a scab

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