A recruiting advertisement for The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) somehow ended up on the alt-right, extremist news website Breitbart. The advertisement was first tweeted about by Daily Beast Editor in Chief Noah Shachtman, and the LAPD quickly faced intense backlash on social media, The Washington Post reported. Uhhhh why…
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Archived: Trump Claims Approval Among Black Americans Has Doubled Obviously, This Is False
President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted that his “approval ratings with Black Americans has doubled” just days after calling Haiti and African nations “shithole countries.” Not shockingly, his claim is fake news spread by Breitbart and “Fox & Friends.” The false reporting appears to have stemmed from a Breitbart’s writers…
Archived: Thousands Demand Trump Dump Bannon
President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Breitbart Chairman SteveBannon as his chief strategist has caused significant backlash and sparked a call for Trump to rescind his decision. Bannon is known for heading the “alt-right” news site Breitbart, a position he plans to leave as he transitions into his role in the…
Archived: Breitbart Editor Incites Racism, Kicked Off Twitter
Milo Yiannopoulos is a tech editor at conservative news site Breitbart with a penchant for Internet trolling, but he has sent his final tweet. After inciting a barrage of racist tweets aimed at “Saturday Night Live” comedian Leslie Jones, Yiannopoulos was permanently suspended from Twitter on Tuesday. Using the handle…