Considering his esprit as well as well as the splash of his Web sites, it seems to me that Andrew Breitbart may be the Wililam Buckley of the Internet Age -- part journalist, part showman, part conservative visionary and ideological entrepreneur. He has an instinctive understanding of the media environment that is the base of the left's cultural monopoly and he means to do his best to overthrow it.
Slate has reposted its illuminating profile of Andrew here. James Taranto profiled Breitbart last year in "Taking on the 'Democrat-Media complex.'" In both profiles one can deduce the scope of Andrew's ambition and something of the genius he brings to the project.
Andrew has become a target of opportunity in the current affair involving Shirley Sherrod and the NAACP. The enormous weight of the Democrat-Media complex is seeking to crush him. One sees in Politico's "Breitbart: I am public enemy number 1" that Andrew understands precisely what is happening and that he declines to accept the role that has been assigned him in this shadow play. See also his performance on Good Morning America yesterday with George Stephanopoulos and left-wing Media Matters hack Eric Boehlert (video below, report and transcript here).
via Powerline
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The term I kept hearing yesterday about Breitbart is "gadfly". I looked up gadfly to find any significant definition and the word "annoying" kept coming up.
Gadfly does not come across as a term for someone you take seriously. I would say a guy who can stand the media, the White House, and the Dept of Ag on its head for the better part of a week with a video clip is something more than an irritant.
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