Breitbart (website)
 |
|
|
Screenshot
 |
|
|
Type of site
|
Politics News and opinion |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Breitbart News Network, LLC |
| Created by | Andrew Breitbart |
| Editor |
Alex Marlow (editor-in-chief) Wynton Hall (managing editor) Joel Pollak (senior-editor-at-large) |
| CEO | Larry Solov |
| Key people | Steve Bannon (executive chair) |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |
 276(Global October 2017[update]) 54 (US October 2017[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (required to comment) |
| Launched | 2007 (as Breitbart.tv) |
| Current status | Active |
Breitbart News Network (known commonly as Breitbart News, Breitbart or Breitbart.com) is a far-right American news, opinion and commentary website founded in 2007 by conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart. The site has published a number of falsehoods and conspiracy theories, as well as intentionally misleading stories. Its journalists are ideologically driven, and some of its content has been called misogynist, xenophobic and racist.
Conceived by Breitbart during a visit to Israel in mid-2007 as a website "that would be unapologetically pro-freedom and pro-Israel", Breitbart News later aligned with the European populist right and American alt-right under the management of former executive chairman Steve Bannon. Bannon declared the website "the platform for the alt-right" in 2016, but denied all allegations of racism and later stated that he rejected the "ethno-nationalist" tendencies of the alt-right movement. One of Bannon's coworkers said he was not referring to white supremacist Richard Spencer but instead to "the trolls on Reddit or 4Chan."
Breitbart News voiced support for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and political scientist Matthew Goodwin described Breitbart News as being "ultra-conservative" in orientation. After the election, more than 2,000 organizations removed Breitbart News from ad buys following Internet activism campaigns denouncing the site's controversial positions. The owners of Breitbart News deny their website has any connection to the alt-right or has ever supported racist or white supremacist views. Internal emails leaked and reported on in October 2017, show how Breitbart's management, together with writer Milo Yiannopoulos, solicited ideas for stories from, and worked to advance and market ideas of neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups and individuals.
...
Wikipedia