Breitbart gets told to behave themselves. And they settle right down
by digby
I'm sure they'll say this is fake news but the proof will be in the pudding:
Employees at Breitbart News have been asked by senior editors to refrain from writing stories critical of Jared Kushner, two people familiar with the matter told Business Insider.
The news comes after The New York Times reported over the weekend that Kushner had complained to President Donald Trump about the negative coverage he was receiving from the far-right website.
Kushner had become a target of Breitbart News amid reports that he was feuding with Stephen Bannon, the news website's former executive chairman.
On Wednesday night, for instance, Breitbart published three stories critical of Kushner and promoted them heavily on its homepage. The next day, Axios reported Bannon had told associates, "I love a gunfight."
Soon after the feud spilled out into the public, Trump told Bannon and chief of staff Reince Priebus he was fed up with bickering in the press and instructed the pair to "work this out," the Times reported.
In the days that followed, Breitbart conspicuously refrained from leveling criticism against Kushner, choosing to lay off Trump's son-in-law completely.
Bannon resigned from Breitbart News in November and has insisted he no longer has any editorial involvement with the website.
However, a person familiar with the matter told Business Insider in March that Bannon at the time had instructed Matthew Boyle, the website's Washington editor, to stop publishing articles critical of Priebus, who reports said had been feuding with Bannon. Alex Marlow, the website's editor-in-chief, also told NBC News in March that Bannon reaches out to him "every so often."
It's kind of hilarious when you think about it. The big, macho anti-establishemnt "fo-fuck-yourself" alt-right flagship is bowing down and pledging fealty to the head of the US Government.
Sad! But oh so typical of authoritarians. They love to blindly follow a leader. It makes them feel safe.
Andrew Breitbart's cri de guerre was: "behave yourselves." And these good little boys and girls at Breitbart are doing exactly what they're told. Isn't that nice?
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