Erik Wemple: breitbart.com


Posted at 04:57 PM ET, 03/11/2013

Paul Krugman's phony bankruptcy: a history
By Erik Wemple
A Daily Currant piece duped one person, then another, then another. That's how satire gets distributed today.

By Erik Wemple  |  04:57 PM ET, 03/11/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Boston.com, Breitbart.com, Paul Krugman

Posted at 03:42 PM ET, 02/26/2013

Anonymous sources, take five!
By Erik Wemple
All you anonymous sources need to pick up your game. Now.

By Erik Wemple  |  03:42 PM ET, 02/26/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Breitbart.com, BuzzFeed

Posted at 06:17 PM ET, 02/21/2013

'Friends of Hamas' mess: Not a crisis of conservative media
By Erik Wemple
Sure, conservative media organizations should be more careful about picking up stories by Breitbart.com and the Daily Caller. Yet those sites have issues all their own.

By Erik Wemple  |  06:17 PM ET, 02/21/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Breitbart.com, Daily Caller

Posted at 04:02 PM ET, 02/13/2013

Fox News scoops: Where's Gabriel Sherman?
By Erik Wemple
We're told that the failure of Roger Ailes's unauthorized biographer to break news about Fox News could have dire consequences for his book. Okay.

By Erik Wemple  |  04:02 PM ET, 02/13/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Breitbart.com, Gabriel Sherman

Posted at 03:24 PM ET, 01/14/2013

President Obama credits power of conservative media
By Erik Wemple
President Obama delivers a nice compliment to the conservative media.

By Erik Wemple  |  03:24 PM ET, 01/14/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Breitbart.com, conservative media, Daily Caller, President Obama, Washington Examiner

Posted at 03:36 PM ET, 10/03/2012

Conservative media, making MSM look brilliant
By Erik Wemple
MSM should thank conservative media for the good PR.

By Erik Wemple  |  03:36 PM ET, 10/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  washington examiner, breitbart.com, daily caller, hampton university, president obama, mainstream media vetting, obama vetting daily caller, derrick bell

Posted at 10:45 AM ET, 08/22/2012

Obama White House manipulating local reporters? Mediology Aug. 22
By Erik Wemple
What’s going down in the ideologically driven media world?

By Erik Wemple  |  10:45 AM ET, 08/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  newsbusters, breitbart.com, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, media matters for america, robin roberts, abc news, larry conners, president obama, matthew sheffield

Posted at 03:05 PM ET, 08/20/2012

Dana Loesch: No defender of Todd Akin
By Erik Wemple
Did the CNN contributor defend the “legitimate rape” congressman?

By Erik Wemple  |  03:05 PM ET, 08/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  dana loesch, cnn, breitbart.com, u.s. marines, taliban, peeing, todd akin, legitimate rape, rush limbaugh, sandra fluke

Posted at 11:05 AM ET, 06/27/2012

Politico’s Joe Williams calls out his enemies
By Erik Wemple
Joe Williams goes on the counterattack.

By Erik Wemple  |  11:05 AM ET, 06/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  joe williams, politico, breitbart.com, bill press, mediaite, current tv

Posted at 07:35 PM ET, 06/22/2012

Joe Williams blasts ‘small group’ in statement
By Erik Wemple
Joe Williams issues statement on suspension

By Erik Wemple  |  07:35 PM ET, 06/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  joe williams, politico, suspension msnbc, breitbart.com, politico, joe williams

Posted at 02:10 PM ET, 03/21/2012

Jason Mattera interviews someone — is it Bono?
By Erik Wemple
Or someone who looked a lot like Bono?

By Erik Wemple  |  02:10 PM ET, 03/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  jason mattera, bono, impersonator, breitbart.com, blaze.com

Posted at 03:54 PM ET, 03/09/2012

Derrick Bell’s widow: Unaware of second hug between prez and prof
By Erik Wemple
Not according to Bell’s widow

By Erik Wemple  |  03:54 PM ET, 03/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  harvard law school, derrick bell, janet bell, breitbart.com

Posted at 08:24 AM ET, 03/09/2012

Media news derivatives: March 9
By Erik Wemple
For March 9

By Erik Wemple  |  08:24 AM ET, 03/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  time magazine, hannity, breitbart.com, fox news, the new republic, jack shafer, reuters, david corn, greta van susteren

Posted at 08:05 AM ET, 03/08/2012

Media news derivatives: March 8
By Erik Wemple
For March 8

By Erik Wemple  |  08:05 AM ET, 03/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  keith olbermann, rush limbaugh, breitbart.com, hannity, british complaints commission, philadelphia inquirer