Breitbart News seems to be cleaning house after readers and advertisers drift away

[DonViejo]

By Paul Farhi June 7 at 6:00 AM

The clarion of the far right seems to be having second thoughts about how far right it wants to go. Faced with an advertiser boycott and plummeting readership, Breitbart News has lately been trimming back some of its more extreme elements in what may be a bid for more mainstream respectability.

Gone: Prominently displayed stories appealing to overt racial prejudice, such as reports and essays about crimes committed by African Americans. Articles such as “Five Devastating Facts About Black-on-Black Crime” and “Black-on-Black Crime: Blame it on the System and Ignore the Evidence” have all but disappeared from the site.

Gone: Reporter Katie McHugh, who was fired by Breitbart on Monday for tweeting after the latest terrorist attack in London, “There would be no terror attacks in the U.K. if Muslims didn’t live there.” McHugh doubled down on the vitriol when an Iranian American, actor Pej Vahdat, called her “a real moron.” In reply, she tweeted, “You’re an Indian,” then deleted it.

Long gone: Milo Yiannopoulos, once Breitbart’s biggest star and a magnet for accusations that the site promoted misogyny, white ethno-nationalism and demonization of immigrants. Yiannopoulos was forced out in February amid exposure of videos in which he spoke favorably about pedophilia.

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[HopeAgain]

1. I still have no plans to add it to my reading list anytime soon...

[NCTraveler]

2. They seriously limit their pool of potential readers by being the way they are.

The good thing for them is their target audience is very politically active and starving for a consistent hate filled outlet that confirms their fears, political ideology, and prejudices.

Bannon is in the White House. They used their clout to quickly position Bannon to be on the inside. This is the shit that makes great movies. I'm still amazed. A true extremist.

A lot of the people there didn't like Milo. They stayed readers because he was at least pounding points that they loved. On the flip side, I think they really started losing steam when Milo left. Some of the younger crowd who he resonated with. When you limit your potential readers as they have by way of content, it really hurts to lose anyone.