Before hosting Breitbart, ABC must investigate his most recent claims

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by Chris Harris
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010310010

Late last week, ABC News came under fire for allowing discredited conservative Andrew Breitbart to participate in their election night coverage. (ABC later announced he would only appear online.)

Now Breitbart's websites are accusing an Alaska CBS affiliate of gross journalistic misconduct by alleging the station's assignment editor and reporters were "conspiring to set up some type of smear of Joe Miller," the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat in Alaska. The allegations stem from a partial voicemail recording posted on the site.

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Before hosting Breitbart on Tuesday, ABC News must investigate the veracity of his claims and demand his site publish the entire voicemail message. Moreover, ABC is obligated to determine whether Breitbart's site is lying about the topic and context of the conversation.

ABC News put its credibility on the line when it offered a noted liar like Breitbart a platform to spread his misinformation. Now it's their responsibility to verify his accusations and hold him accountable for what he says.

[SpiralHawk]

1. ABC has climbed into bed with a Sleaze Artiste Propaganda Pimp (R)

And they have the STANK all over their corporate media asses.

No cred.

[angstlessk]

2. heck, I thought he was smearing CBS to ingratiate himself to ABC? n/t

[sally cat]

3. Will ABC annouce the results of the investigation before Tuesday night?