Huffington Post yanks Breitbart from front page

[Dappleganger]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/huffington-post-yanks-breitbart-from-front-page/2011/03/03/ABRXMPQB_blog.html

Last night, HuffPo was still sticking by Breitbart, arguing that the site was committed to airing a range of voices and maintaining that Breitbart’s posts on HuffPo had remained civil. But this morning, the Daily Caller published an interview with Breitbart in which he railed at Van Jones as a “commie punk” and a “cop killer-supporting, racist, demagogic freak.” This put HuffPo in a particularly awkward spot, and now HuffPo has had enough.
HuffPo spokesman Mario Ruiz emails me:

The Huffington Post is committed to fostering a lively and often provocative debate about the issues of the day and encourages a wide range of voices from all perspectives to participate. Andrew Brietbart’s ad hominem attack on Van Jones in The Daily Caller -- right down to calling him a “commie punk” and “a cop killer-supporting, racist, demagogic freak” -- violates the tenets of debate and civil discourse we have strived for since the day we launched. As a result, we will no longer feature his posts on the front page.

He is welcome to continue publishing his work on HuffPost provided it adheres to our editorial guidelines, as the two posts he published on HuffPost did -- guidelines that include a strict prohibition on ad hominem attacks. Our decision today recognizes that placing posts on the front page is an editorial call that elevates some posts over others, and is an indication of how seriously we take these judgment calls.

The statement also seems to put Breitbart on notice that if he acts out in any future posts on HuffPo, he will be banned completely. It’s also worth noting that in popping off to the Daily Caller, Breitbart put HuffPo in a difficult position even though the site had continued to feature him in the face of sharp criticsim, and despite the fact that Breitbart and Arianna Huffington are friendly with one another.

[closeupready]

1. Sad what's happened to that site.

Haven't visited in weeks now.

[JDPriestly]

7. I haven't visited it either and have been wondering what the story is

on the site at this time. Did Arianna Huffington ever decide to treat her contributors fairly?

[closeupready]

24. I thought I read she told them to go ahead and leave, or something like that.

nt

[AlecBGreen]

8. me either

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[emulatorloo]

2. I'm ok with a "range of voices". I am not ok with a proven liar.

Glad they took him of the front page, But they shouldn't take any more of his submissions.

[Jumping John]

3. Gee who'd duh thunk Breitbart would act so much like himself? /sarcasm

[Hissyspit]

4. HuffPo is full of shit.

Breitbart has proven himself multiple times not up to the "editorial standards" and worthy of being "aired." Proven liar and slanderer.

[still_one]

5. Absolutely right, this isn't anything new. They are just another drudge /nt

[walldude]

11. I have never once been to her site... She was never

a liberal till she thought there might be some money in it.... She was right.

[Ramulux]

6. Fucking pathetic

Oh my gosh, we had no idea Andrew Breitbart might say something rude and insensitive!

Please, its sad what has happened to that site.

[derby378]

9. You got that right

They might as well hire James O'Keefe as a correspondent.

[JuniperLea]

10. They must be in panic mode...

Dumbasses.

[formercia]

12. "Breitbart and Arianna Huffington are friendly with one another."

Well, that about says it. I'm not a big fan of guilt by association, given my past, but there is a limit.

[vicarofrevelwood]

13. To a Man of Breitbart's ilk,

It's all about Rhetoric not facts.

[MilesColtrane]

14. She's trying to gain some liberal cred.

A lame attempt at wooing back her former base, who all left after the AOL sellout.

It will not work.

[Kurovski]

15. Yanking is too good for him!

[scarletwoman]

16. *cough*

:spank:

[Kurovski]

18. No, no, no! we can't

beat off a Breitbart either!

There's always more behind him!

[scarletwoman]

22. I'll handle the front, you take the rear!

This will work, I tell you!

[Kurovski]

23. Hmmmm

Down in front, up the rear.

We've got it licked.

Hey, did I hear a groan?

[Keith Bee]

17. Dah-ling, DAH-ling!

Breitbart and Huffington belong to the same, intellectually-inbred elite that doesn't give a flying fuck about the Great Unwashed of either party.

[Kurovski]

20. Welcome to DU!

Heh.

Du waren't good 'nuff fer the movin' picture stars and such back in the day, so they had to go make a fancy place to congergate. I seem to recall...

[Canuckistanian]

19. Good. I'm still not going there.

Arianna is a total fake.

[Bluenorthwest]

21. I first came across Van Jones when he was working for

Arianna Huffington's campaign for governor.