But it finally bubbled to the surface. Ignoring the dreck that's surrounding the incident itself, what's bothering most about the USDA racism affair is that everyone is giving Breitbart a free pass because he's an 'activist'. It's almost like "you should have known better" is the defence that's being offered, rather than "it should never have been put up in the first place".
I don't disagree for a moment that more vetting of the supposed incident should have been done, and SecAg over-reacted, but putting that to one side: where is the outrage that a blatant lie created from an out-of-context quote allows Breitbart any form of credibility? Why should any news organization that have any interest in its credibility even give him the time of day, let alone time in the news cycle?
When does the line of 'activist' get turned into 'smear merchant' or 'muck raker'?
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