Breitbart, RightOnline headed to Minneapolis
Billed as a “counter to the leftwing Netroots Nation Convention” being hosted by Minneapolis in June, RightOnline has announced it’ll also be coming to Minnesota’s largest city this summer. The conference will feature Andrew Breitbart, a blogger whose selective editing of video has generated heated criticism, along with conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck protoge S.E. Cupp, and Minnesota blogger Ed Morrissey
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Billed as a “counter to the leftwing Netroots NationConvention” being hosted by Minneapolis in June, RightOnlinehas announced it’ll also be coming to Minnesota’s largest city this summer. The conference will feature Andrew Breitbart, a blogger whose selective editing of video has generated heated criticism, along with conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck protoge S.E. Cupp, and Minnesota blogger Ed Morrissey. The convention is a project of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, which was founded by the Koch brothers.
Breitbart made waves in 2009 when he posted videos that purported to show an ACORN employee giving advice to a pimp and prostitute; the video was ruled by investigators in several states to have beenhighly edited and, in some cases, possibly in violation of state law. Despite the misleading videos, the flap contributed to ACORN’s demise and to Congress stripping its funding. Breitbart got the videos from colleague James O’Keefe, who months later was arrested by the U.S. Marshalsand charged with entering the officeof Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana under false pretenses with the intent of committing a felony.
Breitbart rose to fame again in 2010 when he posted selectively edited footage of Shirley Sherrod, Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture, during a NAACP event in which she appeared to be making a racist statement. The full video, however, showed that Sherrod had not made a racist statement. Despite that, she lost her position at the USDA.
Sherrod filed a lawsuit against Breitbart in February alleging defamation. Breitbart told Newsweekthat he regretted posting the video, but declined to publicly apologize to Sherrod.
The convention will be held at the Minneapolis Hilton on June 17 and 18.
Netroots Nation, which last year featured Sen. Al Franken as its keynote speaker, will be heldJune 16–19in downtown Minneapolis and will be headlined by former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold.
Hajra Shannon
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