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cilla4progress

(24,589 posts)
Tue May 7, 2019, 11:39 AM May 2019

Huffpo founded by Breitbart + A. Huffington.????

Help me out here:

I was just having a guilty pleasure moment perusing photos from last night's Met Gala on HuffPo. While also tsk tsking at the excess, waste, and poor taste (part of what makes it pleasurable... 😂 I read this:

HuffPo is a media co. with a liberal bent, founded by A. Huffintgton and Andrew Breitbart.????!

WTF ???!!!!

We are doomed. It's all one big rigged effin' racket...

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Huffpo founded by Breitbart + A. Huffington.???? (Original Post) cilla4progress May 2019 OP
"How is someone else making money off of me because of this?" Rambling Man May 2019 #1
See... PoliticAverse May 2019 #2
I deleted Huffpo from my faves several years ago redstateblues May 2019 #3
From what I understand rownesheck May 2019 #4
Maybe someone else. Breitbart claimed to have been a "default liberal"... JHB May 2019 #17
It's got little to do with the original Huffington Post Codeine May 2019 #5
Your timeline is a little "hinkey". She was a conservative up until 2004 when she endorsed Kerry.. hlthe2b May 2019 #9
Not my timeline so much as my old man memory. Codeine May 2019 #11
Mine's not so great either... I cheated and looked some things up... hlthe2b May 2019 #12
According to wikipedia rownesheck May 2019 #6
In 2005 along with Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti. Dr Hobbitstein May 2019 #7
Andrew Breitbart died 7 years ago. He was a conservative a'hole, no argument hlthe2b May 2019 #8
she was big time repug...first time i saw her was with Bill Maher in political skits called.. samnsara May 2019 #10
Yes.. but she endorsed Kerry in 2004 and made a complete shift the following year. hlthe2b May 2019 #13
Yes, I unplugged from it years ago, but cilla4progress May 2019 #14
I quit Huffpo when they started publishing HA Goodman hit pieces. comradebillyboy May 2019 #15
Never doubt that HuffPo is collecting and sharing your data FakeNoose May 2019 #16
Oh CRAP! cilla4progress May 2019 #18

Rambling Man

(249 posts)
1. "How is someone else making money off of me because of this?"
Tue May 7, 2019, 11:41 AM
May 2019

is a question worth asking all the time.

But yes, it's the political-entertainment complex.

The bottom line is the bottom line is the bottom line.

Who benefits?

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
4. From what I understand
Tue May 7, 2019, 11:42 AM
May 2019

Breitbart was ultra liberal at one time. He got mad though when he was outed as gay so he went hard core right wing? Maybe I'm not 100% accurate. I could be getting him confused with someone else. I'll do some research...

JHB

(37,132 posts)
17. Maybe someone else. Breitbart claimed to have been a "default liberal"...
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:36 PM
May 2019

...from a West Hollywood upbringing, but was outraged at the Democrats during the Clarence Thomas hearings (he would have been about 22 at the time). Then it was a steady diet of Rush and an assortment of conservative writers.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
5. It's got little to do with the original Huffington Post
Tue May 7, 2019, 11:44 AM
May 2019

At some point AOL bought it and Ariana Huffington switched teams and made it more “liberal.” It’s mostly a clickbait shitshow for simpletons at this point, irrespective of any editorial bent it may claim.

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
9. Your timeline is a little "hinkey". She was a conservative up until 2004 when she endorsed Kerry..
Tue May 7, 2019, 11:59 AM
May 2019

and spoke at CA Dem convention in 2005. Huffington Post came on line with Arianna and four investors, including Breitbart, but also the current CEO of BuzzFeed in 2005, when Ariana was already a Democrat. AOL did not acquire it until 2011--six years later. Arianna continued as editor-in-chief under AOL ownership until 2016; Verizon negotiated to buy it in late 2015.

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
6. According to wikipedia
Tue May 7, 2019, 11:47 AM
May 2019

(so take it with a grain of salt) he supposedly had an epiphany while watching the clarence Thomas hearings and got made cuz liberals were being mean, so he became conservative. So, I guess he was conservative when he helped create huffpo? Whatever, now I'm confused. I just realized I don't know anything. Maybe I'll become a conservative.

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
7. In 2005 along with Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti.
Tue May 7, 2019, 11:47 AM
May 2019

It is now owned by Verizon.

It should be noted that Ariana Huffington was a Republican until 2004. This isn't hidden information.

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
8. Andrew Breitbart died 7 years ago. He was a conservative a'hole, no argument
Tue May 7, 2019, 11:51 AM
May 2019

Ariana Huffington frequently appeared on cable "news" to debate him. He was one of her original four partners in 2005. She and her partners (including the now CEO of Buzzfeed) deny he had any development role though he did help to fund.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeedpolitics/how-andrew-breitbart-helped-launch-huffington-post

I guess you take the $$ where you can find it in the competitive as hell media world.

samnsara

(17,570 posts)
10. she was big time repug...first time i saw her was with Bill Maher in political skits called..
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:02 PM
May 2019

...strange bedfellows. They were actually in a bed on the set. He was the lib she was the repug.

FakeNoose

(32,354 posts)
16. Never doubt that HuffPo is collecting and sharing your data
Tue May 7, 2019, 12:35 PM
May 2019

... unless you use a VPN or are somehow browsing anonymously, that's what they all are doing. Selling your data is how they stay in business.

cilla4progress

(24,589 posts)
18. Oh CRAP!
Tue May 7, 2019, 02:19 PM
May 2019

Well, I just learned that IG and FB are connected. No wonder I get those effin' prompts all over the place when I Google something...?

Hard for an oldie like me to keep up!!

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