February 1, 1969 - March 1, 2012
◼ ANDREW BREITBART’S VISION AND MISSION THRIVING TWO YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH - LARRY SOLOV, STEPHEN K. BANNON, ALEX MARLOW, & JON KAHN/BREITBART
Two years ago today, we lost Andrew Breitbart. He was a father, husband, and a brother — a gregarious and hilarious personality. He was a new media pioneer. But perhaps he is best remembered as a fighter. He fought alongside us. He fought when we couldn't. Justice. Accountability. Freedom. An even playing field. Those were the fights of his life.
On March 1st we think of him, but every day at Breitbart News we honor him. Every day we strive to keep the fighting spirit of this unique individual alive on the pages of the entity to which he gave all and which bears his name.
And progress is being made. New media is growing and thriving, reaching more people in more countries all over the globe, breaking stories and fighting battles minute to minute, if not second to second. Meanwhile, the corrupt media establishment is struggling to modernize and maintain credibility with the public. Just as Andrew had envisioned.
Andrew Breitbart was a giant among men, and we will not see his kind come our way again. But his passion, his resolve, his patriotism will not fade from living memory as that has been passed on to the men and women who labor everyday in his memory to bring you the news, information, and analysis that are the foundations of our freedoms and our country.
◼ ‘Hating Breitbart’ makers release never-before-seen clip [video] - Twitchy
◼ What and who Andrew Breitbart faced - William A. Jacobson/Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion
...At the Breitbart Awards in Providence in 2012, the only blogger conference I’ve attended so far, numerous people spoke to how Andrew thought of himself as the point man in the movement, the person who drew the fire so that others didn’t have to.
It’s important to remember what and who Andrew faced.
When I scrolled through a Twitter search for Andrew Breitbart’s name, I saw a tweet by Max Blumenthal referring to Andrew reaching his “tweet limit” and linking to an article by Blumenthal from May 2013 mocking how “it was convenient that Breitbart’s heart exploded when it did….”
From the comments: >>”It’s important to remember what and who Andrew faced.”
I’ll never forget. I can’t. I grew up with them. They’ve been around me my whole life. They still are. Andrew is the only person I ever saw take it as his personal challenge to call them out to their faces. He unnerved them. His challenge shattered their sense of invulnerability. They thought they were safe within the folds and behind the bulwarks of the popular culture. No ever hunted them down before. No one ever dared. We kept our distance and our “good manners.” Not Andrew. He went in after them, like Rikki Tikki Tavi went down the snake hole after the cobra in Kipling’s story.
