I am frankly shocked by the reaction to this on HN. It seems like I am in the Breitbart forums. If you think Breitbart is a news organisation, then you have ei

I am frankly shocked by the reaction to this on HN. It seems like I am in the Breitbart forums. If you think Breitbart is a news organisation, then you have either never read any of their articles or are kidding yourself. It is a propaganda organisation. It doesn't report news, it serves opinions. Here is an extract from a recent article[0] about Justin Trudeau mourning the death of Fidel Castro. "Castro’s Cuban regime was notorious for imprisoning dissenters, including homosexuals, journalists, and political opponents, and nearly brought nuclear war to the United States, one of Canada’s closest allies." The problem with that statement is that it is written like either of those things were against the US ideology. US has still not completely accepted homosexuality and it brought nuclear war upon itself by taking its weapons to Russia's neighbourhood. Here's another absolute rubbish article[1] about why there should be a cap on the number of women who are allowed to take up STEM majors. Breitbart's whole history is like this. In 2009, Andrew Breitbart heavily pushed the ACORN Video Scandal[2] which later turned out to be a series of heavily edited and misleading videos which lead to the closure of ACORN, an NGO which helped people from low to middle income groups. Another one was the "Friends of Hamas" story that turned out to be a case of complete and utter bullshit but Breitbart couldn't own up to it.[3] Breitbart has never been a media organisation and I for one am extremely happy to see it being boycotted like this. The headlines I have outlined are not even the more horrific ones they post. Go have a look yourself if you want. They purposefully spread misinformation and decline to accept their fault when proven wrong while always being on their toes to point out the slip ups in the more liberal media coverage of events. In my part of the world, we call it hypocrisy. [0] http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/26/canadian-pm-trudeau-praises-dictator-castro/ http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/26/canadian-pm-trude... [1] http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/15/heres-why-there-ought-to-be-a-cap-on-women-studying-science-and-maths/ http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/06/15/heres-why... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACORN_2009_undercover_videos_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACORN_2009_undercover_videos_c... [3] http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/friends-of-hamas-and-andrew-breitbarts-legacy http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/friends-of-hamas-and...