Color of Change, an activist group co-founded by former White House adviser Van Jones, has unveiled a new target: “racism” at The Huffington Post.
Conservative media mogul Andrew Breitbart, who authored two recent entries for The Huffington Post, is the cause of Color of Change’s outrage.
The first entry by Breitbart was featured prominently on the site. The March 11 post, titled “NPR Is Collateral Damage in Battle to Brand Tea Party,” addressed tension between the mainstream media and the Tea Party. It also stated that there was no evidence that the Tea Party was racist.
The other post by Breitbart, from March 22, criticized the White House for being insufficiently transparent in the posting of visitor logs.
Breitbart’s post about NPR and the Tea Party infuriated Color of Change. In a Wednesday alert to supporters, the organization said that its prominent placement on The Huffington Post “shows a lack of journalistic integrity, and it’s frankly an insult to our communities.”
“Andrew Breitbart is a liar and a race-baiter,” wrote the organization. “Breitbart targets key people and institutions within our community, in particular those who have dared talk about the reality of racism and race in this country —
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