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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Open letter to NYPD regarding terroristic threats at HuffPost

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 August 1, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 
WATCHDOG SITE SENDS DETAILED LETTER TO NY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS RE TERRORISTIC THREATS AT HUFFINGTON POST
Today HUFF-WATCH, a comprehensive watchdog site that documents and exposes Huffington Post's incitement and tolerance of hate, sent an open letter to the District Attorney of New York County, Cyrus Vance, and NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.

 The purpose of this letter, linked here, is to provide these law enforcement officials with physical evidence of:
  • What appears to be terroristic threats posted by HuffPost users, against attendees of the upcoming conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council, Charles & David Koch, and others.
  • The fact that by HuffPost's admission, not a single user comment is published without being pre-moderated, meaning they are all reviewed prior to publication, and only those that it approves are published.
  • The fact that while HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish those threats, it held back a comment submitted by another user, asking if one of the threateners realized he's a coward - then banned the non-offending user, but left the offenders free to continue.
  • The fact that HuffPost has a longstanding practice of enabling and protecting the worst-of-the-worst violators of its comment policy, while censoring and banning non-violating users who attempt to speak out against or complain about them.
The following screencaps provide a glimpse into the most current volley of what appear to be terroristic threats, focused on attendees of the ALEC conference, to be held on August 7-9 in Chicago.  The first screencap is from a user (whom HuffPost has enabled to repeatedly urge that the Koch brothers be murdered) who indicates plans are underway to "intimidate" the attendees of the ALEC conference:


Another user, "Libs_Wreck_Everything," asks here to expand on this threat.  In reply to this, HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish a comment submitted by another user, "waukone," that the intent is not to scare, but "to kill" (ALEC attendees):
 

Beneath that, "Libs_Wreck_Everything" submitted a comment asking "waukone" if he realizes he is a coward.  HuffPost, however, sent that comment to pending, meaning it was being reviewed:

This screencap shows that HuffPost banned "Libs_Wreck_Everything" soon thereafter:

Additional screencaps in the letter to the Mr. Vance and Commissioner Kelly show that HuffPost left both of the other users are still active --- the first of which has a very long history of posting threats and solicitations of violence against public figures with whom she disagrees.

 The reason for HUFF-WATCH's open letter to Mr. Vance and Commissioner Kelly, specifically, however, is because:
  • HuffPost is located within their jurisdiction.
  • The NYPD recently arrested a Queens, NY man for posting what it contends* were terroristic threats on Facebook, which only moderates comments after-the-fact.  (*See Sec. 490.20 of the NY Code.)  In contrast, it would appear that HuffPost is actively facilitating the publication of such threats, in that by its own admission, no comments are published until and unless they are approved beforehand, via moderation.
  • The ALEC conference is scheduled to begin in only six days (on August 7), and as one of these violators has made it publicly known that she lives north of Chicago, there is a reasonable basis to be concerned for the safety of attendees to this conference.
It is, of course, up to these law enforcement officials to determine if these specific HuffPost users, and possibly HuffPost itself, should be prosecuted.

 The full letter contains deep background data to place this current documentation into context, and demonstrates that this was not a one-time anomaly, but rather, is part of a continuing, disturbing, dangerous pattern of behavior, of HuffPost users being allowed to post explicit and implicit threats and solicitations of violence against public figures and institutions with which they disagree, politically.

 Read the entire letter here:
To NYPD: Will you also prosecute HuffPost for enabling & publishing terroristic threats?

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To NYPD: Will you also prosecute HuffPost for enabling & publishing terroristic threats?

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August 1, 2013

 To:

 Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.
District Attorney
New York County

 Mr. Raymond W. Kelly
Commissioner
New York Police Department

 From: "HuffWatcher" (an anonymous advocate of civil dissent and the rule of law)
Re: Evidence of HuffingtonPost.com, a Manhattan-based "news" website, enabling certain users to post comments containing what appear to be terroristic threats --- and suppressing other users who attempt to speak out against them
Dear Mr. Vance and Commissioner Kelly:

 The purpose of this letter is to provide you with evidence that I contend may constitute violations of New York and U.S. federal law concerning:
  1. Individuals who submit comments to a major public website containing terroristic threats and solicitations of violence against (a) attendees of the August 7-9 American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) convention in Chicago, (b) Charles and David Koch, and others.
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  2. The fact that this website previews and and decides to publish these threats and solicitations of violence, yet blocks and bans users who attempt to denounce such comments, but allows these offenders to continue posting, in some cases, clandestinely.
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  3. The fact that this website --- HuffingtonPost.com --- is located in lower Manhattan, NY.
Below is the detailed physical evidence and background material that will be useful in helping you to evaluate the situation, and if necessary, prosecuting the offending individuals.

 If you require any additional information or assistance, feel free to contact me at huffwatcher1@gmail.com.

Precedent: The NYPD's recent arrest of a Queens, NY man for posting terroristic threats on Facebook

 On July 17, 2013 the NYPD arrested a resident of Queens, NY, for allegedly posting what the District Attorney contends were terroristic threats on Facebook, felonies punishable by New York and United States laws.  Specifically, it is alleged that Remel Newson posted comments that urged people to murder police officers and white Americans, in retaliation for what he believed was an unjust verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman.  According to New York law (Sec. 490.20), which is paralleled in federal law, a terroristic threat is defined as making (or publishing) a threat:
"with intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping, he or she threatened to commit or cause to be committed a specified offense and thereby caused a reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent commission of such offense." 
Further, according to Sections 490.10 and 490.15 of the New York code, it appears to also be a felony to enable, aid or otherwise provide material support to anyone who is intent on publishing terroristic threats.

 Facebook, however, is a passive commenting environment, in which comments are posted without any kind of pre-moderation.  Comments (and pages) containing threats and solicitations of violence are removed by Facebook only after-the-fact.

 In contrast, the evidence in this letter shows that HuffingtonPost.com has been knowingly and willfully enabling certain users to publish comments that, by the above definition, constitute terroristic threats --- while at the same time, and on a minute-to-minute basis, blocking comments from other users that denounce these threats, then banning them.  In some cases, it even enables these violators to advise dissenting users that they are about to be banned --- and almost without exception, that is exactly what happens.

About the Huffington Post, and evidence of its behavior

 Below is a profile and background of HuffingtonPost.com, and the evidence of its history of such behavior:
  1. ABOUT HUFFINGTONPOST.COM: HuffingtonPost.com ("HuffPost") is a "news" website owned by AOL that is located at 770 Broadway, in Lower Manhattan, NY.  Its phone number is (212) 206-4400.
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  2. ABOUT USER COMMENTING ACCOUNTS: HuffPost enables users to read "news" stories and opinion articles ("blogs") for free, and submit comments concerning both by first registering with the site to obtain a commenting account.  The comment histories of users with active accounts are publicly-accessible, and look like this.  The comment histories of users who have been banned, or canceled their accounts, are erased or archived; the only thing the public can see is a page like this.
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  3. ALL COMMENTS ARE PRE-MODERATED: The president and President and Editor in Chief of HuffPost, Arianna Huffington, has repeatedly and publicly stated that not a single user comment is published without first being moderated. She is also on public record as claiming that all user comments are reviewed by a human moderator prior to being published, to ensure that none contain material that violates the site's Comment Policy, or the law.  She and HuffPost have also repeatedly, publicly stated that the site will not publish any comments containing threats, incitements of violence, or hate speech of any kind.
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  4. HUFFPOST'S ENABLING OF CERTAIN USERS AND MODERATORS TO PUBLISH THREATS & INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST POLITICAL OPPONENTS -- AND CENSORING/BANNING USERS WHO ATTEMPT TO SPEAK OUT/COMPLAIN: In 2009, the watchdog website that I edit, HUFF-WATCH, published a detailed report that documents the fact that contrary to Ms. Huffington's and HuffPost's asserted policies and procedures, it in fact makes it a practice of enabling and protecting the worst-of-the-worst violators of its policies, and bans users who dare to complain or speak out against them.  The report cites numerous examples, rich with evidence in the form of screen captures and comment logs, of the fact that HuffPost enables and protects certain users to stalking and threaten other users who harbor different political opinions, incite violence against them, and even threaten protectees of the U.S. Secret Service --- and bans users who dare to speak out against or complain about them.
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    HUFF-WATCH has published numerous, detailed reports since then of similar incidents, including incidents in which even HuffPost moderators were enabled and protected to post threats against users who harbor different political views --- then bans the victimized users:

JULY 2013: Evidence of how HuffPost has enabled and protected certain users to post comments that contain what appear to be terroristic threats and solicitations of violence

 Perpetrator #1 is a user who, until 2010, HuffPost allowed to post threats under the user name "FoxInRetreat" (detailed background here).  Her particular obsession is posting threats and soliciting violence against Charles & David Koch, and other conservative individuals and members of conservative organizations.  She has repeatedly posted comments indicating that she resides in northern Illinois, near the Wisconsin border (I confirmed this via track-backs to her IP address when she visited my website).

During July 2013 (and in fact for more than a year), however, HuffPost has been enabling her to post threats and solicitations of violence against political opponents under the screen name "isupportclasswarfare."  If you click that link, however, you will see that HuffPost claims that that user's profile has been removed, meaning, it has banned her.

 In fact, HuffPost has been enabling her to continue posting her threats and solicitations of violence against the Kochs and others, for years, and through late July 2013.  Here are some examples of such post calling for the murder of the Kochs, from April 2013:
 



These threats against the Kochs and others continued up through July 19, 2013:





Yet according to this screencap, from July 19, 2013 (note the date-stamp in the lower-right), HuffPost had "banned" the user (note the URL line):

At the same time, HuffPost repeatedly sent non-violating comments submitted by another user, "Drones_Rock", to "Pending," meaning they were being reviewed by its moderators:





At one point on July 19, "Drones_Rock" asked "isupportclasswarfare" whether or not she had been banned (as HuffPost had removed/hidden her profile from public view) ---- to which she posted a comment indicating she was laughing about it:

Within 24 hours, HuffPost banned "Drones_Rock":

I have much more evidence of these types of threats and solicitations of violence that HuffPost reviews, approves and decides to publish --- and of it censoring and banning non-violating users who dare to attempt to speak out or complain --- which is available to you upon request.

JULY 22, 2013: HuffPost enabled and protected certain users to post what appear to be terroristic threats against the upcoming ALEC conference in Chicago --- and blocked, then banned a user who attempted to denounce these threats

 On July 22, 2013 --- even though it appeared her user account had been banned --- HuffPost continued review and publish "isupportclasswarfare's" threats and solicitations of violence against political opponents, in this case, attendees of the upcoming American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) conference in Chicago, from August 7-9.  

 It began with HuffPost reviewing and publishing a comment containing her revealing the location of this event, and a statement that "plans are in the works to make them feel unwelcome and intimidated":

Note that in response to that implied threat, another user, "Libs_Wreck_Everything" asked what she meant by "intimidated."  In response, HuffPost reviewed and approved a comment submitted by another user, "waukone," containing what is clearly a terroristic threat: "Don't wound or scare -- kill."

In response, the user "Libs_Wreck_Everything" submitted a comment that accuses "waukone" of being a coward:

However, as shown in the notice above the submitted comment, HuffPost held that comment in its "pending," meaning it was reviewing the comment and determining whether it would publish it or not.  It should be noted that at the top of the "news" page on which these users were commenting, HuffPost explicitly states that comments submitted in reply to other comments will only be published "after they have been approved": 



Soon thereafter, rather than banning the users whom it had been enabling to post terroristic threats and solicitations of violence, HuffPost decided instead to ban "Libs_Wreck_Everything":



HuffPost left "isupportclasswarfare" and "waukone" free to continue posting, as shown in this screencap from July 31, 2013:



APRIL-JULY 31: More evidence of HuffPost enabling certain users to post what appear to be terroristic threats:

 Another user that HuffPost has been enabling and protecting to post terroristic threats and solicitations of violence is the "Bhokara," the apparent reincarnation of another user documented at HUFF-WATCH, "Kokand,"

In that particular case, HuffPost enabled "Kokand" to (a) advocate the murder of energy industry executives, then (b) threaten to have another user who objected to his comments banned --- in almost instantly, that is exactly what happened.  See this detailed report:
Dec. 2010: "Hey, let's go murder energy industry executives!!!" (HuffPost: "Approved, protected!!!") 

Here is more evidence of HuffPost allowing "Bhokara" to threaten other users that he's going to have them banned -- which, if you look up their screen names, you will find out is exactly what happened:


Yet as you can see in the screencap below, from July 31, 2013, HuffPost has chosen to allow "Bhokara" to continue posting his threats and solicitations of violence against political opponents at will, and that he is now up to nearly 16,000 comments:

 

 Conclusion: This will all continue until and unless law enforcement intervenes

 I urge you to take this matter extremely seriously, as HuffPost is now the world's #1 most-read online "newspaper."  This makes the behavior that HuffPost and its users are engaging in all the more potentially dangerous that the act that got Mr. Newson arrested by the NYPD, because far more readers will see these threats posted, on HuffPost's top "news" stories, where they are posted, than what will see an obscure post on a Facebook page.  Further, this is  a very different situation, both technologically and legally, than an environment such as Facebook, which is totally post-moderated, allowing users to post whatever they want, anywhere they want, as opposed to HuffPost's self-admitted pre-moderation environment.

 Given the preponderance of the physical evidence that shows HuffPost's long history of enabling and protecting certain users to post what appear to be terroristic threats, while blocking and banning other users who dare to attempt to speak out against them, it is reasonable to assume that such behavior is going to continue until and unless a prevailing legal authority begins prosecuting these users, and possibly HuffPost itself.

 I think there is serious, justifiable concern that if HuffPost and the threatening users it enables are not held to legal account, one of the victims of their behavior may end up getting injured or worse, as a direct or indirect result of what it is allowing to occur on its "comment" pages.

 If I can be of any further assistance in clarifying these matters, or aiding in your prosecution of them, please don't hesitate to contact me at huffwatcher1@gmail.com.



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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

HuffPost-enabled leftists: "Ann Romney is a c*nt"; a soldier should murder her

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2008 flashback: In the leadup to the presidential election, HuffPost published on its front page a "news" story that claimed "Cindy McCain Is A Dick"; it also gave front-page coverage to a false allegation that Sen. McCain called his Cindy a "c*nt."

Today (8/15/12), Arianna posted her picture on HuffPost's front page, regarding her concern about the "negative tone" of the presidential campaign. Right.

On August 15, HuffPost published the this story about Ann Romney on its front page:

As shown in the screencap below, and recently reaffirmed by Arianna Huffington (more), all user comments on HuffPost are pre-moderated --- meaning not a single one is published before a moderator reviews and approves it:



HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish "comments" by radical leftists (1) calling Mrs. Romney a "c*nt," (2) openly wishing for her to be murdered, and (3) other assorted extreme vulgarity against her.

Anticipating an outpouring of the most vulgar attacks on her as one can possibly imagine, a HUFF-WATCH spotter went to this thread, and what was the first comment observed? One from "GOPsLieAboutEverything," a radical leftist to call Mrs. Romney a "c*nt":
GOPsLieAboutEverything
Gimme a C
Gimme a U
Gimme a N
Gimme a T
What do you have? Ann Romney
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Next up: HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to enable a long-term protected radical leftist user, "its_miller_time," to post a "comment" containing an implied wish that Mrs. Romney be murdered:
its miller time
A soldier with a gun puts a blind fold over your eyes, asks you if you would like a cigarette, pushes you down to your knees and says trust me.
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Next up: Comments claiming that Mrs. Romney is subservient to Gov. Romney, and that she uses a phallus on him:



But won't Arianna say these are all "accidents"? That these are comments "accidentally" slipped through HuffPost's army of hyper-vigilant comment moderators?

Of course she will. Just as she has since 2007. She has repeatedly claimed that comments like these are anomalies, that they are all accidents. In fact, just few weeks ago, on July 10, 2012 she said:
"It took the Huffington Post six years to reach 100 million comments -- all pre-moderated to ensure a non-toxic atmosphere."
Right. This special HUFF-WATCH report documents in extreme detail the fact that for at least the past four years, Arianna has been repeatedly lying to the public regarding HuffPost's supposed vigilant work to ensure a civil commenting environment, and keep the most egregious violators of its comment policy out. In fact, HuffPost has been actively protecting the most vile, vicious, vulgar, threatening of the radical leftists and radical Islamists who flock to the site, while banning --- after as few as six comments --- conservatives who dare to attempt to speak out against them.



Fact: All of these users have been enabled and protected by HuffPost for a very long time.

HuffPost has enabled "GOPsLieAboutEverything" to post more than 1,500 comments since February 2011:


And as you can see from our quick perusal of his comment history, HuffPost has, for a very long time, enabled and protected him to attack other users based on his apparently pathological fixation on using incest-based insults:


HuffPost has enabled and protected "its_miller_time," to post more than 27,000 comments since February 2010 --- and more than 175 today (each user's profile contains 25 comments per page; this is page 7):


HuffPost has enabled and protected "bustoff" --- who claimed Mrs. Romney uses a phallus on her husband --- to post nearly 1,300 comments since June 2011:



Richly-documented previous instances of HuffPost knowingly enabling and protecting radical leftists to post threats and urgings of murder against others --- up to and including presidents and their First Ladies:
HuffPost's protection of the most egregious violators of its "policies" --- and its banning of non-violators, on a minute-to-minute basis

HuffPost vs the Tea Party: Which one *really* incites and tolerates hate speech & calls for violence?

HuffPost smears Sarah Palin (again), enables hate, death wishes against her

Quiz: Are you qualified to be a HuffPost Moderator?

For the third time, HuffPost allows murder-threatening Moderator to return, resume threats

Special Report: HuffPost MODERATOR: "Hey, let's murder Boehner, the Kochs and others!!!" (HuffPost: "Approved, protected!!!")

HuffPost allows banned radical leftist Moderator to return, resume posting threats against Scalia, the Kochs --- and bans users who complain

Special Report: HuffPost enables, protects MODERATORS to post threats, urgings of violence

"Hey, let's go murder energy industry executives!!!" (HuffPost: "Approved, protected!!!")
But according to Arianna, these were all just mysterious accidents --- just as was HuffPost's fast-banning of conservatives who dared to attempt to complain about these maniacs.

The "Mirror Mirror" Test: HuffPost instantly banned a user who attempted to post carbon-copies of the vulgar smears it allowed radical leftist users to post against Gov. Palin --- but which were reworded to be against Michelle Obama.

Despite its Comment Policy's prohibition of comments containing vulgar, racist, personal attacks, HuffPost has made it a practice of reviewing, approving and deciding to publish such comments when they're directed at Sarah Palin and her children ("whores"; "trailer trash"; "white trash"). This test was conducted to determine what HuffPost would do if another user copied and pasted these exact comments that HuffPost approved and published regarding Sarah Palin --- but reworded them to target Michelle Obama.

As documented in The "MirrorMirror" Test, HuffPost instantly banned the user who submitted these comments against Michelle Obama... in part, as a result of the urging of another user --- whom it had protected for years after it allowed him to advocate the murder of President Bush, and brag that he got a visit from the U.S. Secret Service as a result.


ACTION ITEMS

There are two things that enable HuffPost to engage in this reprehensible behavior:
  • The money it gets from its roster of top-flight advertisers --- including Toyota, American Express, Chevrolet, Citibank, and many other top brands.
  • The silence of "journalists" who avidly read HuffPost, yet avert their eyes from the reality that's staring them in the face --- and which we report, and send them, on a regular basis
Here's how you can help:
  • Report any threats or solicitations of violence against others, especially federal officials, to the FBI or Secret Service. See our detailed resource directory for more information.
  • Send this article to journalists, newspapers and TV networks that you trust --- whether on a local or national basis.
    Ask them to take a look at our documentation, and urge them to do some investigating. As you can see, throughout HUFF-WATCH is an encyclopedic cornucopia of physical evidence that backs up every aspect of every one of our allegations.
  • Complain to HuffPost's senior management (not that this is going to do any good --- our readers have been sending in detailed complaints for years).
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

HuffPost violates own rules to enable another smear-fest against Andrew Breitbart

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"The good thing is that he is just gone. Pretty warm were he's at."
--- A sampling of the user and Moderator comments submitted in response to Andrew Breitbart's cause-of-death report, that HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish (even though it's an egregious violation of its policy against celebrating anyone's illness or death).
"We have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to abusive or hateful language or comments... [W]e decided that it was worth the substantial effort and expense to have human pre-moderation on both blogs and news."
--- Arianna Huffington


On Friday, April 20, HuffPost published this story about the coroner's report on the cause of Andrew Breitbart's death on March 1, at age 43:
 
Excerpt:
The Los Angeles County coroner's office has ruled that conservative blogger and commentator Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure stemming from coronary disease.
As shown in the above screencap, HuffPost announced up front that not a single user comment would appear on the Breitbart thread until and unless it had been reviewed and approved by one of its Moderators:
"Our moderators screen these comments before they are published"

For as Arianna Huffington publicly said over the past few years:
"We have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to abusive or hateful language or comments... [W]e decided that it was worth the substantial effort and expense to have human pre-moderation on both blogs and news."

Given all this, there was zero chance that even one comment would appear on the Breitbart thread that violated HuffPost's polices, which dictate that it does not publish any comments that:
"...celebrate the death, illness... of any person... or (contains) hate speech... or ad hominem attacks of any kind... or speech that is vile... [...]..."

So what kinds of comments do you think HuffPost allowed to appear on the thread devoted to Andrew, one of HuffPost's co-creators? Let's take a look.



HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish one hate-filled, libelous, rule-violating comment against Andrew Breitbart after another

The following are just some examples of what we clipped from the 58 comments that HuffPost had chosen to publish at that time:


Note how many of these users have more than 100 "fans," meaning that HuffPost has been enabling them for a very, very long time (see special report here on how HuffPost enables, protects and emboldens the most egregious violators of its comment policy --- invariably radical leftists). 

Let's start with one of HuffPost's Moderators:
HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR
Darwinita
1246 Fans
Of course it was heart failure. Anyone reading his work knew THAT was coming.
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Mindy Czech
735 Fans
How can someone without a heart die of heart failure? I find this so surprising.
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th35
4 Fans
The good thing is that he is just gone. Pretty warm were he's at.
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Northlite
56 Fans
Heart failure! Right wing Republican! Not a coincidence. Their hearts are cold.
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newworldman777
898 Fans
Like all Republicans, he lived his in excess, refusing to allow anyone to tell him how he should live and eat...even though what was advised to him about his unhealthy eating and lack of exercise was for his own good. Typical conservative mindset. Now, his family will have to go on without him in life.
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CharlottesvilleVA
48 Fans
Impossible. One must have a heart in order for it to fail. Sounds like a cover up to me.
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loganhunter
262 Fans
How is that possible when Conservatives have no hearts?
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Commentary: The long pattern of HuffPost's assaults on Andrew, and other conservatives who become ill or pass away

Rather than being an isolated incident, this is part of the consistent pattern of HuffPost --- under Arianna Huffington's exclusive leadership --- breaking its rules in order to engage in an effective "jihad" against Andrew. Ironically, only a few years earlier, Arianna relied on Andrew to play a major role in the development of HuffPost, for which he was from then on credited with being one of the site's "co-creators." 

March 2011: Van Jones, a HuffPost front-page blogger, began publicly calling Andrew a "racist."  Arianna said nothing in Andrew's defense, and tacitly affirmed Van Jones' libelous smear, by allowing him to maintain his blogging privileges at HuffPost. 

March 24, 2011: As we documented in this special report, HuffPost kicked Andrew off the front page blogger's row because it claimed he "violate(d) the tenets of debate and civil discourse" by calling Van Jones a "commie punk" in another publication, in reaction to his being falsely called a "racist."  Yet HuffPost continued to allow other front page bloggers who had perpetrated far more serious violations of its policies to remain active.  Example: Roseanne Barr, who several months earlier dressed up as Hitler eating burnt Jewish "people cookies" out of an oven. 

March 1, 2012: In violation of its own policies, HuffPost allowed the thread concerning Andrew's death to be overwhelmed with celebrations of his passing, and ad hominem attacks against him.  An example (from a user whom it has allowed to remain active):
LazyRepubs

The minute after Andrew Breitbart died the world became a better place.
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March 1, 2012 and beyond: Arianna did not post a single blog article or commentary about her thoughts on Andrew's passing, and his contribution to the development of HuffPost, working out of her home at the time.  She said nothing about the closeness of their relationship, to the point where she would leave her tween daughters entrusted to his care while she ran errands.  Proof here and below: 


Yet as shown here, when Arianna wants to make her voice known on any subject, she will plaster her face all over HuffPost. 

This was not an isolated incident in regards to HuffPost ignoring its own rules to facilitate an outpouring of hatred against a conservative who's ill or just passed.  Examples:
HuffPost approves leftist vultures to spit on Sec. Eagleburger --- on the day of his death

HuffPost approves Moderators, users to vilify, wish death upon ailing Billy Graham

VP Cheney hospitalized; HuffPost approves users to unleash death wishes

Users unleash hatred for, libels against Tony Snow --- on the day he died (HuffPost: "Approved!!!") 


ACTION ITEMS: Do HuffPost's advertisers know what it is using its ad revenue to facilitate?

We'd like to think not, but there's only one way to find out:
  • Contact HuffPost's advertisers --- especially those with whom you already do business.
    Let them know your thoughts on how HuffPost has been using the money they provide it to engage in this persistent pattern of facilitating hate speech against conservatives who are ill or on their death-beds.
  • Send this article to journalists, newspapers and TV networks that you trust --- whether on a local or national basis.
    Ask them to take a look at our documentation, and urge them to do some investigating. As you can see, throughout HUFF-WATCH is an encyclopedic cornucopia of physical evidence that backs up every aspect of every one of our allegations.


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