Just as Rush Limbaugh tries to explain away the senseless death of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida teen who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer last month, the NY Post goes for the jugular by featuring NY State lawmakers on its front page with the headline, "TRAYVON HOODWINK," and subheadline, "Tragedy hijacked by 'race hustlers.'" Of course, if you actually read the Post's story, you'll see that the lawmakers aren't the alleged hustlers—actually former NAACP leader Rev. C.L. Bryant told conservative site The Daily Caller that Martin's death was being exploited by Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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Right Wing Media Takes Aim At Trayvon Martin And His Supporters
Andrew Breitbart, Right Wing Muckraker, Dead At 43
Conservative blogger and author Andrew Breitbart has died at the age of 43. According to his website Big Government, he died unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles. The LA Coroner's Office has since confirmed his death.
U.S. Judges Testify Against Death-Threatening Blogger
In a trial that will most likely sully the good name of bloggers everywhere, three judges testified against right-wing blogger Harold "Hal" C. Turner for threatening to kill them for upholding a handgun ban in Chicago. Turner wrote in June that Judges Richard A. Posner, William J. Bauer and Frank H. Easterbrook "deserve to be killed" and “If they are allowed to get away with this by surviving, other judges will act the same way." The first trial last December ended with a deadlocked jury, claiming they didn't have enough evidence against Turner. However, the judges didn't testify at that trial.
Blogger On Trial For Threatening Judges: FBI Paid Me
A ultra-right-wing blogger and radio talk show host will go on trial in Federal District Court in Brooklyn tomorrow, accused of making death threats against three federal judges who refused to overturn handgun bans in Chicago. But defendant Hal Turner claims that since 2003, he has been working undercover for the FBI, which paid him thousands of dollars to inform on neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups. Turner says the FBI even coached him to make racist, anti-Semitic and other threatening statements.
Video Sting On Acorn Shows Staffers Helping "Hooker"
Two right-wing filmmakers have teamed up with Fox News to conduct a juicy hidden-camera exposé on the community advocacy group ACORN, a group conservatives hate because it receives government funding to help the indigent. According to Fox, filmmaker James O'Keefe, 25, dressed as a cliche pimp and sought housing advice at ACORN offices in New York. Joined by his partner Hannah Giles, 20, who posed as a prostitute, O'Keefe claims to have told employees he needed a house to run a brothel and help Giles escape an abusive pimp.
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