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Media Matters Founder David Brock Vows to Create a ‘Breitbart of the Left’
mediaite.com ^ | 12/6/16 | Alex Griswold

Posted on 12/07/2016 4:49:43 PM PST by ColdOne

Clinton ally and liberal Super PAC operator David Brock told reporters Tuesday that he plans to create a new outlet designed to serve as a counterpoint to alt-right website Breitbart.

Brock purchased liberal website BlueNationReview in 2015, rebranding it in 2016 as “ShareBlue.” ShareBlue, he said Tuesday, would be the “Breitbart of the left…” so long as the financial contributions kept pouring.

Brock also confirmed earlier reports that he plan to shift the focus of Media Matters for America away from Fox News and more towards attacking the alt-right and fake news. “A lot of

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To: ColdOne

don’t they already have MSNBC and Huffington Post?


61 posted on 12/07/2016 6:24:02 PM PST by ErikJohnsky
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To: ErikJohnsky

They’ve already got NBC, CBS,ABC, CNN.....etc.


62 posted on 12/07/2016 6:25:00 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: All

CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, NY Times, Wsh Post and just about every big paper in the country aren’t left wing enough..


63 posted on 12/07/2016 6:27:56 PM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: ColdOne

I hear Dan Rather is available......


64 posted on 12/07/2016 6:27:59 PM PST by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: BenLurkin

HuffPo
Salon
Slate
Buzzfeed

Dude gonna have some competition.


65 posted on 12/07/2016 6:28:10 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: ColdOne

Huffington, Salon, Slate, The Nation, and others are all pissed.


66 posted on 12/07/2016 6:28:19 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: LostInBayport

It’s CTRL-LEFT


67 posted on 12/07/2016 6:29:00 PM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: ColdOne

They did that already. It’s called

ABC
NBC
CBS
CNN
MSNBC
DAilyKos
HuffPo
NY Times
AP
Reuters
BBC
Al Jazeera


68 posted on 12/07/2016 6:29:45 PM PST by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: ColdOne

Oh no, they’re going to pick some internet character and make Nazi memes.


69 posted on 12/07/2016 6:30:33 PM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: Trillian

I don’t know...that is a toss up.


70 posted on 12/07/2016 6:37:31 PM PST by ColdOne ((poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~WE DID IT DEPLORABLES!EraseThe0bagambiLegacy!)
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To: ColdOne

Ah yes. The “Limbaugh” of the left. That’s worked out so well. If only there were more children’s charities Air America could have ripped off they may have stayed on air.


71 posted on 12/07/2016 6:40:23 PM PST by Organic Panic (Gentrification in America. Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: ColdOne

David Brocksucker is giving us a heads up on his future. Hope he chokes on it!


72 posted on 12/07/2016 6:44:46 PM PST by Randy Larsen (I Support Trump/Pence in 2016!)
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Yeah, they already exist. They’re called Media Matters... And CNN, and ...

Mark


73 posted on 12/07/2016 7:27:53 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: ColdOne

Sounds redundant. The Left already has salon.com, Huffington Post, NPR, NY Times, CNN, NBC.....


74 posted on 12/07/2016 7:57:33 PM PST by MAGA2017
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To: Billthedrill
He could hire everyone in the Coffee Party to staff it.

I forgot all about those losers! Thanks for a blast from the past.

75 posted on 12/07/2016 8:15:40 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: ColdOne

Jeez, more trash to avoid online...


76 posted on 12/07/2016 8:16:24 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: ColdOne

“ShareBlue” - LOL! Doesn’t he know the target audience doesn’t like to share (unless it’s someone else’s stuff - then larceny becomes “sharing”....


77 posted on 12/08/2016 3:34:03 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: ColdOne

With Brock, name should be “share blew”.


78 posted on 12/08/2016 3:37:35 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Spirit of Liberty
Needs to be ctrl left...

Brilliant, yes!
79 posted on 12/08/2016 4:19:55 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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