Breitbart Contradicts Self on O'Keefe Salary (Savages Olbermann in Bargain)

[BradBlog]

Flim-Flam Flip-Flop: Breitbart Contradicts Self About Salary Paid to O'Keefe
In radio interviews weeks apart, Rightwing media con-artist says accused felon both 'technically not salaried', 'paid a fair salary'
Also: Savages Olbermann (ironically enough) as 'psychologically tortured, dysfunctional piece of trash'...

Following the recent federal felony arrest of his Rightwing dirty trickster employee, Rightwing propagandist and flim-flam artist Andrew Breitbart has had difficulty keeping his story straight. In two recent radio interviews, Breitbart offered two directly contradictory descriptions of his business relationship with the 25-year-old accused felon who remains on payroll while facing federal charges.

During a recent live appearance on the Internet radio show, African-American Conservatives (AACONS), Breitbart was asked about his ongoing relationship with James O'Keefe. O'Keefe was recently arrested in Louisiana, along with three others (one the son of the acting U.S. Attorney), for allegedly heading up a scheme to "maliciously interfere" with the telephone system of Democratic U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu.

He's "technically not salaried", Breitbart told AACONS host Marie Stroughter during the interview last week, in reply to her question about O'Keefe.

Breitbart's answer, however, was in direct contradiction to an an admission he offered on-air on the nationally syndicated radio program of fellow Rightwing propagandist Hugh Hewitt just weeks ago, on January 26th, on the night of O'Keefe's arrest.

In response to Hewitt's query about whether O'Keefe was "in your employ in any way," Breitbart admitted that O'Keefe was "paid a fair salary" for content published on Breitbart's various websites.

So, according to Breitbart, his accused felon employee O'Keefe is both "technically not salaried" and "paid a fair salary" at the same time. A neat trick.

So, was he lying to Hewitt on January 26th? Or to Stroughter on February 9th?

Or, perhaps there's a third way for Breitbart to try and thread his impossible needle in his continuing successful series of hoaxes on both the American public and the mainstream corporate media. He could pull out a tortured, Clintonian reliance on what the meaning of the word "salary" is. Which one do you think our friend Breitbart chose?...

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7699

[skorpo]

1. He tells so many lies that he can't keep them straight.

This is the sign of a pathological liar.

[MercutioATC]

2. When you're done looking for conspiracies by parsing verbiage...

The most likely explanation is that he actually IS "technically not salaried".

He also probably receives some form of compensation (erroneously described as a fair "salary" in one quote).


Jesus, why is this an issue?

[pattmarty]

5. Agree. This is the same shit the RW does. He is probably "paid"......

...........like many freelance writers are, per piece. I am sure that his legal bills are being paid by any number of RW outfits. What I would like to know (and IS MORE IMPORTANT) is who is funding Breibart or where his financing comes from. I don't necessarily have a problem with the OP doing this, but don't just scream it out like they do. Jesus, we are liberals, we can read and write. Pound the motherfucker, but do it in an intelligent way.

[msu2ba]

3. Project much, Andy?

'psychologically tortured, dysfunctional piece of trash', indeed!

[Berry Cool]

4. Breitbart on Olbermann:

"Keith Olbermann is dysfunctional, uh, he's a psychologically tortured human being. Ask people at MSNBC that talk about what a dysfunctional piece of trash that he is, and that, that, that, we have to answer to him. Um. He is really. Uh. He's, he's as low a human being that exists in the media forum," Breitbart fairly spit. "And the poor folks at NBC tell me all the time how they can't wait until he, he exits the door, because he's just ruined the NBC brand almost single-handedly so that he can have a 185,000 viewers every night, which is like the size of a town, in a state, that I've never even heard of before."

Stay classy, Breitbart!

[mod mom]

6. "folks at NBC tell me all the time..." He is SO full of S#%!!

[Bette Noir]

8. Poor Keithie. I'd be happy to kiss it all better.

[Celebration]

7. salary vs. non-salary

He probably has him on a retainer, as an independent contractor. Shy doesn't he just say that, though?

[Bolo Boffin]

9. O'Keefe is his rent boy?

:shrug: Just trying to make sense of it all...

[Prof Lester]

10. How can you tell when a Right Winger is lyin'?

Um.. yeah, yeah: his lips are movin' and there's noises comin' out of his mouth. But naw, that don't actually do it. There's such as "lying by omission" which is a HUGE part of the right wing methodology.. SO.. the only way you can tell is a right winger NOT lying is when he IS lying.. in his coffin! Or no.. better yet: when he's been cremated and his ol' ashes are in some urn. THEN finally you got an honest right winger. :yoiks:

[jotsy]

11. There's tines in his tongue!

The whole crew is a cast of creepy neo cons who were likely carrying out a party planned task. Any one of them would throw themselves under a bus before revealing who ordering up this little op. Bring on Punch and Judy, these controlled clowns don't have a clue. I'll give this a kick and wonder what's yet to be unspun from this comical caper.

Night owlin' are we?

[BradBlog]

14. What's yet to come?...

"I'll give this a kick and wonder what's yet to be unspun from this comical caper."

Well, here's a small-ish hint:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7701
...with more to come soon.

Either push back against these liars, or we get what we deserve. That they've got the NYTimes lying on their behalf, and refusing to retract, continues to blow my mind. See the link above...

[UTUSN]

12. There is actually an AACONS group?!1 Membership, oh, ONE?!1 n/t

[defendandprotect]

13. Imagine both Breitbart and O'Keefe are completely financed by right wing wealthy ...

We need to know who's paying for the legal defense --

[spanone]

15. when does o'keefe go before a judge?

[BradBlog]

16. His GOP Watergate attny is currently trying to get a deal...

...The initial hearing before the judge has been postponed as his expensive, superstar GOP attorney is trying to work out a deal. No new hearing date yet scheduled last I heard...