This Revolution Has Been Monetized: How Breitbart News Covers Tea Party Events
April 9, 2014

Via Breitbart Unmasked:

Ken Crow, a Texas tea party activist, has alleged that Breitbart News required substantial payment to publicize an event he was helping to organize, then delivered unsatisfactory coverage. Adding ethical insult to financial injury, none of Breitbart.com’s stories disclosed that the organization was paid to cover the event.

Crow said that Dan Fleuette, the person he spoke with at Breitbart News, insisted that the media organization would need $11,000 to come and cover the event. In an interview with The Daily Caller’s Mirror blog Wednesday night, Crow said Fleuette eventually acquiesced to $...

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