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story in a piece for Breitbart, his
current employer.
“As for the Menendez story,
my original pieces focused on
both the travel and the prostitution allegations,” Boyle told The
Huffington Post in an email. “Breitbart News has chosen to focus
on the influence peddling, crony
capitalism and corruption issues.
Senator Menendez is a Democrat,
and he is being protected by what
Andrew Breitbart used to call the
Democrat Media Complex. If Senator Menendez were a Republican,
the mainstream media would have
been all over the story day one.”
In addition to discussing the
Menendez saga, Boyle also responded to several questions
about the place conservative reporters occupy in the broader
media universe and why, in his
opinion, national media may not
follow-up on some of the bigger
controversies on the right. HuffPost agreed to include his responses in full, as per his request:
“To your first question, yes. I
believe you and I had a similar
discussion when we talked about
Operation Fast and Furious last
summer when you interviewed
me,” Boyle said. “How many times
does new media need to beat the
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mainstream establishment media
to stories before they realize that
the new media is better than they
are? Fast and Furious. Solyndra.
Weinergate. Occupy. Congressional insider trading. Crony Capitalism. Obamacare waivers in Pelosi’s district. JournoList. ACORN.
Monica Lewinsky. Shall I go on?”
“As for why, first off, reporters
are often lazy,” Boyle continued.
“Second, reporters naturally lean
left politically. Which is fine —
everyone is entitled to their own
opinion. But they should be open
about their politics and how it
affects their work, rather than
hiding it from their readers and
their viewers. Everything from
story selection to source building to how stories are framed are
shaped by reporters’ personal
politics. The mainstream media claims to be objective while
pushing a liberal agenda as writ.”
As for Erickson’s critique of conservative reporting, Boyle said, “I