McTN, what’s amazing is the NAACP couldn’t wait to hop on the bandwagon to pillory Sherrod. What is it with people in this country? They apparently lack any ability to think clearly and consider something before joining in a vicious attack.

Every mean little white boy can do and say ANYTHING and it gets a pass—of a boy who blew up his family’s garage: “Oh, he’s a good boy”—but let women or anyone of color blink twice and it’s time for the inquisition.

Well, Hallelujah! Finally.
In the American system, the only thing that keeps creeps like Breitbart in line is the threat of lawsuit.
He DOES have a right to say what he wants. But Sherrod has the right to strip him of everything he owns for saying it.
I say go for it. Pass the popcorn.

I do hope this goes to court, so I can hear all the dirty details.  Breitbart apparently thought he’d gotten away with it; that he could doctor tape to suit his purposes.  This is classic right wing media—make shit up.  So what if it hurts someone? 

I still can’t believe that Ms Sherrod was asked to resign over this story. That she wasn’t even allowed to defend herself.  Did the people she worked with for months actually think she could say something like this?  Didn’t they know her, consider the source?  Why did they assume Breitbart right and Sherrod not even worth listening to?

Magus12: You are kinder than me.  You presume they’ll be able to get away with negligence or reckless disregard, rather than deliberate mis-representation.

Breitbart obviously has never heard of the slander and libel laws:

If you knowingly and deliberately say or publish something that is false with the intent of hurting someone by having people think it is true, and that person is hurt, they are entitled to force you to cease and desist, and to pay financial damages.

You cannot destroy someone’s career with lies and then claim that freedom of speech exempts you, anymore than you can cry “FIRE!” in a crowded theater and, after the ensuing panic, stampede, and inevitable injuries and deaths, claim freedom of speech to exempts you there, too.

Even THIS Supreme Court has never shown any inclination in overturning existing defamation of character laws.