What is the legacy of right wing media baron Andrew Breitbart?
The fact that nobody would believe the initial reports of his death says it all.
You live on in the way that people remember you. If the first thing people think upon hearing of your passing is “he faked his own death, didn’t he?” that’s a bad sign.
Lindsay Beyerstein is an award-winning investigative journalist and In These Times staff writer who writes the blog Duly Noted. Her stories have appeared in Newsweek, Salon, Slate, The Nation, Ms. Magazine, and other publications. Her photographs have been published in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times’ City Room. She also blogs at The Hillman Blog (http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillmanblog), a publication of the Sidney Hillman Foundation, a non-profit that honors journalism in the public interest.
