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Breitbart is trying to position itself as a competitor to the mainstream press. The reality is that the right-wing outlet is in an entirely different line of business.
Oliver Darcy
January 28, 2025
Breitbart's Matt Boyle at a press briefing. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
On Tuesday evening, top luminaries in MAGA Media crowded into the Butterworth's, a trendy French bistro located in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol. "War Room" host Steve Bannon, The National Pulse's Raheem Kassam, and Human Events' Jack Posobiec had convened their fellow brethren at the hot spot to celebrate the "return" of Matthew Boyle, the Washington editor of Breitbart.
Like Donald Trump, Boyle had over the past four years fled to Florida to ride out Joe Biden's time in office. But now, with Trump back in the White House, Boyle was keen on making a triumphant return to the national stage. Indeed, invitations to the affair, which a tipster sent me a copy of, declared, "THE HAMMER RETURNS," an apparent — and somewhat rib-tickling — reference to Boyle.
“Today, a new dawn has risen and the new media is taking over here,” Boyle told the packed venue, according to an attendee.
For weeks, Boyle has been…
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