Andrew Breitbart's 'Big Journalism' Bloggers Use Antisemitic Nazi-Era Cartoon

Andrew Breitbart’s ‘Big Journalism’ Bloggers Use Antisemitic Nazi-Era Cartoon

The far right roots of Andrew Breitbart’s bloggers come bursting to the surface

WingnutsDecember 2011 • Views: 29,420

This is just mind-boggling.

On at least three occasions in the past year, bloggers at Andrew Breitbart’s “Big Journalism” website have posted a modified image that comes directly from a virulently antisemitic Nazi-era German magazine: Cartoon Regularly Featured On Big Journalism Connected To Nazi-Era Magazine.

The image appeared in a Big Journalism post Thursday morning credited to Logan Churchwell, director of public relations at Accuracy in Media…

That image has since been removed from the post. Big Journalism, which is edited by CNN contributor Dana Loesch, also used the cartoon in a January 8 blog post credited to Warner Todd Huston, and in a July 2 post…

The cartoon appears to have originated in a 1942 edition of the German magazine Kladderadatsch.

Heidelberg University in Germany maintains an online archive of Kladderadatsch. From the magazine’s March 29, 1942, edition:

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23 comments

Kragar Thu, Dec 15, 2011 8:51:06pm

So, they just have Nazi propaganda lying around and its no big deal to use it to make their point if they think no one will notice?

Good to know.

Charles Johnson Thu, Dec 15, 2011 8:53:40pm

Very sad - Christopher Hitchens died tonight.

deadletterboy Thu, Dec 15, 2011 8:54:03pm

re: #1 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

No, no, it’s ok, see, because they took the Star of David off and added Obama’s symbol on the jacket. See, totally different. And I mean, if the Left dares Godwin them on this, that explanation will totally take the wind out of their sails! Ha! Well played Breitbart.
/sarc

deadletterboy Thu, Dec 15, 2011 8:54:15pm

re: #2 Charles

That is extremely sad.

Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 15, 2011 8:55:23pm

re: #2 Charles

Very sad - Christopher Hitchens died tonight.

No! He is with the other Angels, now.

HappyWarrior Thu, Dec 15, 2011 8:57:15pm

re: #2 Charles

Very sad - Christopher Hitchens died tonight.

RIP Hitch.

HappyWarrior Thu, Dec 15, 2011 8:57:38pm

Pathetic as shit by the way.

Dancing along the light of day Thu, Dec 15, 2011 8:57:59pm

re: #2 Charles

Linky? I do hope he didn’t suffer. Such an erudite and articulate man. Blessings to his family. And Peace be with them.

Targetpractice Thu, Dec 15, 2011 9:00:15pm

re: #2 Charles

Very sad - Christopher Hitchens died tonight.

I hadn’t even known he was sick til I looked it up just now. Seems cancer has claimed another shining star this year. My condolences to his family and friends.

SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Dec 15, 2011 9:04:23pm

re: #2 Charles

Very sad - Christopher Hitchens died tonight.

I am sorry to hear that. May his family be comforted.

fbihop Thu, Dec 15, 2011 9:04:32pm

Your move, Allen West.

Dark_Falcon Thu, Dec 15, 2011 9:09:10pm

re: #11 fbihop

Your move, Allen West.

And if West is true to his oath, he needs to cut ties to Breitbart.

SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Dec 15, 2011 9:12:30pm

As for the thread topic: wow. That’s gonna leave a mark.

Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Dec 15, 2011 10:03:20pm

That’s really nauseating.

Somebody was aware they were using a Nazi cartoon, and used it anyway.

One wonders if they approved, or disapproved, of the original meaning.

FemNaziBitch Thu, Dec 15, 2011 10:10:55pm

re: #14 EmmmieG

That’s really nauseating.

Somebody was aware they were using a Nazi cartoon, and used it anyway.

One wonders if they approved, or disapproved, of the original meaning.

Honestly, if they were in their early 20’s (and not Jewish) they probably wouldn’t understand the significance.

We haven’t done a good enough job of teaching history.

Lidane Thu, Dec 15, 2011 10:15:09pm

I wish I could express some sort of shock or surprise at this, but that’s not possible.

I can honestly believe that these people deliberately used a Nazi image and that they knew damn well what it was and what it means. Nothing about the far right in this country shocks me anymore.

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Dec 15, 2011 10:52:01pm

Just when I think the breitbart crew has reached a new low, they somehow manage to go lower and deeper. Sickening.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Dec 15, 2011 10:52:16pm

Wow, a lot of sites use this:

[Link: images.google.com…]

Flavia Thu, Dec 15, 2011 11:13:57pm

re: #15 ggt

Honestly, if they were in their early 20’s (and not Jewish) they probably wouldn’t understand the significance.

We haven’t done a good enough job of teaching history.

Hmmm, I am of two minds here, and will reply to you as a jumping-off place.

Yeah, it was obvious they did know, because they carefully out the Star of David.

But, I honestly (to borrow your phrase) don’t think they meant it to be offensive to Jews (in fact, I think they wanted to be very careful not to offend Jews (hence their editing) no matter how poorly they may have not accomplished that), but to show their contempt for the Liberal Media (as they see it). I can’t get too offended by this (but I will definitely never tell anyone else they shouldn’t be), but I can see where it still reflects poorly on them.

Flavia Thu, Dec 15, 2011 11:16:05pm

re: #18 Sergey Romanov

Wow, a lot of sites use this:

[Link: images.google.com…]

I not only had NO IDEA you could search for images like this, I have always thought it would be “so cool” if we could, and been upset by the “lack of ability” to do this - & yet it was right there all along (kinda like those ruby slippers being able to take me home, I just didn’t know they could)! Can’t thank you enough for sharing!

OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Dec 15, 2011 11:54:19pm

Conservative bigot is conservative, and bigoted.

Tommy B Fri, Dec 16, 2011 12:15:05am

Another version of this image, with neither the Star of David nor the Obama campaign logo, appeared here in September 2010. Notice the author of the article gives a hat tip to Breitbart.

Given that the words “MEDIA BIAS” appear on both this version of the image and the version used by Big Journalism, it appears that someone from Big Journalism picked up this version of the image and added the Obama logo. It’s still very embarrassing for them that nobody realized the image’s origins (the man’s stereotypically Jewish facial features in combination with the controlling-the-media meme should have set off alarm bells), but it’s not quite as nefarious as knowingly lifting the image direct from a Nazi magazine.

As an aside, I knew Warner Todd Huston in a previous incarnation when he used to troll web forums on the now-defunct ezboard network. It comes as absolutely no surprise to me that such a prize example of wingnuttery now writes for Breitbart.

Genshed Fri, Dec 16, 2011 8:14:34am

I wonder what, if anything, Ben Stein and Dennis Prager will have to say about this. Because, you know, the leftists are the real anti-Semites.

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