Whenever Andrew Breitbart saw that somebody was being unfairly maligned by the institutional Left, he became that person's stalwart defender. Sarah Palin, perhaps more than any other person in recent history, endured the full weight of what Breitbart called the "Democrat-media complex," and so Sarah Palin had no more fierce a defender than Andrew Breitbart. He never explicitly endorsed her for President--Breitbart, as a rule, didn't endorse candidates. He wasn't a policy wonk, nor did he enjoy punditry--Breitbart's sights were consistently set on the media. He understood how the media can shape, influence, or even manipulate the general public's perception...
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