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CNN Publishes Internal Breitbart Messages

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CNN obtained and then published internal Breitbart communications in the aftermath of the revelation that Donald Trump Jr. met a Russian-connected lawyer
CNN obtained and then published internal Breitbart communications in the aftermath of the revelation that Donald Trump Jr. met a Russian-connected lawyer expecting dirt on Hillary Clinton from the Russian government.
Someone on Breitbart’s Slack channel — a messaging app — apparently gave passed a handful of messages over to CNN reporter Oliver Darcy.
The messages didn’ t contain anything too scandalous.
“So like, this is straight up collusion, ” Breitbart London editor-in-chief Raheem Kassem is reported as saying . “Right?”
Breitbart’s Washington editor, Matthew Boyle downplayed the revelation. “I mean I don’ t take this as a smoking gun at all, ” he said. “This is silly.” (RELATED: Trump Jr.: ‘In Retrospect… I Would Have Done Things A Little Differently’ )
The only two other Breitbart employees quoted in the article were senior editor Rebecca Mansour — who is quoted as saying, “Wow” — and deputy politics editor Amanda House, who wrote, “???????”
Darcy claimed that Breitbart’s internal messages were “emblematic of a larger sense of confusion that appeared to grip much of the pro-Trump media following the bombshell release of the Donald Trump Jr. emails.”

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