{"id":1422524,"date":"2022-04-06T18:44:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T22:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1422524"},"modified":"2022-04-06T18:44:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T22:44:59","slug":"eric-boehlert-andrew-breitbarts-worthy-left-wing-opponent-dies-at-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-boehlert-andrew-breitbarts-worthy-left-wing-opponent-dies-at-57\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Boehlert, Andrew Breitbart&#039;s Worthy Left-wing Opponent, Dies at 57"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feric-boehlert-andrew-breitbarts-worthy-left-wing-opponent-dies-at-57%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1422524&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Left-wing writer Eric Boehlert, 57, a former Media Matters pundit who clashed frequently with Breitbart News founder Andrew Breitbart, was killed tragically Monday in New Jersey when he was struck by a train while riding his bicycle.<\/p>\n<p>NorthJersey.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/story\/news\/essex\/montclair\/2022\/04\/06\/eric-boehlert-killed-train-montclair-nj\/9485476002\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A Montclair bicyclist who was killed by a New Jersey Transit train near the town\u2019s Watchung Avenue station Monday night was writer Eric Boehlert, founder and editor of Press Run, a blog about the media, according to his wife, Tracy Breslin.<\/p>\n<p>Boehlert, 57, was a veteran writer and media analyst and a frequent television and radio guest discussing politics and the press on CNN and CNBC. He was a founding editor of Salon magazine, a fellow with Media Matters, and a former writer with Rolling Stone and Billboard magazines. He wrote two books, \u201cLapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush,\u201d and \u201cBloggers on the Bus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Breslin and Boehlert, married for 29 years, have two grown children and are longtime Montclair residents. The 6-foot-4 Boehlert was a familiar figure around town on his daily runs, and he loved to bike through town in the evenings, Breslin said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Boehlert worked for the George Soros-funded Media Matters for America, and became a repeated foil for Andrew Breitbart, who caricatured \u201csenior fellow\u201d Boehlert as an archetype of left-wing political orthodoxy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eric Boehlert blogger <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBoehlert?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EricBoehlert<\/a> continues to spin wheels over deflated &#8216;birther&#8217; meme as political weapon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AndrewBreitbart (@AndrewBreitbart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewBreitbart\/status\/70283726176784385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBoehlert?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ericboehlert<\/a> really a &#8216;senior fellow&#8217;? Shock Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmfa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mmfa<\/a> insider says boehlert plagiarized Mad Lib to gain lofty stenography status.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AndrewBreitbart (@AndrewBreitbart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewBreitbart\/status\/15275393504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Boehlert gave as good as he got:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From bad to worse: Is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewBreitbart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andrewbreitbart<\/a> Trying For &#8220;Stupidest Conspiracy Theory&#8221; Award With Pigford Allegations? http:\/\/bit.ly\/hCwn65<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBoehlert\/status\/37550996582305792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sometimes the insults were crude, personal \u2014 and hilarious:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBoehlert?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EricBoehlert<\/a> For example, you could get <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidCornDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DavidCornDC<\/a> to tweet: &#8216;Some have neatly trimmed beards, but few as handsome as my man Boehlert&#8217;s!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AndrewBreitbart (@AndrewBreitbart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewBreitbart\/status\/2749547730178048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just reconnected Facebook to Twitter. It&#8217;s been a few months. Apologies to my friends. Will get back to busting Boehlert&#8217;s balls ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AndrewBreitbart (@AndrewBreitbart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewBreitbart\/status\/17846925827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBoehlert?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EricBoehlert<\/a> Between you &#038; me the stupidity you display for all to see gives me the shivers. I want an Eric Boehlert Newseum display now!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AndrewBreitbart (@AndrewBreitbart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewBreitbart\/status\/28821325702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite these acrimonious exchanges, Boehlert offered condolences on Breitbart\u2019s passing in March 2012:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Condolences to Andrew Breitbart&#8217;s friends and family today. He was a force of nature and a passionate foe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBoehlert\/status\/175256889611915265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Boehlert\u2019s gesture was a contrast to the reactions of others on the left, including Bill Maher, who smeared Breitbart as \u201cracist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of <\/em>Breitbart News Sunday<em> on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neither-Free-nor-Fair-Presidential-ebook\/dp\/B08PNN54BB\">Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/a>. His recent book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerstreet.com\/titles\/joel-b-pollak\/red-november\/9781546099840\/\">RED NOVEMBER<\/a><em>, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelpollak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@joelpollak<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-wing writer Eric Boehlert, 57, a former Media Matters pundit who clashed frequently with Breitbart News founder Andrew Breitbart, was killed tragically Monday in New Jersey when he was struck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1422524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}