Liberals and conservatives alike were shocked to hear that Andrew Breitbart, noted conservative publisher and editor, died early Thursday morning in Los Angeles. Breitbart, who was 43, founded BigJournalism.com and served as publisher of several other news websites, including Big Peace and Big Hollywood. He also helped launched the Huffington Post and served as an editor at the Drudge Report. Thousands of Breitbart’s supporters — as well as critics — took to Twitter to post their reactions to his sudden death.
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