This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Conservative Internet publisher, activist and commentator Andrew Breitbart — founder of Breitbart.com, BigGovernment.com and other widely read websites — has died in Los Angeles. An exposé by Breitbart News is a for-profit organization. All rights reserved. or redistributed. Breitbart, who was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner and former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Los Angeles. All rights reserved. However, the voters in question died Support for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaignSupport for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Earlier in his career, he worked for the Drudge Report before breaking off to start his own outlets -- including Big Government, Big Hollywood and Breitbart.tv. https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/AP120210167298.jpg?ve=1&tl=1https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/181c6350-AP110607148670.jpg?ve=1&tl=1June 7, 2011: Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, who runs BigGovernement.com and BigJournalism.com, is shown during an interview at the Associated Press in New York.https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/181c6350-AP110607148670.jpg?ve=1&tl=1https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/AP110606041108.jpg?ve=1&tl=1June 6, 2011: Conservative activist Andrew Breitbart, right, who runs BigGovernment.com, watches U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., at podium left, address a news conference in New York.https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/AP110606041108.jpg?ve=1&tl=1https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/AP10091803961.jpg?ve=1&tl=1Sept. 18, 2010: Andrew Breitbart, right, of Los Angeles makes his point known to Gene Winkler of Naperville, Ili., outside the Sears Centre, in Hoffman Estates, Ill. as demonstrators gather to protest Glenn Beck. 2,264,411 talking about this. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/AP110607037386.jpg?ve=1&tl=1https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/AP110607037394.jpg?ve=1&tl=1FILE - In a Tuesday, June 7, 2011 file photo, conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, who runs BigGovernement.com and BigJournalism.com, gestures as he speaks during an interview at the Associated Press' headquarters in New York. The Breitbart article was framed to suggest that the ballots were not legitimately cast and thus evidence of extensive voter fraud. The spectacular fall of a center-of-power populist Breitbart News editor Julia Hahn followed Bannon to the White House, where she was appointed as Bannon's aide, as well as Special Assistant to President Trump. The website hosted a number of memorials for him. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/918/516/AP110606041355.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 Upon the launch of Big Journalism, he told BigPeace.com, which later became the National Security component of Breitbart News, debuted on July 4, 2010. breitbart business insider buzzfeed cbs news cbs news local c-span chicago sun-times chicago trib christian science cnbc cnn daily beast daily caller deadline hollywood der spiegel e! Its journalists are widely considered to be ideologically driven, and some of its content has been called misogynistic, xenophobic, and racist by liberals and many traditional conservativesalike. Breitbart News Network (known commonly as Breitbart News, Breitbart or Breitbart.com) is an American far-right syndicated news, opinion and commentary website founded in mid-2007 by American conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart, who conceived it as "the Huffington Post of the right".