Thursday, March 01, 2012
MEDIA MADNESS: ANDREW BREITBART DEAD AT 43 (OPINION)
By Eric Longabardi
This morning the sad news splashed across the media world, Andrew Breitbart, 43 of Los Angeles was dead. Andrew died while out taking a walk near his Brentwood, CA home according to a statement issued by his website.
Andrew was a guy who stood up for what he believed in and didn't back down from a fight, even when he was fighting an 800-pound gorilla in a rigged event. I always admired that.
Andrew and I knew each other for some time.
We even have had occasion to meet each other in person and spend a lunch together recently. We weren't best friends or anything close, but we were pretty well acquainted.
Andrew was a very smart guy. His intellect, wit and humor were as fast and focused as a supersonic jet.
Was Andrew perfect, no he wasn't and neither am I, but what Andrew did to take on the mainstream media establishment as an outsider looking in, is something no one before him had even come close to achieving like he did. Andrew did the stories and espoused the opinions nobody else dared express before. All of it because of the established built-in bias and group-think in the mainstream media that had gone mostly unchallenged until recent years.
My condolences go out to his wife, children and other family.
Keep giving them hell Andrew!, even from your final resting place.
RIP Andrew Breitbart.
You will be missed.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
EXCLUSIVE: SECURITY BREACH PILOT REVEALED: DRUG PLANE INTERCEPT IN OBAMA AIRSPACE BY FIGHTER JETS OVER SOCAL
By Eric Longabardi
The Enterprise Report has exclusively obtained the identity of the pilot who caused a near-security meltdown over the Los Angeles area last week when a single engine Cessna 182 he was flying, allegedly laden with drugs, flew into a "no-fly zone" surrounding U.S. President Barack Obama, as the President flew on his 'Marine One' helicopter from John Wayne Airport in Orange County, CA to Los Angeles International Airport
The pilot, Brian J. Choppin, 43 of Buellton, California, was flying the small plane when he was intercepted by two F-16's sent from March Air Force Base in Riverside, CA. Choppin and the plane were escorted by the military jets until he landed at Long Beach Airport. Long Beach airport is on the south-north route between Orange County and Los Angeles. Choppin is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High in Long Beach according to his Facebook page, but now lives and works in the Buellton California area. Choppin did not return a request for comment sent to him by The Enterprise Report.
Long Beach Police spokesman Nancy Pratt says charges are expected to be filed "in the next few days" against Choppin by Long Beach narcotics detectives. Choppin was released on bail last Friday, only a day after the incident took place. Pratt says any criminal case will be handled by Los Angeles District Attorney's office.
Read the arrest and jail release info below:
Choppin has a long and extensive past as a skydiver and base-jumper according to an investigation by The Enterprise Report. According to the owner of the airplane, David "Clem" Major of Grover Beach, CA, Choppin "rented the plane" and the two "knew each other through that world" of skydiving. The Enterprise Report spoke with Major exclusively yesterday. Major said he was "unaware" of any drugs being flown and had "previously rented the plane to Choppin" on other occasions. He wouldn't elaborate on how many times he had done so in the past. Major says he was contacted by the D.E.A. shortly after the incident by phone, but hasn't heard from them since.
Major is an experienced aerial stuntman and has worked extensively in Hollywood for years. His resume even includes work on the Movie "Air Force One", starring Harrison Ford. The film tells the fictional account of a takeover of the U.S. president's 747 airplane by terrorists.
The U.S. Secret Service which protects the President interviewed Choppin upon arrival at Long Beach Airport on the day of the incident. They quickly determined Choppin had no ill intent towards the President on his flight south to Long Beach from central California when he breached the security zone around the President's aircraft.
The incident which was widely inaccurately reported by some media outlets who claimed the airplane had violated the secure 'no fly zone' around 'Air Force One' as the Presidential Boeing 747 was flying to San Francisco from Los Angeles. In fact, the incident occurred while the President was aboard a Marine helicopter dubbed 'Marine One' while in transit from John Wayne Airport in Orange County, CA. President Obama had made a stop to attend a political fundraiser in Newport Beach, CA earlier that morning.
Friday, November 25, 2011
2ND ANNUAL ENTERPRISE REPORT INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING MEDIA TURKEY OF THE YEAR AWARD: WINNER JASON LANNING
By Eric Longabardi
In the spirit of the season we started a new tradition here at
The Enterprise Report last year.
It was our first annual MEDIA TURKEY AWARDS!
We are back for our second year!
After serious consideration by an esteemed panel* (not really, about 5-minutes max was spent on this) Actually the winner is a direct selection of TER's editor ERIC LONGABARDI. We do apologize for the delay of a day in handing out this year's award, we were busy gobbling down turkey and the fixin's yesterday and enjoying the new Muppet movie with my child and her grandmother today.
Until yesterday we really didn't think anybody had really earned the coveted award this year. That was until someone sent us a link to an obscure blog that mentioned our mullti award-winning online news site by name. So we of course quickly reconsidered!
We have a winner again this year!
Our winner in a landslide is Jason Lanning, a so-called reporter based in Florida.
Jason it seems didn't like the fact that The Enterprise Report published his mugshot over two years ago (along with a few other media types who had some legal trouble in the sunshine state in the Tampa area) on this site after he was arrested. He also didn't like the fact that other media outlets did the same. Jason has since been cleared of some the charges brought against him. We applaud him getting his day in court. Good for you Jason.
Jason saw fit to republish false, libelous and defamatory material about TER publisher Eric Longabardi personally on a sorry looking blog he publishes. After I pointed that fact out to Jason directly via his blog after being pointed to it, the spineless excuse for a reporter retracted what he had previously published and instead placed a link to the libelous material.
That should tell you everything you need to know about Jason Lanning. He is the kind of joke who should learn journalistic ethics (and journalism itself) before he starts going off half-cocked about what he thinks he learned in the minor leagues of the TV infotainment business.
The story TER published in 2009 about this guy Jason was in a humor feature section we call "Media Mugs: People in the News". What the feature is about, (this is for Jason, since he didn't seem to understand the premise) is a humor feature about when people in the media get in trouble with the law.
We can only guess that Jason didn't get the joke or his IQ is too low to understand the concept. Nonetheless, as with everything we publish on this online news site, it was entirely accurate and fair.
We also would like to point out to Jason that if he feels our publication was libelous or defamatory, he should say so and find himself a good media lawyer. So far he has yet to even contact editor Eric Longabardi in regards to the publishing of the story of his arrest.
We can only guess he didn't get the joke. For the record, TER's publisher/editor would love to see his own mugshot online, problem is he (nor nobody else) has yet to find one! I'm sure Jason will keep on trying, we wish him luck chasing ghosts as well as his own shadow!
But that's OK, inexperienced hack local TV infotainment reporters claiming to be "journalists" is pretty typical these days.
Nonetheless, Lanning has earned our MEDIA TURKEY AWARD for his year!
Congratulations Jason! It's not a Dupont, but it's something for you to put on your resume!
Happy Thanksgiving Turkey!
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