Andrew Breitbart — the American journalist, publisher, and media entrepreneur who founded Breitbart News and co-founded HuffPost — was born on this day — February 1, 1969 — in Los Angeles, California. He passed away in 2012 at the age of 43.

He was a graduate of Tulane University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies.

Breitbart is perhaps best remembered for the “Breitbart Doctrine” — his influential philosophy that “politics is downstream from culture.” A pioneer of the digital media age, he played a central role in the early development of The Drudge Report before launching his own network of “Big” sites, which aimed to challenge the traditional media landscape. His work as a media provocateur and his focus on cultural storytelling reshaped modern political discourse in the United States.

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