Breitbart News is suing a 'major media company' for calling it a white nationalist website

Breitbart News released a statement announcing they are suing a media company.
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Breitbart News is preparing a lawsuit against a "major media company" after it says it was unfairly labeled a "white nationalist website," The Hill reports.

While it is unclear what website specifically Breitbart is taking aim at, many critics of Donald Trump have raised concerns about his naming of former Breitbart executive chairman Stephen Bannon to senior White House counselor and strategist. "Stephen Bannon, head of white nationalist 'alt-right' website Breitbart News, becomes Trump's senior counselor," Media Matters said, while a Washington Post op-ed described the website as "a party organ, a pathetic cog in the Trump-Media Complex and a gathering place for white nationalists." Mother Jones also wrote that "under Bannon's leadership, the site has plunged into the fever swamps of conservatism, cheering white nationalist groups as an 'eclectic mix of renegades,' accusing President Barack Obama of importing 'more hating Muslims,' and waging an incessant war against the purveyors of 'political correctness.'"

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.