One of the most supportive news portals for Trump said to open branch in Cairo soon. Breitbart News Network is a politically conservative American news, opinion and commentary website founded in 2007 by conservative commentator and entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart. Donald Trump has named Stephen Bannon, the executive chairman of far-right publication Breitbart News, as his chief strategist and senior counselor New York Times reported that "There is talk of Breitbart bureaus opening in Paris, Berlin and Cairo" Mainstream news outlets are soul-searching in the wake of being shocked by Donald J. Trump's election last week. But the team at Breitbart News, the right-wing opinion and news website that some critics have denounced as a hate site, is elated — and eager to expand on a victory that it views as a profound validation of its cause. "So much of the media mocked us, laughed at us, called us all sorts of names," Alexander Marlow, the site's editor in chief, said in an interview on Sunday. "And then for us to be seen as integral to the election of a president, despite all of that hatred, is something that we certainly enjoy, and savor." Breitbart not only championed Mr. Trump; its chairman, Stephen K. Bannon, helped run his campaign. On Sunday, Mr. Trump named Mr. Bannon as his chief White House strategist and senior counselor, further closing the distance between Breitbart's newsroom and the president-elect. Those who consider Mr. Trump, who has vilified the news media, a threat to the free press view Mr. Bannon's appointment as more cause for alarm. Critics say Breitbart now has the potential to play an unprecedented role in a modern presidency, as a weaponized media adjunct for the White House. "It will be as close as we are ever going to have — hopefully — to a state-run media enterprise," said Kurt Bardella, a former Breitbart spokesman who quit the site this year, saying it had turned into a de facto "super PAC" for Mr. Trump. Breitbart has been denounced as misogynist, racist and xenophobic, and it served as a clearinghouse for attacks on Mr. Trump's adversaries, spreading unsubstantiated rumors about Hillary Clinton's health and undermining its own reporter, Michelle Fields, after she accused Corey Lewandowski, then Mr. Trump's campaign manager, of assaulting her. The site frequently boasts about knowing the pulse of its readers. News articles with evocative headlines, like "Paris Streets Turned into WARZONE by Violent Migrants," are frequently followed by comments from readers about "the enemy within," migrant "scum" and the "Jewish-controlled media." Breitbart's writers often vilify the Black Lives Matter movement, emphasizing what they say is a wave of "black-on-black crime." But the site's influence on social media, where more and more Americans now consume information, has been palpable. On election night, Breitbart's Facebook page received the fourth-highest number of user interactions on the entire platform — beating Fox News, CNN and The New York Times. Mr. Marlow, the editor, praised Mr. Bannon on Sunday, saying, "Steve understands the voters, the American people, better than just about anyone." But he rejected the premise that Breitbart could become an American version of Pravda. "Our loyalty is not going to be to Donald Trump; our loyalty is to our readers and to our values," Mr. Marlow, 30, said. "That's regardless of what role Steve has." "If Trump runs his administration and honors the voters who voted him in, we're all good," Mr. Marlow added. "But if he is going to turn his back on those values and principles that drove his voters to the polls, we're going to be highly critical. We're not going to think twice about it."
