This seems like slam piece with the intent to discredit Breitbart and dogfood it to the HackerNews/tech community. There's probably something going to drop really soon relating to Clinton Foundation, the "dossier", or UraniumOne that Breitbart will cover.
Breitbart is a bastion for free-thinking much like HackerNews. While you may criticize their opinions, it's at least sane reporting... instead of cheerleading and narrative controlling like CNN and NBC.
All centralized power structures will transform into threats. The future of information technology will be in decentralization/anonymity... not centralization and always-public models.