Andrew Breitbart Spars With ABC News Over Election Night Role

Conservative web publisher expects to be on TV during midterm coverage; network says online-only

On the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, Andrew Breitbart and ABC News are involved in a war of words over his role in the network’s election night coverage.

Breitbart, the conservative web publisher, wrote in a post on his website that he expects to be featured on air as well as online on Tuesday. (Breitbart agreed to be part of a seven-hour “digital town hall” being put on by the network and Facebook.)

But according to ABC, Breitbart's role is online-only. "Mr. Breitbart exaggerated the role he would play on his blog," ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider told Yahoo.

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