We wouldn’t want to be Andrew Breitbart right about now. That’s because Shirley Sherrod, the former Agricultural Department employee who was fired after Breitbart released a doctored video making her appear racist, is now suing him for damaging her reputation.
Shirley Sherrod knows controversy. Her speech Sunday at a D.C. church shows that she isn’t going to let a very public misunderstanding of her to keep her from speaking her
It was an odd moment in the annals of thwarted public closure. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, when he scheduled a media appearance with former USDA official Shirley Sherrod, was plainly hoping for a moment of emotionally compelling vindication, to help put the embarrassment of Sherrod's forced resignation behind him and his agency. Instead, the news conference yielded no news: Sherrod said she's not planning to resume work at the USDA, at least for now.
Shirley Sherrod, the fired and subsequently vindicated Department of Agriculture employee, said today she will sue the conservative blogger who posted doctored video on the Internet last week that made her appear racist.
A former USDA employee who resigned after a video surfaced of her talking about a white farmer told CNN on Tuesday that the administration "wasn't interested in hearing the truth."
