Publisher David Frum’s pettiness knows no bounds. Earlier today he falsely accused Andrew Breitbart of having sought out an invitation to a party at his house:

Breitbart emphatically denied having “sought” an invitation to the party, which was for Roger L. Simon’s book, Blacklisting Myself. Over at Simon’s Pajamas Media, Simon went on record supporting Breitbart:

So, according to the guest of honor of the aforementioned party, Breitbart was invited not once, but twice. Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence, Frum has yet to formerly retract the bogus (and alarmingly trivial) charge against Breitbart. We respectfully ask that he do so post haste.

Additionally, it should be noted that Frum’s wife, Danielle Crittenden, is piling on Breitbart, first by calling him a sinner and then by chastising the BigJournalism publisher, who is Jewish, by saying “I bet you’re super tight with Mel Gibson”:

Though there is nothing in Crittenden’s tweets that needs to be retracted, the Frum family twitter tactics provide a potent example of the hypocrisy inherent to many of those quickest to decry “extremist rhetoric,” for they are often the quickest to employ a rhetorical smear campaign of their own.