ABC tries (poorly) to explain affiliation with Breitbart, who proves point by lying about ties to ABC

Following the explosion from progressives on the internet and the reported aggravation from the ABC newsroom for hiring Andrew Breitbart to provide election night coverage, Andrew Morse, executive producer of ABC News digital, released a statement defending the move:

Since conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart announced on his website that he was going to be a participant in ABC's Town Hall meeting at Arizona State University, there has been considerable consternation and misinformation regarding my decision to ask him to participate in an election night Town Hall event on ABC News Digital. I want to explain what Mr. Breitbart's role has always been -- as one of our guests at our digital town hall event:

Mr. Breitbart is not an ABC News analyst.
He is not an ABC News consultant.
He is not, in any way, affiliated with ABC News.
He is not being paid by ABC News.
He has not been asked to analyze the results of the election for ABC News.

Mr. Breitbart will not be a part of the ABC News broadcast coverage, anchored by Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos.

He has been invited as one of several guests, from a variety of different political persuasions, to engage with a live, studio audience that will be closely following the election results and participating in an online-only discussion and debate.

While this clarifies things, it also proves the point, as Breitbart's Big Journalism site gave a decidedly different impression:

ABC announced their election night coverage early on and Big Journalism Editor Dana Loesch will join the network in studio for 6 p.m. – 2 a.m. election night; Bigs founder and head of the Breitbart empire Andrew Breitbart will be bringing analysis live from Arizona.

He lied. Again. His own site jumped the gun on ABC and announced he was providing analysis in-studio. He never said he was part of an off-site, on-line only discussion.

This is the damn point. ABC hired an already-proven liar and he's caused more controversy by lying about his hiring, forcing ABC to spend the weekend in damage control. Doesn't ABC get it? Breitbart is a PROVEN liar, and he just did it again. What did they expect?

Why does ABC think it's a good idea to give this man ANY platform, no matter how controlled they think that platform is?