debeda

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

James Edward O'Keefe III is just another discredited political activist.

James Edward O'Keefe III (born June 28, 1984) is an American conservative political activist. He produces secretly recorded undercover audio and video encounters with figures and workers in academic, governmental and social service organizations, purporting to show abusive or allegedly illegal behavior by employees and/or representatives of those organizations. He has been criticized for selectively editing videos to misrepresent the context of conversations and the subjects' responses, creating the false impression that people said or did things they did not.

He gained national attention for his video recordings of workers at Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) offices in 2009, his arrest and guilty plea in 2010 for entering the federal office of then-U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) under false pretenses, and the release of videos of conversations with two high-ranking, now former, NPR executives in 2011.

When his videos portraying ACORN workers seemingly aiding a couple in criminal planning hit the 24-hour cable news cycle, the U.S. Congress quickly voted to freeze funds for the non-profit. The national controversy resulted in the non-profit also losing most of its private funding before investigations of the videos concluded no illegal activity occurred. In March 2010, ACORN was close to bankruptcy and had to close or rename most of its offices. Shortly after, the California State Attorney General's Office and the US Government Accountability Office released their related investigative reports. The Attorney General's Office found that O'Keefe had misrepresented the actions of ACORN workers in California and that the workers had not broken any laws. A preliminary probe by the GAO found that ACORN had managed its federal funds appropriately. One of the fired ACORN workers sued O'Keefe for invasion of privacy; O'Keefe issued an apology and agreed to pay $100,000 in a settlement.

In June 2010, O'Keefe formed a 501(c) organization, Project Veritas.

Mikeyavelli

He's about to blow the lid off again. I like this guy. He's got guts and the wherewithal to do it.
As usual, the lefties are more concerned over the messenger than incriminating videos or emails. That's their only defense, but, it seems to work. The messenger gets punished, not the criminal.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

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I believe Project Veritas is a good thing.
I also believe that no Govt. agency should be unionized.

I have worked in Union Foundrys and non-union foundarys and it seemed to me that the people who didn't want to earn their pay (malingers) needed a union.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

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Right On Mikey

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Mikey, if you had read my initial posting in its entirety, you would understand why James Edward O'Keefe has been so discredited.

"He has been criticized for selectively editing videos to misrepresent the context of conversations and the subjects' responses, creating the false impression that people said or did things they did not."

"The Attorney General's Office found that O'Keefe had misrepresented the actions of ACORN workers in California and that the workers had not broken any laws. A preliminary probe by the GAO found that ACORN had managed its federal funds appropriately. One of the fired ACORN workers sued O'Keefe for invasion of privacy; O'Keefe issued an apology and agreed to pay $100,000 in a settlement."

Clearly, "the messenger" was was the one involved in criminal behavior.

debeda

Gosh, I wonder why ACORN got cleared?

debeda

debeda

I agree about the union thing!!! Civil service employees already have an "employment agreement " of sorts. A union is just redundant. I don't think it's just that union workers put forth less effort. They feel like they are allowed to do a certain amount of goofing off cuz someone will fight for them.

debeda

Really? Selectively edited videos? You mean like kamala Harris, CNN, MSNBC? Like that? Omigosh how terrible!

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

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One reason so many jobs left this country that None of the news media reports is because of the labor unions demands that forced the corporations to foreign countries because of the demand for higher wages and benefits to union employees in the USA. Neither of the political parties will say anything about this.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Yes, it is terrible. Wrong is wrong...no matter who does it. Keep in mind, Dan Rather lost his job due to wrongful/questionable reporting and deservedly so.

debeda

AGREED

debeda

And that was long ago. When reporters were expected to be honest journalists. It's why I now read everything, from NYT to Politico to WND. Usually the truth is in there somewhere if you can get the slant out. However, with O'Keefe I'm guessing he learned his lesson. Or I hope he's not dumb enough to open himself up to 8 or 10 lawsuits. The tape I posted was the first in a series. And I'm interested to hear what the government's (my) employees are saying.