The Next James O’Keefe Sting

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Given that O'Keefe misleadingly edited the ACORN tapes to make it appear that ACORN employees were responding to questions that weren't actually asked, why are you taking seriously anything the guy says, much less giving the impression that he's a reliable or honest broker? The real story is the way ACORN was slandered by a media circus which has shown absolutely no interest in the truth on this.

“Responding to questions that weren't actually asked.”

Are you nuts?

The Questions WERE asked of ACORN employees, read the transcripts and listen to the audio – they corroborate the videos.

You have no leg to stand on – so you resort to conspiracy theories about overdubbing.

While people dispute whether he wore a PIMP costume in, that doesn't take away from what the substance of what the Employees said

Which videos? The ones that they released that obviously are “edited,” or the ones that were not released, that you appear to be relying on and taking as gospel?
The costume is a red herring; the context of the ACORN employees answers is everything.
So, why won't Breitbart and O'Keefe release the original videos?

you call the obvious editing of the video a 'conspiracy theory' ; the video, as presented, was edited, period. Any transcripts of an edited tape simply amplify the hoax—they don't corroborate any facts. Maybe you should put your energy into working some overtime at work; then you'll have some $$ to contribute to O'Keefe and his co-conspirator's lawyers.
Just a suggestion

The tapes are clearly edited, and there's been talk that a couple of media labs have proven that one question was dubbed in. Not even lossy audio encoding can hide changes in equalization, phase and audio heuristics.

You're pulling the wool over your own eyes, Greg. And James O'Keefe's latest scam… er, sting is not going to be taken seriously because both o'Keefe and Breitbart are by any objective measure discredited phonies.

Greg said:

“Are you nuts?
The Questions WERE asked of ACORN employees, read the transcripts and listen to the audio – they corroborate the videos.”

Setting aside the fact that you're citing unauthenticated transcripts and audio published by the admitted hoaxsters (and accused felon), to “corroborate the videos”, in fact, they do no such thing. Have you bothered to read their transcripts? They actually show that the bulk of what is depicted on the highly-edited, heavily-overdubbed videos was stitched together to suggest something other than what actually happened in those offices.

That said…

“While people dispute whether he wore a PIMP costume in, that doesn't take away from what the substance of what the Employees said”

Okay. I'll bite. What was “the substance” of the employees said that has so offended you? Mind you, several of them have been fired for having violated ACORN's written protocols, and none of them have even been charged with any crimes, despite a number of official investigations. But, that said, what was “the substance” of what they said that bothers you so and which somehow proves ACORN to be the “criminal organization” that O'Keefe/Giles and Breitbart have painted them as, even while blatantly lying about the videos themselves, over and again?

I have a great idea for a new O'Keefe video sting …He should go to the offices of the National Right to Life committee and ask for advise on how to bomb clinics and murder doctors in cold blood . He could probably get some interesting footage …but don't hold your breath waiting to see it on FoxNews !

First of all, O'Keefe and his videos are hardly credible at all at this point. As succinctly put regarding the recent ruling on the Brooklyn ACORN case, “they edited the tape to meet their agenda.” That's nothing new for O'Keefe, as attested by his former friend Liz Farkas. Like the ACORN vids, I'm sure this “sting” in Detroit is completely mocked up.

But I have to say, as someone who grew up in the Greater Metro Detroit area, something really sickens me about this stunt.

I am absolutely dumbfounded that a supposed “investigative journalist” could pass right through downtown Detroit, and target HUD or the Free Press, without a single concern for the devastated landscape around him. Where's the investigation about homeless children in Cass Corridor? Where's the investigation into the pollution and joblessness in Del Rey, or Downriver?

It's very telling that an elitist troll like O’keefe can totally bypass the harsh truth of urban poverty in his fanatical zeal to target support networks for the poor. Believe it or not, but poverty is a very visible reality in Detroit, as anyone from around there knows. What kind of pig can just ignore all that in a zealously partisan attempt to smear one of the few lifelines many impoverished Detroiters have?

You know, there is a human cost to O’Keefe’s stunts… the truly innocent people that ACORN serves are the only ones who have really been effected by his stunt. While he bangs away at his laptop, employed at the behest of the burgeoning sociopathic witch-hunter Breitbart, wallowing in funds from high-rollers like Peter Thiel, there are poor people out there that have nowhere to go, thanks to the likes of James O’Keefe.

Sometimes, it’s best to look beyond web-pages, political write-ups or online videos, and just see the physical reality that is there.

O’Keefe asks a staffer, What if I bought a place for $50,000, but the seller and I agreed to write down $80,000 as the purchase price?

“Flip it any way you want,” the staffer replies.

What if the place is worth much less — like only $6,000?

“Yup, you can do that.”

Is it possible that this had been misinterpreted by the employee? As in O'Keefe asks if he can buy the house and claim it was worth more but the employee thinking that O'Keefe would buy the house and then resell it for more, considering the staffer's use of the word “flip”?

Not to sound biased, but I don't really trust O'Keefe, considering his glimmering track record.
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