O'Keefe's outing of ACORN and the Baby Parts sellers opened some eyes and sent a few people to jail. I hope his work with Creamer and crew will do the same.
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| White House Urges ‘Extreme Caution' To Viewers of Project Veritas Videos |
| 2016-10-20 |
| [Breitbart] The Obama administration warns that Americans and journalists should be skeptical of material coming from James O'Keefe's Project Veritas. During the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest warned that Americans and journalists should take Project Veritas videos "not just with a grain of salt but maybe even a whole package of salt." "Despite what the name might suggest, these videos have not often revealed the truth," Earnest said, though he admitted that many Democrats had been forced out of their jobs as a result of O'Keefe's work. Robert Creamer, a top Democratic operative featured in the video, stepped down from his position after he admitted in the video that he was actively trying to incite violence at opposing political rallies. Earnest said that he was "reluctant" to comment on the videos themselves, but talked about the topic of "birddogging" opposing rallies. In general, Earnest said, the notion of inciting violence in an opposing candidate's campaign was contrary to Obama's views of community organizing. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 I stopped on Facebook thread dead in the water this morning by posting the video. Still waiting for an answer but I don't expect one. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-10-20 14:44 |
| #13 Actually Trumps bits about crooked elections from the debate dove tail well with this. Conservatives should post links to the video anytime someone laughs about crooked elections. If the MSM won't show it a lot of folks probably haven't seen the videos. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-10-20 14:43 |
| #12 I know how bad they are. They don't get how bad we are when pushed past our limit. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-10-20 12:48 |
| #11 Careful. You might find out just how bad the Democrats are. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-10-20 11:06 |
| #10 A lie. That is exactly how Obama views Community organizing. Get in their faces and all that. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-10-20 10:01 |
| #9 Careful now, you know what internet videos did in Libya. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-10-20 09:47 |
| #8 Wizard of Oz: Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-20 09:46 |
| #7 I believe in this case the reporters got themselves hired by these groups, or were volunteers, and they were asking questions and making suggestions as eager acolytes. Yes, these appear to have been recruiting pitches. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-20 09:45 |
| #6 Eric Schmidt is making a list and he's sending it to the dems. The warning is not about the contents of the videos, it's about being on the viewership list. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-10-20 09:44 |
| #5 Why would these two boneheads agree to be interviewed and then spill their guts. Mr. O'Keefe never goes in as a reporter, JohnQC, but in a role where the discussions are part of a longer interaction. His first essay in the field was when he went to ACORN offices around the country in the role of a pimp with underage, illegal immigrant prostitutes looking for public money to finance the purchase of houses in which to conduct his business. He went to each of these appointments with an interestingly dressed young lady at his side. Staffers were almost uniformly non-judgemental, helpfully suggesting approaches and even wording to get the desired funding. As I recall, at one or two offices they did turn Mr. O'Keefe away, but there were enough videos, coming out every few days for what seemed ages, to create a scandal that bestirred Congress to act. I believe in this case the reporters got themselves hired by these groups, or were volunteers, and they were asking questions and making suggestions as eager acolytes. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-10-20 09:35 |
| #4 The vids were convincing but one thing bothers me. Why would these two boneheads agree to be interviewed and then spill their guts. Just brass balls and hubris or just a case of Donks being emboldened by the de rigueur lawlessness these days? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-20 08:01 |
| #3 So Creamer admitted he was inciting, and quit, but Earnest still thinks the vids don't reflect the truth? He must be referring to the GoodTruth™ |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-10-20 07:50 |
| #2 O'Keefe, one of the few real investigative journalists--the rest (leftistas) are out shilling for the lefty causes, Hillary, and the Donks. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-20 07:21 |
| #1 O'Keefe's outing of ACORN and the Baby Parts sellers opened some eyes and sent a few people to jail. I hope his work with Creamer and crew will do the same. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-20 05:10 |