Video: Raw ACORN Tapes Tell a Different Story
If you didn’t see this segment of Rachel Maddow’s show a few days ago you really should watch it now, because it demonstrates, with specific examples, how those infamous ACORN sting videos were carefully edited to obscure the reality of what happened in those offices.
I know there still quite a few LGF readers who don’t want to believe the videos were deceptive, but even if you think ACORN was founded by Lucifer to destroy America, it’s time to admit that these videos (and their accompanying public relations campaign) were crafted to fool the media and the public. Every independent investigation has concluded that ACORN committed no crimes in these cases — and that the O’Keefe-Giles-Breitbart videos were heavily edited and untrustworthy.
This is not a triumph for “citizen journalism,” it’s an object example of unethical ambush journalism, combined with selective editing and a deceptive PR campaign to achieve a partisan political end. It’s “ends justify means” smear-job politics, taken to a sleazy extreme.
Maddow focuses on some of the most egregious moments: