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Stephen Colbert takes a page from the Breitbart-O’Keefe school of journalism, and “interviews” Sean Hannity for a new job. [Video]
Stephen Colbert, Comedy, James O'Keefe, Right Wing, Video, Acorn
In an interview with blogger Mike Stark (posted at Crooks and Liars, Brad Blog, and Stark Reports), Andrew Breitbart admits that when he released the James O’Keefe-Hannah Giles undercover ACORN sting videos, he “did not know” that O’Keefe never wore his outrageous pimp costume into an ACORN office — even ...
Acorn, Right Wing, James O'Keefe, Andrew Breitbart, Fact Checking
Prosecutors in Brooklyn have cleared ACORN of any wrongdoing in their investigation into the O’Keefe-Giles ACORN sting videos. Brooklyn prosecutors on Monday cleared ACORN of criminal wrongdoing after a four-month probe that began when undercover conservative activists filmed workers giving what appeared to be illegal advice on how to ...
Acorn, Right Wing, James O'Keefe, Andrew Breitbart, Sting, Brooklyn
In the very public ongoing battle between Andrew Breitbart and Max Blumenthal, Blumenthal has another article at Huffington Post on James O’Keefe and on some of the disturbing events at CPAC: Feeling the Hate at CPAC 2010 With Andrew Breitbart, Hannah Giles and the Crazy Mob. While I was ...
Acorn, Right Wing, James O'Keefe, Andrew Breitbart, White Nationalism, Max Blumenthal
I’m privileged to announce that Andrew Breitbart has added me to his list of everyone in the world who must immediately bow before his might and retract, retract, retract: Retraction Requests: Charles Johnson, Big Journalism. Breitbart seems to believe I should retract my statement that the 2006 event titled “Race ...
Acorn, Right Wing, James O'Keefe, Andrew Breitbart, White Nationalism
The Andrew Breitbart-Max Blumenthal slugfest continues, as Blumenthal posts a short interview with “Isis,” the woman who took the photograph of Breitbart employee James O’Keefe at the “Race and Conservatism” event in 2006: Isis: O’Keefe “Was There,” Involved In “Execution”. I followed up with Isis. She told me in ...
Acorn, Right Wing, James O'Keefe, Andrew Breitbart, Max Blumenthal
Andrew Breitbart has turned his “Big Journalism” website into an amazingly lengthy tirade demanding “retractions” from practically every media organization in America, for writing about the Max Blumenthal-One People’s Project report that claimed ACORN sting filmmaker James O’Keefe was photographed at a “white supremacist forum” in 2006. There have been ...
Uh oh. According to a group called “One People’s Project,” ACORN sting filmmaker James O’Keefe was photographed attending a 2006 white nationalist conference titled “Race and Conservatism.” James O’Keefe’s race problem. An activist organization that monitors hate groups has produced a photo of O’Keefe at a 2006 conference on ...
Here’s MSNBC’s latest update on the case of James O’Keefe, arrested in the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, featuring Andrew Breitbart defending himself and O’Keefe. [Video]
Conservative activist James O’Keefe, who posed as a pimp in the infamous ACORN sting videos, has been arrested in New Orleans in what appears to be an attempt to wiretap the office of Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. Chris Good has details from the FBI affidavit: According to Rayes, O’Keefe ...
Bertha M. Lewis, CEO of the dreaded right wing boogeyman ACORN, is interviewed by Esquire’s John H. Richardson, and mentions Andrew Breitbart’s crazy accusation (that he finally retracted yesterday after leaving it hanging out there for 6 days): Acorn Group vs Fox News - Interview with Bertha Lewis of ACORN ...
Acorn, Barack Obama, Fact Checking, Right Wing, Smear, Wrong, Fox News, Andrew Breitbart
It took him six days to do it, but Andrew Breitbart has finally issued a lame semi-apology for his completely false claim that the CEO of ACORN visited the White House on September 5th: UPDATE: White House Spokeswoman Says Different Bertha Lewis on Visitor’s Log - Big Government. Of course, ...
Acorn, Barack Obama, Fact Checking, Right Wing, Smear, Wrong, Fox News, Andrew Breitbart
Still no retraction at Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government blog for their completely false claim that the CEO of ACORN visited the White House on September 5th: White House Visitors Log: ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis In Obama Residence Week Before Sting Videos Launched - Big Government. And no correction at Fox ...
Acorn, Barack Obama, Fact Checking, Right Wing, Smear, Wrong, Fox News
Should we start taking bets on whether Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government blog is going to retract their completely false claim that the CEO of ACORN visited the White House on September 5th? It’s been four days now, and still no correction: White House Visitors Log: ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis In ...
Acorn, Barack Obama, Fact Checking, Right Wing, Smear, Wrong, Fox News
Here we go again. Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government blog has a story on the release of another batch of White House visitor records, and they’ve found sinister evidence that Barack Obama is in cahoots with the dreaded demons of ACORN: White House Visitors Log: ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis In Obama ...
Acorn, Barack Obama, Fact Checking, Right Wing, Smear, Wrong
More bad news for right wingers who think ACORN is the very embodiment of evil, as a congressional report totally exonerates them. The controversial community organizing group Acorn has not broken any laws in the last five years, according to a Congressional Research Service report released Tuesday evening. The ...
Earlier I linked to a report at Politico that an outside review found no illegal conduct at ACORN. But TPM points out another very interesting finding of the review: Those ACORN sting videos were heavily edited. The videos that have been released appear to have been edited, in some ...
An outside review of ACORN has found “serious” problems with management, but no evidence of illegal activity. An outside review of the beleaguered community group ACORN has found “serious management challenges,” but no pattern of illegal activity. The review, commissioned by ACORN in the wake of a hidden video ...
Embattled leftist community organizing group ACORN has filed a lawsuit against the conservative activists who staged a sting operation against them: ACORN Sues Over Secret Video, Claiming Wiretapping Violation. ACORN, the community organizing group embarrassed recently in a video sting, said Wednesday that it needs to determine whether it ...
It turns out that the ACORN worker seen on that now-infamous video from National City, California, actually did contact the authorities: ACORN Worker In Video Reported Couple. NATIONAL CITY, Calif. — Police say a worker with the activist group ACORN who was caught on video giving advice about human ...
The CEO of ACORN has issued a press release, dealing with the “sting” video tapes that have been in heavy rotation on Fox News. In a press release, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis says, that as “a result of the indefensible action of a handful of our employees,” the group ...
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) goes on the Glenn Beck Comedy Hour, and repeats her contention that the government might use census data to round people up and put them in internment camps. Beck closes his eyes and shakes his head when she says this, and almost immediately cuts her off ...
Michele Bachmann, Census, Barack Obama, Acorn, Internment, World War II, Loopy, Glenn Beck
In an interview on Fox News, Rep. Michele Bachmann says she’s taking a stand against the US census because it was used to round up Japanese Americans and put them in internment camps during World War II. [Video] (Hat tip: Killian Bundy.)
Michele Bachmann, Census, Barack Obama, Acorn, Internment, World War II, Loopy
Rep. Michele Bachmann says her family plans not to answer some of the questions on the 2010 census form, because ACORN is involved. She may be fined $5000. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Washington Times that she and her family will not be fully filling out the 2010 ...
The Cleveland Leader has a series of posts tracking the Obama campaign’s lies and evasions about the candidate’s long history of connections with ACORN, and their attempts to quietly edit the Obama website as more information leaks out: Obama Campaign Involved in More Cover-Ups in ACORN Scandal. Wikileaks.org has an ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, Acorn, Finance, Economy, Community Organizers