Arrested While Exposing Himself: James O’Keefe, ACORN Investigator and Glenn Beck/FOX Favorite, Caught by the FBI
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by Jeffrey Joseph
Glenn Beck tries to convey to his viewers a sense of legitimacy and a knowledge that the mainstream media ignores to keep his ratings high, but one of his favorite sources for news just made news in a whole new way. Filmmaker James O'Keefe, known most prominently for his videos purporting to incriminate ACORN, was recently arrested by FBI agents for attempting to wiretap the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA). The arrest puts the vaunted credibility of FOX News in question.
O'Keefe had already earned legal troubles for his attempts at exposing the faults of ACORN, troubles even a FOX News analyst considered legitimate in a court battle. Laws in several states where O'Keefe attempted his exposés require mutual consent for recording sessions, something O'Keefe certainly did not obtain in any explicit form during his ventures. FOX nonetheless featured him repeatedly on the network, fully decked out in his pimp costume on the set of FOX & Friends and presented him with the "Power Player" nod for what Chris Wallace referred to as "investigative reporting," though the award for O'Keefe's reporting practices rings hollow in light of his legal woes.
When it came to reporting on the breaking news of O'Keefe's arrest, FOX News immediately added that the story "probably needs a lot of context and a lot of looking into" before giving a definitive take. Their coverage of ACORN, however, refused any parallel context or desire for accuracy. Beck presented video from O'Keefe at an ACORN facility where the ACORN employee helping O'Keefe apparently confessed to murdering her husband. Warrior of justice that he is, Beck implored his audience to demand people investigate the murder more thoroughly. He only later had to face the reality that the ACORN employee had created the entire "confession" in response to the ludicrousness of O'Keefe's attempted exposé. Her still-living ex-husbands supported that theory upon actual investigation.
The whole scenario raises important questions about the validity of FOX News and the willful ignorance of its viewers. A recent survey found that 74% of Republican viewers rated FOX News as trustworthy, whereas no other network garnered more than 23% from them. Conversely, Democrats trusted all networks more than they trusted FOX, but none with the fervor of Republicans for FOX.
Republican faith in FOX comes despite the salient flaws in logic from hosts like Beck and Sean Hannity who sought to incriminate President Obama for an appreciation for Saul Alinsky, while failing to acknowledge O'Keefe took similar inspiration from Alinsky. Furthermore, if the prosecutors successfully convict O'Keefe, who has previously referred to his subterfuge and other dubious practices as "justified," then FOX News would have taken direction from an "unrepentant felon" after months of Beck using that smear against the Obama Administration for trying to promote health-care reform.
The details of the case presented against O'Keefe by the FBI continue to unfold, and as they do, the legitimacy of FOX News reporting continues to unravel. With hosts who whimsically invoke treason and criticize the rest of the media for failing to cover the news in the way they do, FOX now has a credibility crisis in much the way that O'Keefe has a legal one. It only further asserts the need to ignore the unsubstantiated claims and inadequate attempts at journalism FOX contributors so often make -- and to choose to Turn Off FOX.
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Originally posted at Turn Off FOX.
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Thought Processes
I watched Obama's State of the Union address Wednesday night and was very impressed. When he touched on the adversity he inherited, one being two wars, I couldn't help but think of a declared war on Obama by republicans as soon as he took his oath.
Republicans declared a 3rd war on Obama and his administration quickly. Fox and war lord republicans make Al Quaeda and the Taliban look like bands of sissies. These republicans are just as big a threat to the US as Al Quaeda and the Taliban. And how did you like classless John Boehner blog-texting during Obama's address? This guy has the ethics of a dead toad.
Birds of a Feather
There is just one description for Fox and the republicans:
Snake Pit.
The question is... do they nest in the same pit or have seperate pits?
O'Keefe and Fox
if the prosecutors successfully convict O'Keefe, who has previously referred to his subterfuge and other dubious practices as "justified," then FOX News would have taken direction from an "unrepentant felon"
Doesn't G. Gordon Liddy appear regularly on Fox? It seems like hiring felons for "consultants" is nothing new for them.