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Andrew Breitbart Slams CNN ACORN Coverage; Tells Megyn Kelly "There Are More Videos to Come" - Video
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | September 18, 2009 | BrianinMO

Posted on 09/18/2009 9:44:19 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot

Here is video of Fox News' Megyn Kelly talking with Andrew Breitbart this morning about the ACORN Scandal, and the way the media has covered it.

Breitbart hammered CNN for their coverage of the ACORN Scandal, pointing out how they have repeatedly allowed themselves to be a conduit for the ACORN line.

Breitbart said they rolled the videos out like they did in order to set "traps" for ACORN and the Mainstream Media.

Breitbart said ACORN's claim James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles were kicked out of numerous ACORN offices is "false." In fact, he said "there are more videos to come," including videos from some of the offices ACORN claimed they were kicked out of!

He said they have offered for O'Keefe and Giles to go on CNN for interviews if CNN would run the video. . . (VIDEO)

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: acorn; breitbart; cnn; hannahgiles
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1 posted on 09/18/2009 9:44:20 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot

Next week’s Beck shows should be fun.


2 posted on 09/18/2009 9:45:03 AM PDT by manic4organic (We Are S0 Screwed)
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To: Federalist Patriot

bookmark


3 posted on 09/18/2009 9:45:19 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Federalist Patriot

Not only are these kids clever, they’re smart.


4 posted on 09/18/2009 9:46:11 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Bless you, Andrew Breitbart. (and I would add, you aren’t a bad looking guy either.)


5 posted on 09/18/2009 9:46:39 AM PDT by madison10
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To: Federalist Patriot

What CNN coverage of ACORN? I just checked their website and there is no mention of ACORN on it. However, there is a feature story about two women who died because they didn’t have health insurance.


6 posted on 09/18/2009 9:47:55 AM PDT by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: Federalist Patriot
Breitbart said they rolled the videos out like they did in order to set "traps" for ACORN and the Mainstream Media.

And ACORN and the MSM walked right in - because both are as corrupt as we thought they were...

7 posted on 09/18/2009 9:49:11 AM PDT by GOPJ ( UNITED WAY SUPPORTS ACORN - - STOP DONATING TODAY)
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To: Federalist Patriot

CNN=The Communist News Network


8 posted on 09/18/2009 9:49:55 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Federalist Patriot
ACORN's claim James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles were kicked out of numerous ACORN offices is "false." In fact, he said "there are more videos to come," including videos from some of the offices ACORN claimed they were kicked out of!

ACORN can't even push the lies about what offices "kicked them out" because they don't know what offices are taped...

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UNITED WAY SUPPORTS ACORN - - STOP DONATING TODAY

9 posted on 09/18/2009 9:51:17 AM PDT by GOPJ ( UNITED WAY SUPPORTS ACORN - - STOP DONATING TODAY)
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To: Lurker

Great Americans all!


10 posted on 09/18/2009 9:52:39 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Federalist Patriot

Release the next tape on Monday, after Bertha Lewis’ interview on Sunday with Chris Wallace.

:)


11 posted on 09/18/2009 9:53:05 AM PDT by maggief (He had a dream. We got a nightmare!)
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To: Federalist Patriot

I saw the interview. On occasion I will flip over to CNN and watching them is getting a bit odd—even more so than usual. CNN has found themselves painted into a corner and they know if they give air-time to these stories the focus will then become them (CNN) for not showing to the viewers.


12 posted on 09/18/2009 9:55:10 AM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: Federalist Patriot
My local paper ran the AP version of the ACORN video story on page A3. The first four paragraphs were about conservatives taking on ACORN. The substance of the story, that ACORN was giving a pass to a prostitute, wasn't given until paragraph five, AND THEN NO MENTION WAS MADE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OR CHILD PROSTITUTION.

Now, the AP writer knows this. The editors of my local paper, the Free-Lance Star, know this.

They also know of Obama's many affiliations with ACORN, and that "community organizing" was the centerpiece of Obama's campaign claims.

Middle America doesn't make it to page A3, and doesn't make it to the fifth paragraph. And Middle America doesn't ACTIVELY look up for itself the lies in paragraph five and the missing information that should have been in paragraphs one and two.

We have our work cut out for us. It starts with the editors of your local paper, and the news teams at your local FM radio station. They need to be ridiculed into doing their journalistic jobs properly.

13 posted on 09/18/2009 9:55:55 AM PDT by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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To: madison10

THIS IS BIG NEWS.


14 posted on 09/18/2009 9:56:42 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Federalist Patriot
I would like to see some of these videos touch on voter fraud and how ACORN goes about it. I think that is what O'Keefe was trying to accomplish when he said he wanted to run for Congress to that nutty woman in the San Bernardino office. I don't think she picked up on it, though.
15 posted on 09/18/2009 10:01:24 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason (The DemocRat Party is no longer an American political party.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

16 posted on 09/18/2009 10:01:35 AM PDT by winstonwolf33
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To: manic4organic

Today Glen is suppose to have something new. Not sure what, he was his usual playful self yesterday. It works, I’ll be watching today.


17 posted on 09/18/2009 10:04:48 AM PDT by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: Russ

When Jay Leno and Jon Stewart cover ACORN but CNN is nowhere to be found, you know that the stench of liberal bias at the MSM is beyond foul.


18 posted on 09/18/2009 10:07:23 AM PDT by rom (Israel got Saul before they got David. Where's our David?)
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To: madison10
Bless you, Andrew Breitbart. (and I would add, you aren’t a bad looking guy either.)

His interviewer ain't bad-lookin' either.


19 posted on 09/18/2009 10:07:51 AM PDT by winstonwolf33
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To: Federalist Patriot

Smart tactic, first broadcast the videos, ACORN get’s caught, the ACORN protectors make false claims, accusations, false proof, Democrats digging their heals in deeper, then , show more videos and debunk all their lies, and then they lie more, more fake claims, more fake proof, then show more videos.


20 posted on 09/18/2009 10:09:26 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: devane617
I saw the interview. On occasion I will flip over to CNN and watching them is getting a bit odd—even more so than usual. CNN has found themselves painted into a corner and they know if they give air-time to these stories the focus will then become them (CNN) for not showing to the viewers.

Spot on analysis.

The Monica Media figured it was a freakish, one-time incident with nothing more to follow and ignored the story or dismissed it as a prank, not to be reported but ridiculed if it was ever brought up.

And now with more and more videos being released, they can only sit at the station denying there was ever a train there, all the while trying to cover the tracks.

Stuck between the rock of reality of a real scandal and the hard place of looking stupid by excluding any coverage of it, they have chosen to remain stuck on stupid.

After all, it worked so well for Dan Rather.

And more and more people will be looking to FOX for the real news.

21 posted on 09/18/2009 10:09:38 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best.)
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To: Russ

The only ACORN coverage that CNN will do is when James and Hannah accepts to have a interview with CNN.


22 posted on 09/18/2009 10:10:42 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: Federalist Patriot
"Andrew Breitbart Slams CNN ACORN Coverage; Tells Megyn Kelly "There Are More Videos to Come" - Video"

I've said it on other threads this slow release of the vids is a Master Stroke in tactics.

You keep the water churning and you force the opponent to react and as such you destroy all credibility of the opponent.

Example: After first video: ACORN responds: "Oh its just one office out of thousands and they tried this other places and it didn't work..."

Then NEW vids surface and prove them wrong.

Several tacks are tried by ACORN all or destroyed by further release of Videos.

Other tacks tried:

ACORN sez: "They only chose offices where poor black people work." Next Video released is of a white woman who claims she killed her husband and tries to help the Pimp and Hooker to set up a brothel with 13 year old illegal alien girls from San Salvador.

ACORN claims they knew that Hannah and James were undercover journalists and they just played along for laughs. A new Vid is released where a guy tells James he can help in getting the 13 year old illegal alien hookers in across the Mexican Border and when questioned by the authorities the guy claims he didn't really understand because English is his second language and he was just trying to help.

The slow release of these videos has the entire Democrat Party in a shambles right now and they are reeling from all the body blows being landed by two kids who spent less money on their undercover investigation than it took to erect one of those stupid highway signs that are supposed to show us how the stimulus money was spent.

23 posted on 09/18/2009 10:12:55 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: mbarker12474
Operation Citizens Watch.

Report a politician and or the main fringe media of " Fishy " business.....
24 posted on 09/18/2009 10:13:44 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: mbarker12474
The first four paragraphs were about conservatives taking on ACORN. The substance of the story, that ACORN was giving a pass to a prostitute, wasn't given until paragraph five, AND THEN NO MENTION WAS MADE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OR CHILD PROSTITUTION. Now, the AP writer knows this. The editors of my local paper, the Free-Lance Star, know this.

You are right. THEY KNOW... and they're keeping a cover on the story...

25 posted on 09/18/2009 10:14:00 AM PDT by GOPJ ( UNITED WAY SUPPORTS ACORN - - STOP DONATING TODAY)
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To: Federalist Patriot

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26 posted on 09/18/2009 10:16:51 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: GOPJ

Release the next video Sunday morning, pre-empt the Obama Sunday morning shows.


27 posted on 09/18/2009 10:17:37 AM PDT by Cathy
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To: GOPJ
I don't see anything on ACORN in my local paper---The Dallas Morning Snooze.
28 posted on 09/18/2009 10:17:43 AM PDT by winstonwolf33
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To: Russ

They can’t cover ACORN or Van Jones because it makes their man look bad and we can’t have that now can we?


29 posted on 09/18/2009 10:18:29 AM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: Federalist Patriot
Rules! Winstonwolf covered you for Megyn Kelly, but Hannah Giles definately falls under the "TTIWWP" clause

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30 posted on 09/18/2009 10:18:35 AM PDT by txroadkill ( 9/12/2009 another win for the Gipper!)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Didn’t Juan Carlos mention 2 Cali DAs in that video ?


31 posted on 09/18/2009 10:18:43 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: Federalist Patriot

All the fringe media have left is to report on their president...24/7. They’ve backed themselves into a corner, doubling down on Obama since the campaign days (is the campaigning over yet?), and selling their collective souls to do it. I hope they continue to wither on the vine. Dummies don’t even know they’re dying!


32 posted on 09/18/2009 10:19:05 AM PDT by mancini
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To: GOPJ

A question not being asked by anyone is, if it was this easy to get ACORN to help with child sex slaves being imported into the US, then how many times have they helped set up such enterprises in the past? Shouldn’t a grand jury be talking to these ACORN people?


33 posted on 09/18/2009 10:19:32 AM PDT by Defiant (Hey socialists-- We're right, we fight, get used to it.)
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To: maggief

Lets just call her Big Bertha. Then we can just put a head cover on her and bag her.


34 posted on 09/18/2009 10:19:58 AM PDT by billhilly
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To: Defiant
"A question not being asked by anyone is, if it was this easy to get ACORN to help with child sex slaves being imported into the US, then how many times have they helped set up such enterprises in the past?"

YES! I love Beck and Rush and Hannity and Levin and all the other's but dear God why don't they ask this obvious question.

They did the same thing on the Wilson "you Lie" incident.

They seem to never link the point that YES, Wilson was wrong BUT the President DID LIE and HE DID SO MULTIPLE TIMES IN THAT SPEECH!

35 posted on 09/18/2009 10:23:38 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: billhilly

Rick Sanchez/CNN interviewed the Bertha women/ACORN yesterday. He ended his segment stating, “where is this conservative filmmaker getting his money and why won’t they release the unedited tapes”. I spit out my coffee. The move to release these tapes one at a time was brilliant. The media has been silent because they can’t spin it if more tapes are coming out - they don’t want to look foolish. But they’re too late.


36 posted on 09/18/2009 10:24:14 AM PDT by teddyballgame
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To: madison10

I love Andrew Breitbart. When he first started up his website I sent him and email complimenting him on the work he was doing and he actually took the time to write back and thank me.


37 posted on 09/18/2009 10:26:48 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: Mad Dawgg

Yep, I agree. The way they’re rolling this out is masterful. The press is used to these types of “conservative espose’” pieces being a one-hit wonder, and they know that if the press doesn’t follow through, it usually sinks out of the headlines in a couple days.

Not so when the Hannah & James Show are releasing a stead stream of these this.

After another week of this, the DNC & press will be so shell-shocked, they’re going to do something really desperate and probably stupid.


38 posted on 09/18/2009 10:28:07 AM PDT by NVDave
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To: All

The fact that Breitbart was the only outfit they could trust with says a lot about our media. They have to shine a light on the quashed ACORN story from the election too.


39 posted on 09/18/2009 10:32:23 AM PDT by newnhdad (The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Yes, some Democrats still have morals. They will need to leave the Democrat party to keep them.


40 posted on 09/18/2009 10:33:46 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: mbarker12474

This is definitely something that can be done at the local level to continue and intensify the movement. If you have local paper that is habitually liberal, call them on by phoning up the editor, protest etc.. I would think also in this day and time that many midsize city dailies can be put out of business by objective journalistic competition.


41 posted on 09/18/2009 10:37:38 AM PDT by yetidog
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To: PA-RIVER
"Yes, some Democrats still have morals. They will need to leave the Democrat party to keep them."

My mother and father have been registered Democrats all of their adult lives. (over 50 years) yesterday they officially changed to the GOP. Health care pushed them to the edge, Democrats voting against the bill to defund ACORN was the final straw!

42 posted on 09/18/2009 10:38:18 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg

I’m sure the ACORN Exec are questioning all their branches about what they said to these two reporters. The branches probably won’t tell them the truth, because they don’t want to loose their jobs and will wait and hope that they don’t appear on tape.
I hope they hit the mortgage issue a bit harder. San Diego was a prime place to do that,,but it has been lost in the child prostitution charges.


43 posted on 09/18/2009 10:56:01 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: Federalist Patriot

obama is so connected to acorn the complete truth about him and his chicago dealings will come out. the usurper needs to go back to kenya and live in his grannies hut.


44 posted on 09/18/2009 10:56:15 AM PDT by manonCANAL
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To: Federalist Patriot
Need a sign for the next Tea Party?

"My qualifications for office include years of community organizing" - Barak Obama on his qualifications for POTUS

Acorn - Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now

45 posted on 09/18/2009 10:57:57 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: Defiant
...if it was this easy to get ACORN to help with child sex slaves being imported into the US, then how many times have they helped set up such enterprises in the past? Shouldn’t a grand jury be talking to these ACORN people?

Every loan they made should be looked at with an eye to protecting children being raped and tortured with ACORN's help. These ACORN people did not act like this was the first time they had heard about children being kept in whore houses. There was NO shock. No surprise... I think you're right, Defiant - there are kids in these houses that ACORN knows about ...

Those children could also be used to keep liberal pols in line and funding ACORN. The rock was picked up - now we need to see what's under it. Every ACORN person in those offices needs to be put under oath...

46 posted on 09/18/2009 11:02:36 AM PDT by GOPJ ( UNITED WAY SUPPORTS ACORN - - STOP DONATING TODAY)
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To: Federalist Patriot

God bless Breitbart, Hannah and James!


47 posted on 09/18/2009 11:03:40 AM PDT by nutmeg (Obamunism is destroying America)
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To: Federalist Patriot

CNN can Shove It!


48 posted on 09/18/2009 11:04:45 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: Cathy
Release the next video Sunday morning, pre-empt the Obama Sunday morning shows.

I like it - some of the new ones are worse - Sunday morning might be interesting.

49 posted on 09/18/2009 11:09:35 AM PDT by GOPJ ( UNITED WAY SUPPORTS ACORN - - STOP DONATING TODAY)
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To: txroadkill

Refreshing!


50 posted on 09/18/2009 11:10:13 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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