The Story Behind the ACORN Story

Real Clear Politics ^ | Sept. 21, 2009 | Andrew Breitbart

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Everything you needed to know about the unorthodox roll out of the now-notorious ACORN sting videos was hidden in plain sight in my Sept. 7 column, Katie Couric, Look in the Mirror. ACORN was not the only target of those videos; so were Katie, Brian, Charlie and every other mainstream media pooh-bah.

They were not going to report this blockbuster unless they were forced to. And they were. What's more, it ain't over yet. Not every hint I dropped in that piece about what was to come has played itself out yet. Stay tuned....

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Surprised I didn't find this when I searched for the title... Here's an article most FREEPERS will enjoy and appreciate.

Andrew Breitbart is one of today's modern day heroes (along with our own Jim Rob, of course). And let's add James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles to that list as well.

Warnings at the end of the full article suggest more good stuff to come from these folks. Be scared, you Statists in Washington! Be very, very scared!!!

[Onelifetogive]

Warnings at the end of the full article suggest more good stuff to come from these folks...

Wouldn't it be great if they break into an entirely new series of hidden videos starring congressmen (of either party!)

[maine-iac7]

Breitbart is - brilliantly - out-Salinskying the marxists...pick a target, drip drip drip info, pound, pound pound.

He's burying them with their own "shovel." http://www.examiner.com/x-5738-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Video—Jon-Stewart-hands-conseratives-a-nut-by-slamming-ACORN

[hometoroost]

A great hand brilliantly played - let’s see what chips get raked in though. The left will fight this tooth and nail.

[glorgau]

But more important, I won't rest until they receive a grant to continue their partisan artistry from the National Endowment for the Arts.

LOL. Perhaps if they put the CBS logo in a jar of urine...

[tgusa]

One might infer that the next shoe to drop will be the National Endowment for the Arts. I pray that it is so. Shine the light of day on those cockroaches and let’s see what type of filth is exposed.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The very fact that there are more sting films to come has shut Barry's usually loud mouth, for once.
If the journalism community had any credibility, they'd cheer for the pair of young reporters who nailed ACORN.

[tgusa]

0 must be going through a lot of Depends these days.

[GOPJ]

Andrew Breitbart is one of today's modern day heroes (along with our own Jim Rob, of course). And let's add James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles to that list as well.

Life is good - new heroes added to our list...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He considers himself above all this...

[native texan]

Rush is opening up his program today with this....and he’s going for NEA!

[mowowie]

You can’t imagine how much i’m loving this stuff.

[GOPJ]

I was awed by Mr. O'Keefe's guts and amazed by the footage, but explained that the mainstream media would try to kill this important and illuminating expose about a corrupt and criminal political racket, and that the well-funded political left would go into "war room" mode, with 25-year-old Mr. O'Keefe and 20-year-old cohort Miss Giles in the cross hairs. I felt I had a moral obligation to protect these young muckrakers from the left and from the media, and to devise a strategy that would force the media's hand.

Andrew Breitbart IS a conservative hero. Thank you, Anderew Breitbart.

[God luvs America]

brilliant.....let’s call this killing two birds (ACORN & the criminal liberal media) with one stone- or five video tapes....this speaks volumes of what we’ve known already about the criminal liberal media:

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CNN made the most sustained effort to blame the messenger and make the videos the issue. Producers aggressively called Miss Giles, Mr. O’Keefe and me, imploring us to explain our journalistic tactics. I told them repeatedly that if they offered the videos a fair airing and let their audience decide, we’d agree to a Time Warner grilling. I also said we could have the debate on journalistic ethics after this story played out at a journalism school of their choice.

Instead, the media repeated ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis’ growing body of lies, never holding her accountable for her shameless hackery. Jonathan Klein, CNN’s president, is emerging as symbol of the mainstream media’s last depressing days.

[GonzoGOP]

The greatest tactic was that by putting out one story per day they drew out and demolished the standard excuses. (1) It was an isolated incident, nope more videos. (2) It was entrapment, nope they aren't cops. It was isolated to a few east coast offices, nope got some from California too. Each time ACORN made a denial, only to be hammered by the next video, their ability to fight back was deminished.

Had they all been dropped on one day few would have been reviewed. Sure some of the worst clips would have come out, but people would have lost the sense of how big this is.

Also by holding back the video, and having each video be more inflammatory than the next, the politicians in DC were forced to cut off funding. They knew there was more, and worse stuff in the can. They didn't know what it was and couldn't prepare a defense, either for ACORN or themselves. So they followed the old tradition that if you are being run out of town, get in front and pretend it is a parade.

Obama is now completely off message. He is going in nine different directions at the same time. He has started a innumerable initiatives, projects, and campaigns, but can't even finish a sentence. ACORN and SEIU were supposed to be his shock troops, allowing him to control the streets. But instead two young journalists (as that word is supposed to be used) have gutted one and tainted the other.

[The Comedian]

Perhaps if they put the CBS logo in a jar of urine...

Nominated for "Best Line in This Thread"

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[tgusa]

Whistling past the graveyard, imo.

[tgusa]

Whistling past the graveyard, imo.

[fatrat]

I hope that Andrew and these 2 brave young 20 year olds become so wealthy that they can buy the NYT, WAPO, and a few tv networks and use them for their intended purposes, truthfully informing the public on matters important to their freedom and liberties.

[granite]

You can say that again.