Who is Behind the Acorn Videos?

Reverend_Hellh0und · 09-17-09, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by liblady

Pro-Lifers Who Exposed Planned Parenthood on Abortion Made ACORN Videos

while i'm sure acorn is not pure as the driven snow, we might need to question this gotcha tactic.......or do we only think that's poor journalism when katie couric asks the questions?

do we have all the facts?

hmm which is more upsetting? The journalists actions or the fact that acorn was telling people how to get around child prostitution laws.....

Seriously your party over child welfare? pathetic.

liblady · 09-17-09, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by RightinNYC

I'm not sure what you think you're questioning. Are the two who did this conservatives? Obviously. Does that somehow mean that the things on those videos didn't happen? Of course not.

Rather than look for a way to attack the messenger in order to deflect the message, why not just acknowledge that this is good investigative journalism and move on from there?

Video: The Audacity of Hos | The Daily Show | Comedy Central

Uh, this is the third time the guy has done an investigation like this in the past 3 years. I'd wager he's going to do it again.

So do it - what's stopping you?

I'm just really confused about why people on the left are so mad at these two. They've modeled themselves after Saul Alinsky and are taking a page directly out of the left's playbook. I'm sure you would be applauding if this were an undercover investigation of Blackwater or some anti-gay marriage group.

did i present myself as "mad".....no.

i also don't think acorn is completely innocent. i would just like to know all the facts, so no, i'm not ready to accept it and move on because you say so.

liblady · 09-17-09, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Voidwar

BULL

Whats on the video is obvious as hell, and even more damning.

There is no need to "vet" the unvarnished truth.

Is anyone surprised at teh apologetics of the left ?

There should be indignation if any of you lefties were worth your voter registration cards.

i'm not an apologist. look again.

Coronado · 09-17-09, 03:03 PM

These videos definitely should have been vetted by someone with journalistic integrity, like Dan Rather.

liblady · 09-17-09, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by friday

Isn't it poor journalism when Katie Couric and everyone else in the mainstream doesn't ask any questions at all? Gibson didn't even know about the ACORN videos. Did you see Jon Stewart's video about the ACORN videos? It's pretty funny.
Hot Air Blog Archive Jon Stewart to media on ACORN: “Where the hell were you?”

i notice you didn't answer my question.

liblady · 09-17-09, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Voidwar

Even Jon Stewart was dishonest about it.

He admonished the MSM for geting "scooped".

That is not what happened. The MSM was not willing to entertain the notion of broadcasting anything negative about Obama in the first place, so they were not in the market for this story, thus they did not get "scooped".

really? do you have a link to that? to whom was this story presented?

liblady · 09-17-09, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Reverend_Hellh0und

hmm which is more upsetting? The journalists actions or the fact that acorn was telling people how to get around child prostitution laws.....

Seriously your party over child welfare? pathetic.

i notice you didn't bother to answer my question either. thanks anyway.

Jeddbird · 09-17-09, 03:06 PM

This whole Acorn story belongs exclusively on Fox News. If the police had done this it would be entrapment.

friday · 09-17-09, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by liblady

i notice you didn't answer my question.

Well, if we don't have all the facts, maybe some journalists should get their butts in gear and get us all the facts. Sofar they haven't been willing to go near this story. Why do you think that is? Wouldn't they want to know what's going on?

liblady · 09-17-09, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeddbird

This whole Acorn story belongs exclusively on Fox News. If the police had done this it would be entrapment.

now see......i didn't think any other networks had access to the story. are you sure?

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