Who is Behind the Acorn Videos?

liblady · 09-17-09, 01:56 PM

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?

75Greeno · 09-17-09, 01:58 PM

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liblady · 09-17-09, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 75Greeno

0014 twice as smart as james bond

really? is that his opinion, or a fact?

Joe1991 · 09-17-09, 02:33 PM

Yeah, this was done so shoddily that I'll bet we'll never hear from these two again.

I'd like to know how many offices they went to to get these few oddballs?

I mean I could take a camera to virtually any chain business and get enough video to make them look bad.

liblady · 09-17-09, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe1991

Yeah, this was done so shoddily that I'll bet we'll never hear from these two again.

I'd like to know how many offices they went to to get these few oddballs?

I mean I could take a camera to virtually any chain business and get enough video to make them look bad.

it's weird......wanna get together and propostion oh, i don't know, john boehner? got a hidden camera?

RightinNYC · 09-17-09, 02:43 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?

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?

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Originally Posted by Joe1991

Yeah, this was done so shoddily that I'll bet we'll never hear from these two again.

I'd like to know how many offices they went to to get these few oddballs?

I mean I could take a camera to virtually any chain business and get enough video to make them look bad.

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.

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Originally Posted by liblady

it's weird......wanna get together and propostion oh, i don't know, john boehner? got a hidden camera?

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.

Joe1991 · 09-17-09, 02:54 PM

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II'm just really confused about why people on the left are so mad at these two. I'm sure you would be applauding if this were an undercover investigation of Blackwater or some anti-gay marriage group.

Not mad at all.
But the videos should have been vetted by a real news organisation ... even Fox News would be fine if they would state that they've seen all the video and got the full story from them. Two amatuers alone don't deserve any journalistic credibility unless they've put forth more details.

friday · 09-17-09, 02:59 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?

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?”

Voidwar · 09-17-09, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe1991

But the videos should have been vetted by a real news organisation

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.

Voidwar · 09-17-09, 03:01 PM

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".

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Voidwar Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Last Seen: 12-29-09 09:41 AM Posts: 5,122 Thanks: 408 Thanked 606 Times in 450 Posts	Re: Who is Behind the Acorn Videos? 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".

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