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William Seger

(10,779 posts)
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 05:44 PM Jun 2017

O'Keefe video shows CNN's Van Jones calling Russia story a nothingburger

Source: The Hill

White House encourages viewing of anti-CNN James O'Keefe video.

Conservative provocateur James O'Keefe of Project Veritas released Wednesday another secretly recorded tape of a CNN employee, this time featuring political commentator and host Van Jones saying the network’s heavy coverage of possible collusion between Trump administration officials and Russia during the 2016 presidential election “is just a big nothingburger."

“The Russia thing is just a big nothingburger. There’s nothing there you can do," Jones says to a person who introduces himself on the street as someone who had met Jones "in Palm Springs" a few years ago.

Jones appears to recognize the person he is speaking to, but does not seem to know he is being taped.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/339867-okeefe-video-shows-cnns-van-jones-calling-russia-story-a-nothingburger

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O'Keefe video shows CNN's Van Jones calling Russia story a nothingburger (Original Post) William Seger Jun 2017 OP
I bet old Van....... dawnie51 Jun 2017 #1
As usual with the sleazeball O'Queef... SeattleVet Jun 2017 #2
Lots of so-called progressives have been instructing everybody to ignore Putin-Trump alcibiades_mystery Jun 2017 #3
+1 Blue_Tires Jun 2017 #11
That's a partisan hack entity. No telling what Jones really said. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #4
No O'Keefe video of Robert Mueller's opinions on the matter? tanyev Jun 2017 #5
Is it legal to record someone without their permission? I really wish someone would kick the ever still_one Jun 2017 #6
In some states you can record the audio of a conversation TexasBushwhacker Jun 2017 #10
He is using the audio from the video, so it should apply still_one Jun 2017 #13
This is an example of fake news!!! vrguy Jun 2017 #7
Yep, Matthew28 Jun 2017 #9
Most of Trumps inner circle Matthew28 Jun 2017 #8
O'Keefe is just a big nothingburger. (And you can quote me on that) Freethinker65 Jun 2017 #12
someone needs to take a video of him doing something awful which we know he's capable of mdbl Jun 2017 #14
O'Keefe has as much credibility as week old expired milk Docreed2003 Jun 2017 #15
Project Veritas: How is this still a thing? Initech Jun 2017 #16
pffffffffffffft nt chowder66 Jun 2017 #17
O'Keefe just keeps splicing those tapes until he gets them to say what he wants Hekate Jun 2017 #18
Out of context creeksneakers2 Jun 2017 #19
I've seen it posted on facebook. I respond with the video below: Gore1FL Jun 2017 #20
I don't care Bradical79 Jun 2017 #21

SeattleVet

(5,480 posts)
2. As usual with the sleazeball O'Queef...
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 05:56 PM
Jun 2017

he's using very selectively edited short bits of sentences, without any real context left in as to what was really being said. He cut Jones' statement when he was obviously saying a LOT more right after what was left in.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
3. Lots of so-called progressives have been instructing everybody to ignore Putin-Trump
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 05:59 PM
Jun 2017

connection, and many are still doing it. That they've been proven wrong every step of the way is obvious to anybody who isn't a desperate hanger-on. It's not clear at all to me why it has to be either or: either the Dems were too "neoliberal" or the election was seriously compromised by criminal collusion with a foreign state. If you have half a brain, it's clearly both, but some on the left have this moronic obsession with it only being the first, and they cannot stop choking out that "Russia didn't matter," even as it becomes more and more clear that the Trump campaign was involved in a criminal conspiracy with the Russian state apparatus at all levels.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
4. That's a partisan hack entity. No telling what Jones really said.
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 06:02 PM
Jun 2017

It's not worthy of serious consideration.

still_one

(92,422 posts)
6. Is it legal to record someone without their permission? I really wish someone would kick the ever
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 06:03 PM
Jun 2017

living shit out of that scum bag O'Keefe, or better yet, he contracts an affliction and finds out he doesn't have health insurance

TexasBushwhacker

(20,219 posts)
10. In some states you can record the audio of a conversation
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 06:16 PM
Jun 2017

as long as one party knows. I doubt that extends to video.

vrguy

(236 posts)
7. This is an example of fake news!!!
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 06:06 PM
Jun 2017

Hate to use the term but anyone who sees the video can take away from it what they want...out out context edited it's rubbish. And stupid bots pushing it to trend on twitter. Urrgg...good luck Americans...you are going to need it.

Matthew28

(1,798 posts)
9. Yep,
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 06:10 PM
Jun 2017

The right is making fake news to repeat until they convince uninformed people that it is true. They're lying snakes.

Matthew28

(1,798 posts)
8. Most of Trumps inner circle
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 06:09 PM
Jun 2017

Has ties with Russia and even Trump now blames Obama for the damn thing. WTF??? It is a big freaking deal but the loserterians are trying to spin out of it using crap like this.

Freethinker65

(10,061 posts)
12. O'Keefe is just a big nothingburger. (And you can quote me on that)
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 06:23 PM
Jun 2017

Seriously, does anyone care what O'Keefe manages to get on tape anymore?

mdbl

(4,976 posts)
14. someone needs to take a video of him doing something awful which we know he's capable of
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 06:37 PM
Jun 2017

and put it on the internet.

Hekate

(90,829 posts)
18. O'Keefe just keeps splicing those tapes until he gets them to say what he wants
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 09:12 PM
Jun 2017

Why would we believe anything that comes from that slime?

creeksneakers2

(7,476 posts)
19. Out of context
Wed Jun 28, 2017, 09:30 PM
Jun 2017

Van Jones believes the investigation is a waste but not because he's sure nothing happened. He says its a waste because it would be so difficult to prove it did. Van Jones believes the Democrats would be better off putting their efforts into other issues.

http://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-van-jones-project-veritas-james-okeefe-2017-6

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
21. I don't care
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 02:41 AM
Jun 2017

It's O'Keefe. Van Jones isn't some insider either. He's an opinion guy.

It's WaPo and some other traditional newspaper outlets that have been doing the heavy lifting on the Russia stories anyway.

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