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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 09:52 AM
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Rachel Maddow tears Breitbart's ACORN tapes apart-(what was "Cut" from their "Investigation" Video)
Rachel Maddow tears Breitbart's ACORN tapes apart
The MSNBC host shows what James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles cut from their "investigation" into the group Video

VIDEO:
On Tuesday night, Rachel Maddow put a definitive end to the story -- pushed by Fox News Channel for six months -- that the "exposé" of ACORN by James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles on Andrew Breitbart's Web site showed the group involved in nefarious deeds. Using the unedited tapes released by California Attorney General Jerry Brown of O'Keefe and Giles's visits to ACORN offices in the state, Maddow showed the vast gulf between the conservative version of the "scandal" and reality.

Watch here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36204129#36204129
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/04/07/rachel_maddow_acorn_tapes/index.html
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951-Riverside Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 10:07 AM
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1. K&R
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951-Riverside Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 10:11 AM
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2. They are dirtbags. Absolutely shameful.
They lied and pretty much got away with it while innocent people lost their jobs.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 10:21 AM
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3. Sensationalistic, wall-to-wall coverage to begin in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1
Never.
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Luminous Animal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 10:37 AM
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4. K & R
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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 10:38 AM
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5. To the greatest with you. (n/t)
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moondust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 10:41 AM
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6. Was Fox behind the whole thing?
The funding? The filming? The editing?

:shrug:
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 10:56 AM
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7. Why was this not exposed during the investigation? Why did they
wait until the company was wrecked?
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ProfessorPlum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-08-10 05:54 AM
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21. Breitbart wasn't forced to release the unedited tapes until
Jerry Brown ran a criminal investigation and subpoenaed them as evidence.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 12:02 PM
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8. K&R nt
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Bigmack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 12:09 PM
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9. Saw it. Aren't there any criminal penalties for fraud? or Whatever? nt
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 12:27 PM
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10. IANAL but can't these assholes be sued? Can't AG Brown go after them?
Can't the ACORN employees sue them for defamation? Can't the FCC demand FAUX air a correction?

I wish the Congressional Black Caucus along with the Dem party make a resolution defaming O'Keefe, Giles & others involved.
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 12:42 PM
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11. OK I'm pissed: AG Brown agreed NOT TO PROSECUTE O'KEEFE & GILES in return for the tapes
To obtain the full tapes, Brown's office agreed not to prosecute conservative activists James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles, who played the pimp and prostitute in the video, even though the report found they likely violated state privacy laws.

In California, O'Keefe used hidden cameras on visits to ACORN offices in San Diego, San Bernardino and Los Angeles. State law requires both parties to give consent before a conversation is recorded.

-snip

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hrcQQze_U6xaa9ySFhMLj50bhXbAD9EQLM402
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Drix Donating Member (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:57 PM
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12. This is alarming.
What if AG Brown had found criminal activity? He would then have to prosecute ACORN but legally bound not to prosecute O'Keefe and Giles. This immunity stinks because he could have gotten the tapes through subpoena.
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:04 PM
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13. Join me in writing AG Holder & Judiciary Chair Conyers:
Holder: askDOJ@usdoj.gov

Conyers: John.Conyers@mail.house.gov

It's total BS! and that thug O"keefe is about to get off from attempting another set up in Sen Landrieu's office. It's about time he finds some justice! I hope those 2 ACORN employees who were set up sue the pants off the asshole.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:07 PM
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14. Won't be long before these criminals are in prison
Give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:11 PM
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15. You forgot the sarcasm thingy. If there's anything that the last 8 years have shown
is that repukes are dipped in teflon at birth. Even St.Ronnie's White house saw some of their own get indicted and even convicted. Not anymore.
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:33 PM
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17. I have to agree. There are 2 types of justice in this country and regardless of who is in power
criminal repukes are immune for serving real justice. Look at Sen Ted Stevens vs Gov Don Siegelman despite a Democrat as AG..
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 05:27 PM
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18. Trolls now attacking @ Huff Po
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/07/acorn-sting-tape-edited-r_n_528556.html
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dem mba Donating Member (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 07:04 PM
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19. that seems odd
can't they just seize them or demand them as evidence or something?

anyway, can't ACORN still sue independently of the California AG?
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chat_noir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:22 PM
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16. lol @ posts to Breitbart's twitter account
http://twitter.com/andrewbreitbart

joanwalsh @andrewbreitbart: are you shriveling as you watch @maddow take down the sick giles/o'keefe hoax? we'll have more, much more, tomorrow


EricBoehlert Maybe @andrewbreitbart will blog about how it feels to be humiliated on national TV, courtesy of Maddow tonight.


wazi_san Where's ur Messiah now? RT @EricBoehlert Maddow pummeling @andrewbreitbart re: ACORN pimp hoax. It's ugly/amusing http://tinyurl.com/yhavykl
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 07:08 PM
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20. If only the media would have requested the unedited videos before giving any
cred to this story in the first place. I'm talking about the non MSNBC media of course. ;)
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