ACORN "pimp" videos edited to falsify story

[gramage]

So now that the California attorney general has released the unedited videos this criminal propaganda filmmaker made in his state, it turns out that not only was he not dressed like a pimp, several offices threw him out and called the cops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0B0wxt3XYc

Funny how something that relevant to the story didn't make this "journalists" piece for Fox, who I'm sure will work very hard to correct the misinformation they spread as fact for months

It's a real shame they let him cut that deal when he interfered with a US senators office, this little punk needs to learn the hard way just how pathetic he is.

 

[blackrock13]

Oooops! Fumble, but I can hear FOX now claiming they were duped as well. Yes victims of this scam artist and his accomplice. You wait.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Further proof only those who rode the 'short bus' to school believe FAUX has any credibility!......

 

[fuji]

Fox is a scam.

 

[qwertyuio]

This is old news, I saw this on either Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert (can't remember which) a few weeks ago. The american media is truly in a sad state of affairs when those two are becoming the most reliable news source.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Well you have to admit Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert lately have been far more factual and accurate than FAUX! Only the weak of mind will dispute that!...

 

[blackrock13]

This is old news, I saw this on either Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert (can't remember which) a few weeks ago. The american media is truly in a sad state of affairs when those two are becoming the most reliable news source.

Apparently the news sources was a well known California police department and the state's attorney general.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Hope ACORN sues the FARK out of FAUX et al., and wins a BUNDLE!!!.....

 

[Aardvark154]

So the footage showing Acorn Employees counseling tax fraud, immigration fraud, and aiding in the trafficking of persons was somehow filmed using actors?

The only small problem is that, that isn't what California Attorney General Brown actually said. Common sense should also indicate this since when Acorn filed suit it was based upon the filming, not upon the statements being false (kind of an important thing to leave out of the lawsuit don't you think).

Next I suppose someone is going to try to say that Micheal Moore never edits his films.

 

[gramage]

So the footage showing Acorn Employees counseling tax fraud, immigration fraud, and aiding in the trafficking of persons was somehow filmed using actors?

The only small problem is that, that isn't what California Attorney General Brown actually said. Common sense should also indicate this since when Acorn filed suit it was based upon the filming, not upon the statements being false (kind of an important thing to leave out of the lawsuit don't you think).

Next I suppose someone is going to try to say that Micheal Moore never edits his films.

That footage was shown and represented as if every office did this and it was the standard practices of ACORN as opposed to a handful of individuals failing in their jobs as was reality. When you deliberately omit facts that show your statements about what is going on are lies you're not a journalist, you're a propaganda filmmaker.

And for the record I think Michael Moore is a propaganda filmmaker not a documentarian.

 

[blackrock13]

So the footage showing Acorn Employees counseling tax fraud, immigration fraud, and aiding in the trafficking of persons was somehow filmed using actors?

The only small problem is that, that isn't what California Attorney General Brown actually said. Common sense should also indicate this since when Acorn filed suit it was based upon the filming, not upon the statements being false (kind of an important thing to leave out of the lawsuit don't you think).

Next I suppose someone is going to try to say that Micheal Moore never edits his films.

Aartie, did you watch both clips. It's clear that really wasn't the case. The conversations were so heavily edited to the point where to say 'taken out o context' would be an understatement.

 

[K Douglas]

Sorry but the first snippet with the Mexican guy was damning. Is there any corroboration that he called police (other than his brother in law)? I have to think that Fox News Network looked at all the tapes before they ran that story. Furthermore, they must have known that the legal authorities would be reviewing them and eventually other networks would get access to information. Why would they run a false story knowing that eventually the whole tapes would be exposed. Something isn't right with this.

Bottom line is ACORN was corrupt, many of the people associated with this outfit were either unqualified or of questionable character and it did not meet its mandate of helping uplift those requiring their services. The apparent 'editing' of this video doesn't change that.

 

[gramage]

Fox didn't edit the video's, the little rat that made them did.

And if he's stupid enough to enter a Senator's office under false pretenses and screw with her phone system, why shouldn't we believe he's stupid enough to think no one would find out he edited the tapes. Or maybe he was smart enough to realize that the gap between telling these lies and having them shown would be wide enough that most of the public would miss the corrections, since ACORN had to shut down in the interim.

 

[y2kmark]

Give us a break, will ya?!?

Next I suppose someone is going to try to say that Micheal Moore never edits his films.

How many films released in theatres are not edited?? The difference between MM and these clowns is just about every time he talks to someone, the first words out of his mouth are - "hello, I'm Michael Moore" and everyone knows who that is. Not like some cheezy, sleazy Alan Funt wannabe!

 

[WoodPeckr]

Next I suppose someone is going to try to say that Micheal Moore never edits his films.

Aardie you're beginning to become a 'mini-me' K Rove with the way you are becoming so adept at creating Karl Rove types of 'turd blossoms'!....

 

[Cinema Face]

Acorn makes a policy of gaming the system. I'm glad they're busted.

 

[WoodPeckr]

Acorn makes a policy of gaming the system. I'm glad they're busted.

And this makes them different from FAUX because???.....

 

[K Douglas]

And this makes them different from FAUX because???.....

Let's see, maybe it has something to do with the fact that Fox doesn't get a dime of taxpayer money to operate. It actually makes money from advertisers and having the highest viewer ratings of any cable channel.

 

[blackrock13]

Sorry but the first snippet with the Mexican guy was damning. Is there any corroboration that he called police (other than his brother in law)? I have to think that Fox News Network looked at all the tapes before they ran that story. Furthermore, they must have known that the legal authorities would be reviewing them and eventually other networks would get access to information. Why would they run a false story knowing that eventually the whole tapes would be exposed. Something isn't right with this.

Bottom line is ACORN was corrupt, many of the people associated with this outfit were either unqualified or of questionable character and it did not meet its mandate of helping uplift those requiring their services. The apparent 'editing' of this video doesn't change that.

Well, he may have given the story to the in-law, but the in-law didn't investigate it. Another police Department did.

Your last statement also shows you've not done much film or video editing. Have you ever wondered why edited security video is really frowned upon?

Acorn had it's problem but now it's closed. Another will rise up and take up the need, a little wiser and on the lookout for young couples with a bad fashion sense. The Republicans will, without a doubt, find something else to bitch about. Even some of their own are saying enough with the bitch, bitch, bitch, and continuous obstruction because it may blow back in their face.

 

[WoodPeckr]

It actually makes money from advertisers and having the highest viewer ratings of any cable channel.

Most FAUX viewers are not the sharpest tools in the shed.
They are a product of the Dumbing Down Campaign the GOP & FAUX have been conducting....