[–] SteveSilvestri 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
No, I mean like his ACORN video, how he edited it to look like he was getting help running a prostitution business when he was actually asking for help with something much more mundane. Look, man to man, O'Keefe is not the guy you wanna rally behind. Zero credibility.
Zero credibility, yet he cost Hillary a campaign manager? Why didn't they use that whole "but he's discredited" bit? Oh, wait... They DID and it still didn't work. Dude still resigned and she lost.
I think I will judge by his video content rather than "but he's a liar cuz this one time..." internet comments. If you go by that rationale all of the MSM should be off the air.
[–] SteveSilvestri ago
Sometimes it's easier to fire people than deal with the fallout. Like Paul Manafort, Trump's 2nd campaign manager with his purported Russian ties? I don't believe that shit, either. And it's not just the ACORN videos; he's not known for his wholesome and trustworthy record outside of that.
[–] 8173933? ago
You have a valid point. The ACORN stuff was very badly presented. The Veritas videos had a lot more substance, and the CNN videos are simply the raw truth of what has been happening to corrupt public opinion.
The magnitude of the effort to control public opinion, and the absolute lack of any journalistic integrity is what is being shown in these new videos. There is no room for debate on how they are edited, because he has taken great care to eliminate that talking point. This is raw information. We all know that the liars will spin this how they always do, they will intentionally misinterpret and misrepresent. Yet anyone with bandwidth will have the full record of these videos and be able to see the truth.
Spin requires momentum which is lost. Nobody believes you any more. Not even yourself, Steve. Face it, you are holding on to beliefs which are untenable, and your positions follow suit.
[–] SteveSilvestri ago
...That's a bold move there, but sorry, my position is pretty tenable. It could be presented as raw information, but he could have edited it and we'd never know. O'Keefe is just not a trustworthy source.