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Why, because WaPo did what they were supposed to? Good on the Washington Post. Project Veritas served its function.

orf 9y ago
Don't paint this as 'Veritas serving its function', their function is not to evaluate but to discredit. They take secret recordings, then create videos using completely out of context clips to push right-wing agendas. Just like the whole 'nothing-burger' video. I'm sure if the reporters had responded to this fake woman's story with any soundbites about how it would effect Moore's election results, regardless of if they published anything or if they kicked her out the door the next minute they would put up a video about how "WaPo reporters are desperate to destroy the honorable Roy Moore!"; just look here is one saying this fake story would be bad for his campaign! Disgusting.
- leifaffles 9y ago
  They're activists, but sometimes activists stumble on the truth too.
  - orf 9y ago
    Well, if you throw enough crap at the wall... The question is if the truth they stumble upon outweighs the misinformation and lies they spread to come across it.
    - leifaffles 9y ago
      Okay, but the same can be said for Media Matters, Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow, and so on. They're all doing shady shit, but sometimes one of them hits on something useful.
      - MBCook 9y ago
        Have any of them broken a real story? Ever? I’m not talking about some partisan thing, I mean a story that gets picked up as teal by MSM outlets and a real issue. I honestly don’t know.
  - mejari 9y ago
    It's hard to stumble on the truth when the entire basis for their group is lies.
- fleitz 9y ago
  So basically it's like a right-wing CNN?
  - ejstronge 9y ago
    If CNN lied about sexual assaults for political gain, not to mention having a history of trespassing and dishonesty, sure. Very apt observation.
    - fleitz 9y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_controversies#Donna_Brazile_and_Roland_Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_controversies#Donna_Brazil... Donna Brazile and Roland Martin[edit] In October 2016, WikiLeaks published emails from John Podesta which showed CNN contributor Donna Brazile passing the questions for a CNN-sponsored debate to the Clinton campaign.[13] In the email, Brazile discussed her concern of Clinton's ability to field a question regarding the death penalty. The following day Clinton would receive the question about the death penalty, verbatim from an audience member at the CNN-hosted Town Hall event.[14] According to a CNNMoney investigation, the debate moderator Roland Martin of TV One "did not deny sharing information with Brazile."[15] CNN severed ties with Brazile on October 14, 2016.[16][17] ^ Rigging debates. (Dishonesty + Political Gain) Conflicts with Trump administration[edit] On January 10, 2017, CNN reported on the existence of classified documents that said Russia had compromising personal and financial information about then President-elect Donald Trump. CNN did not publish the dossier, or any specific details of the dossier. Later that day, BuzzFeed published the entire 35-page dossier with a disclaimer that it was unverified and "includes some clear errors".[21][22][23] The dossier had been read widely by political and media figures in Washington, and had been sent to multiple other journalists who had declined to publish it as it was unsubstantiated.[21] At a press conference the following day, Trump referred to CNN as fake news and refused to take a question from CNN reporter Jim Acosta.[24] ^ 'Russian hooker' dossier (Dishonesty + Political Gain + Sexual Assault) Coverage of Margaret Thatcher's death[edit] CNN was criticized for using a photograph of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher with disgraced BBC presenter Jimmy Savile four times during coverage of her death on April 8, 2013.[34] Allegations of sexual abuse against Savile were made public in 2012, a year after his death, leading UK police to believe that Savile may have been one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders.[35] An image of Thatcher with Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was also run during the broadcast, leading some commentators to accuse CNN of bias.[36][37] ^ Selective Editing (Dishonesty + Political Gain) Rigged debates, lying about sexual assault, and selective editing doesn't sound like Project Veritas to you? Admittedly I can't find a trespass claim against CNN so perhaps more accurately Project Veritas is a right wing CNN that also trespasses.
mulmen 9y ago
Fraud is not the fifth estate.

orf 9y ago

Don't paint this as 'Veritas serving its function', their function is not to evaluate but to discredit. They take secret recordings, then create videos using completely out of context clips to push right-wing agendas. Just like the whole 'nothing-burger' video. I'm sure if the reporters had responded to this fake woman's story with any soundbites about how it would effect Moore's election results, regardless of if they published anything or if they kicked her out the door the next minute they would put up a video about how "WaPo reporters are desperate to destroy the honorable Roy Moore!"; just look here is one saying this fake story would be bad for his campaign! Disgusting.

leifaffles 9y ago
They're activists, but sometimes activists stumble on the truth too.
- orf 9y ago
  Well, if you throw enough crap at the wall... The question is if the truth they stumble upon outweighs the misinformation and lies they spread to come across it.
  - leifaffles 9y ago
    Okay, but the same can be said for Media Matters, Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow, and so on. They're all doing shady shit, but sometimes one of them hits on something useful.
    - MBCook 9y ago
      Have any of them broken a real story? Ever? I’m not talking about some partisan thing, I mean a story that gets picked up as teal by MSM outlets and a real issue. I honestly don’t know.
- mejari 9y ago
  It's hard to stumble on the truth when the entire basis for their group is lies.
fleitz 9y ago
So basically it's like a right-wing CNN?
- ejstronge 9y ago
  If CNN lied about sexual assaults for political gain, not to mention having a history of trespassing and dishonesty, sure. Very apt observation.
  - fleitz 9y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_controversies#Donna_Brazile_and_Roland_Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_controversies#Donna_Brazil... Donna Brazile and Roland Martin[edit] In October 2016, WikiLeaks published emails from John Podesta which showed CNN contributor Donna Brazile passing the questions for a CNN-sponsored debate to the Clinton campaign.[13] In the email, Brazile discussed her concern of Clinton's ability to field a question regarding the death penalty. The following day Clinton would receive the question about the death penalty, verbatim from an audience member at the CNN-hosted Town Hall event.[14] According to a CNNMoney investigation, the debate moderator Roland Martin of TV One "did not deny sharing information with Brazile."[15] CNN severed ties with Brazile on October 14, 2016.[16][17] ^ Rigging debates. (Dishonesty + Political Gain) Conflicts with Trump administration[edit] On January 10, 2017, CNN reported on the existence of classified documents that said Russia had compromising personal and financial information about then President-elect Donald Trump. CNN did not publish the dossier, or any specific details of the dossier. Later that day, BuzzFeed published the entire 35-page dossier with a disclaimer that it was unverified and "includes some clear errors".[21][22][23] The dossier had been read widely by political and media figures in Washington, and had been sent to multiple other journalists who had declined to publish it as it was unsubstantiated.[21] At a press conference the following day, Trump referred to CNN as fake news and refused to take a question from CNN reporter Jim Acosta.[24] ^ 'Russian hooker' dossier (Dishonesty + Political Gain + Sexual Assault) Coverage of Margaret Thatcher's death[edit] CNN was criticized for using a photograph of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher with disgraced BBC presenter Jimmy Savile four times during coverage of her death on April 8, 2013.[34] Allegations of sexual abuse against Savile were made public in 2012, a year after his death, leading UK police to believe that Savile may have been one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders.[35] An image of Thatcher with Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was also run during the broadcast, leading some commentators to accuse CNN of bias.[36][37] ^ Selective Editing (Dishonesty + Political Gain) Rigged debates, lying about sexual assault, and selective editing doesn't sound like Project Veritas to you? Admittedly I can't find a trespass claim against CNN so perhaps more accurately Project Veritas is a right wing CNN that also trespasses.

mulmen 9y ago

Fraud is not the fifth estate.