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> in some respects it's hard to come back at Project Veritas outright lying and fabricating stories to try and discredit news organizations seems like it can c

> in some respects it's hard to come back at Project Veritas outright lying and fabricating stories to try and discredit news organizations seems like it can come back on your no matter what happens. In this case, Veritas has egg on its face, one of its employees is now outed, and everyone that they "may" have been able to expose that wasn't already on high alert for these frauds is. They've managed to not only prove WP follows proper journalist practices, but they've also given warning to those that don't to be extra careful of them. WP on the other hand, appears to have done what it usually does, vets information and publishes what it finds. They come out a huge winner over doing nothing, which is exactly the opposite of what Veritas was trying to accomplish.

klodolph 9y ago
An employee was outed but it sounds like these employees were disposable to begin with.
- jrumbut 9y ago
  This story makes me wonder what the other 11 new employees they were looking for are up to right now.
pohl 9y ago
In this case, Veritas has egg on its face Maybe they can escape this by rebranding themselves Project Mendacium.
dragonwriter 9y ago
> outright lying and fabricating stories to try and discredit news organizations seems like it can come back on your no matter what happens. Not when your clear history of willingness to do that is what drives donations. It's literally the entire reason Project Veritas exists and gets funded.
oh_sigh 9y ago
> outright lying and fabricating stories to try and discredit news organizations seems like it can come back on your no matter what happens. Why? News organizations should never accept fabricated stories. If they do, then something is wrong with their vetting process, and it means that non "pen-testing" fake stories can get through as well, where the intent is to have some effect in the world(say, getting a person out of an election) as opposed to just making the newspaper blush.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago
  > News organizations should never accept fabricated stories This is like running around committing fraud and then claiming "people should have never participated in my fraud!" No, they shouldn't. But no, you shouldn't.
- Overtonwindow 9y ago
  But they do... all the time. Look at the Rolling Stone UVA debacle.

klodolph 9y ago

An employee was outed but it sounds like these employees were disposable to begin with.

jrumbut 9y ago
This story makes me wonder what the other 11 new employees they were looking for are up to right now.

pohl 9y ago

In this case, Veritas has egg on its face Maybe they can escape this by rebranding themselves Project Mendacium.

dragonwriter 9y ago

> outright lying and fabricating stories to try and discredit news organizations seems like it can come back on your no matter what happens. Not when your clear history of willingness to do that is what drives donations. It's literally the entire reason Project Veritas exists and gets funded.

oh_sigh 9y ago

> outright lying and fabricating stories to try and discredit news organizations seems like it can come back on your no matter what happens. Why? News organizations should never accept fabricated stories. If they do, then something is wrong with their vetting process, and it means that non "pen-testing" fake stories can get through as well, where the intent is to have some effect in the world(say, getting a person out of an election) as opposed to just making the newspaper blush.

JumpCrisscross 9y ago
> News organizations should never accept fabricated stories This is like running around committing fraud and then claiming "people should have never participated in my fraud!" No, they shouldn't. But no, you shouldn't.
Overtonwindow 9y ago
But they do... all the time. Look at the Rolling Stone UVA debacle.