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Unorthodox journalist tactics or not, they catch the elite saying horrible things on camera when they think they are speaking amongst friends. Yes they do go a

Unorthodox journalist tactics or not, they catch the elite saying horrible things on camera when they think they are speaking amongst friends. Yes they do go against the left a lot in who they go after. But you can’t argue against the video footage. I consider myself on the left on many things but what they capture people saying is absolute appalling. Why focus on their tactics instead of what they uncover?

acdha 6y ago
They like to present themselves as undercover journalists but their history shows that they don’t meet that standard: unlike journalists they actively manipulate the videos to mislead their audience – if you remember their rise to fame attacking ACORN, their videos were edited to be successful political propaganda but the subsequent legal investigations didn’t find any wrongdoing by ACORN and Project Veritas had to pay damages for defamation. This also was hardly “elites” - they heavily edited video to misrepresent what low-level employees did, and attempted to portray that false narrative as the organizational policy. They’ve also been known to produce complete fabrications like their unsuccessful attack on the Washington Post. That was straight up entrapment, not journalism.
- cudgy 6y ago
  “... unlike journalists they actively manipulate the videos to mislead their audience” Are there any journalists left? This behavior is rampant in virtually all forms of news.
  - acdha 6y ago
    No, it’s not. The people hawking that claim do so knowing that it’s a good strategy for getting low-information voters to tune out, but that makes it a useful political tactic rather than true.
    - cudgy 6y ago
      I would argue people making your claim are being selective with their standards and not being skeptical of their own information sources. Similar to people re-electing their Congress people, but complaining about the ineptitude of the incumbents in Congress. It’s a common effect that we as individuals suffer from.

acdha 6y ago

They like to present themselves as undercover journalists but their history shows that they don’t meet that standard: unlike journalists they actively manipulate the videos to mislead their audience – if you remember their rise to fame attacking ACORN, their videos were edited to be successful political propaganda but the subsequent legal investigations didn’t find any wrongdoing by ACORN and Project Veritas had to pay damages for defamation. This also was hardly “elites” - they heavily edited video to misrepresent what low-level employees did, and attempted to portray that false narrative as the organizational policy. They’ve also been known to produce complete fabrications like their unsuccessful attack on the Washington Post. That was straight up entrapment, not journalism.

cudgy 6y ago
“... unlike journalists they actively manipulate the videos to mislead their audience” Are there any journalists left? This behavior is rampant in virtually all forms of news.
- acdha 6y ago
  No, it’s not. The people hawking that claim do so knowing that it’s a good strategy for getting low-information voters to tune out, but that makes it a useful political tactic rather than true.
  - cudgy 6y ago
    I would argue people making your claim are being selective with their standards and not being skeptical of their own information sources. Similar to people re-electing their Congress people, but complaining about the ineptitude of the incumbents in Congress. It’s a common effect that we as individuals suffer from.