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Conservative provocateur targets CNN with secret recordings
CNN ^ | February 22, 2017 | By Brian Stetler

Posted on 02/22/2017 1:44:23 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee

O'Keefe said in a telephone interview with CNN on Wednesday that he has "a few hundred hours" of "secretly recorded material" from inside the network. "We're calling it CNN Leaks," he said, drawing inspiration from WikiLeaks' document dumps.

He said "part one" would be published Thursday at about 10 a.m. ET. "This is all legally recorded information," he said, declining to be more specific.

O'Keefe, who uses undercover stings to trap his targets, has a reputation for shady tactics and exaggerated statements.

Some of his so-called exposés have relied on misleading editing techniques. And an incident in 2010 landed him in legal trouble. After he was arrested at Senator Mary Landrieu's office, O'Keefe pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for entering federal property under false pretenses. He was sentenced to three years of probation, plus community service and a fine.

Given his track record, many consider O'Keefe discredited, and not a serious journalist. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: cnn; fakenews
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1 posted on 02/22/2017 1:44:23 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

CNN in full ass covering mode....this should be good


2 posted on 02/22/2017 1:45:43 PM PST by Daddaroo
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To: Brad from Tennessee

“O’Keefe, who uses undercover stings to trap his targets, has a reputation for shady tactics and exaggerated statements.”


LOL. Coming from a dirt bag CNN fake news stooge that is solid gold comedy.


3 posted on 02/22/2017 1:46:07 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Isn’t this tactic what made 60 Minutes famous, the ambush interviews?


4 posted on 02/22/2017 1:46:18 PM PST by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: Daddaroo

When they attack the messenger and not the message they know they`re in trouble


5 posted on 02/22/2017 1:46:49 PM PST by Daddaroo
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To: Brad from Tennessee

CNN is squealing. The recordings must be pretty damning.


6 posted on 02/22/2017 1:47:42 PM PST by marktwain (We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Richard T Griffiths, exec director, retiring this week, has as his loves on linkedIn, in this order:

Children
Civil Rights and Social Action
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief.

Haitian disaster relief for children? Didn’t some reporter get murdered for her trying to uncover child trafficking there?


7 posted on 02/22/2017 1:48:31 PM PST by txhurl
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To: Brad from Tennessee

But, of course, the Trump tape was perfectly okay with these slime.


8 posted on 02/22/2017 1:49:45 PM PST by Pravious
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To: marktwain

We need someone to go inside these crazy schools,colleges and universities. America has gone crazy from propaganda that is fed throughout our country.
Trump needs to clean out the Federal Government and our local and state governments.


9 posted on 02/22/2017 1:50:35 PM PST by Herman Ball
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To: marktwain

We need someone to go inside these crazy schools,colleges and universities. America has gone crazy from propaganda that is fed throughout our country.
Trump needs to clean out the Federal Government and our local and state governments.


10 posted on 02/22/2017 1:50:36 PM PST by Herman Ball
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Wow, how easy was that?!?
He drew them into a trap and got SO MUCH FREE PUBLICITY from them... now I understand why he didn’t simply just release it.

Thank you CNN, you blundering fools!


11 posted on 02/22/2017 1:51:10 PM PST by SparkyBass
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To: Brad from Tennessee

LOL! The subjective spinning in this “objective” “news” report is hilarious.

“He’s largely discredited by those like us who support the Democratic Party as our religion. Also, he once ran over a dog when he clearly could have swerved. And he ate a grape without paying for it when he was a child.”


12 posted on 02/22/2017 1:51:37 PM PST by Rastus
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To: Brad from Tennessee

LOL this is rich from CNN, and here they go. Discredit him before anything comes out.


13 posted on 02/22/2017 1:53:17 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Some of his so-called exposés...

Have what? Gotten folks fired? Exposed criminal activity?

Bwahahahaha.

14 posted on 02/22/2017 1:53:57 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I love the timing. Thursday morning. Drop before lunch news shows freaking out about what really goes on behind the scenes at stations. I worked at a couple stations for a few years.

AND - President Trump is about to release his new Executive Order on immigrants and visitors.

Kind of hard for the Lame Stream to fight on two fronts.

Buying stock in Orville Redenbacher.


15 posted on 02/22/2017 1:53:58 PM PST by Dacula (I have a disease called AWESOME, you would not understand it since you don't have it.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

lol....cnn blatantly mischaracterizing O’Keefe....


16 posted on 02/22/2017 1:55:32 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: Jane Long; oleus
This is the photo James released with the tweet. The guy is Griffiths who Oleus mentioned is retiring this week.

He wants us to look at this guy.

17 posted on 02/22/2017 1:59:30 PM PST by txhurl
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To: Brad from Tennessee
CNN Bob sez...

"Nothing to see here!"

18 posted on 02/22/2017 2:02:03 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: marktwain
Who you gonna believe, me or your lyin' ears?
19 posted on 02/22/2017 2:03:21 PM PST by skimbell
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To: Daddaroo

Used tactics made famous by 60 Minutes. You wouldn’t call young Dan Rather “not a journalist”, would you CNN? Hmmm?


20 posted on 02/22/2017 2:04:18 PM PST by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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