Posted on 09/16/2009 8:11:35 AM PDT by laotzu
(San Bernardino, CA) -- Today the videographer James O'Keefe's hidden camera "interview" with San BernardinoACORN organizer Tresa Kaelke, airing repeatedly on Fox "News", including the Glenn Beck show, and onBigGovernment.com, has been caught out in an obvious set of lies and manipulations.
When the actors approached Ms. Kaelke with their provocative costuming and outlandish scenario, she could nottake them seriously. So she met their outrageousness with her own personal style of outrageousness. Shematched their false scenario with her own false scenarios.
"They were not believable", said Ms. Kaelke of the two actors. "Somewhat entertaining, but they weren't evengood actors. I didn't know what to make of them. They were clearly playing with me. I decided to shock them asmuch as they were shocking me. Like Stephan Colbert does – saying the most outrageous things with a straightface." While her sense of humor might not be funny to many people, the fact is that she spun false scenario afterfalse scenario and the videographer ate them up.
For example, in response to the set-up by the filmmakers in which they say they are trying get the young womanaway from her abusive pimp, she responds that she was abused by her former husband as well (true) and that sheshot and killed him (false). He is very much alive and living near Barstow, CA.
However, this is taken as the gospel truth, not just in the film itself, but also by several "news" personalities,indicating that no journalistic standards were applied to making the video or vetting it for broadcast.
Further, as the actors repeatedly noted how nice she was being, Ms Kaelke responded, also repeatedly, that her"niceness" was just her, not ACORN. "My supervisor would shoot this down like faster than a bat out of hell."
When the actors talked about bringing 12-13 year olds in from another country, supposedly because they neededa lot of money fast for a political campaign, Ms. Kaelke said, "You are going to need it for a lawyer!"
These exchanges, which do not appear in the edited film put on BigGovernment.com, call into question thejournalistic standards of the film and of any purported news organization that chooses to run them.
Ms. Kaelke, who did not know she was being filmed, is appalled that her defensive attempts to deal with atroubling experience have been manipulated into an attack on her work helping low- and moderate-incomefamilies fight the foreclosure crisis, work for needed health care reform, and face the economic crisis in San Bernardino.
How can you people sleep at night?
Too late. Owned.
This is it? This is the best that ACORN can come up with?
She looked to me like she was on meth. She is likely delusional.
Attack....Ooooooh, scary
Let’s get a Special Prosecutor involved and see how much manipulations were involved.
Not true? Was it a joke to fire the other ACORN employees?
I think the media and ACORN is coming to her defense because she is white. Clearly they have no problem throwing their black employees under the bus.
These people are so full of BS...
Wow, it took them HOW many days to come up with this? And THIS is the best they can do?
What a bunch of lying dolts...
She was talking shit about killing a guy that she wished she killed.
Keepin' it real by making stuff up.
pitiful... even when caught red-handed.
I wonder if ACORN would be laughing now if it was the F.B.I. doing the undercover sting.
PLEASE, Freepers...google Hugh Hewitt Talk Radio and listen to Hugh's first hour from yesterday ...the one with Andrew Brietbart,...etc.
“abused by her former husband as well (true)...”
Who has a restraining order on HER!
It is an attempt to LIE and DENY all guilt and blame. A typical liberal/criminal mind.
Where the hell are the RICO prosecutions?
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