Posted on 01/29/2010 8:59:01 AM PST by Reaganesque
The government has now confirmed what has always been clear: No one tried to wiretap or bug Senator Landrieu’s office. Nor did we try to cut or shut down her phone lines. Reports to this effect over the past 48 hours are inaccurate and false.
As an investigative journalist, my goal is to expose corruption and lack of concern for citizens by government and other institutions, as I did last year when our investigations revealed the massive corruption and fraud perpetrated by ACORN. For decades, investigative journalists have used a variety of tactics to try to dig out and reveal the truth.
I learned from a number of sources that many of Senator Landrieu’s constituents were having trouble getting through to her office to tell her that they didn’t want her taking millions of federal dollars in exchange for her vote on the healthcare bill. When asked about this, Senator Landrieu’s explanation was that, “Our lines have been jammed for weeks.” I decided to investigate why a representative of the people would be out of touch with her constituents for “weeks” because her phones were broken. In investigating this matter, we decided to visit Senator Landrieu’s district office – the people’s office – to ask the staff if their phones were working.
On reflection, I could have used a different approach to this investigation, particularly given the sensitivities that people understandably have about security in a federal building. The sole intent of our investigation was to determine whether or not Senator Landrieu was purposely trying to avoid constituents who were calling to register their views to her as their Senator. We video taped the entire visit, the government has those tapes, and I’m eager for them to be released because they refute the false claims being repeated by much of the mainstream media.
It has been amazing to witness the journalistic malpractice committed by many of the organizations covering this story. MSNBC falsely claimed that I violated a non-existent “gag order.” The Associated Press incorrectly reported that I “broke in” to an office which is open to the public. The Washington Post has now had to print corrections in two stories on me. And these are just a few examples of inaccurate and false reporting. The public will judge whether reporters who can’t get their facts straight have the credibility to question my integrity as a journalist.
Sounds like Mr. O'Keefe has a good libel case against MSNBC and their buddies.
Info ping!
i am very gratified that all the silly wagging tongues will be proven wrong. Some of that applies to some here who leaped before they looked.
Silly boy. Does he not realize that he has made the MSM look foolish by doing their job for them? He must now be punished.
The search function on FR sucks.
He could make a good living just off of all of his lawsuits! ;-)
Agreed. I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t just read the other post.
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FR is creeping along very s-l-o-w-l-y for me today, was down for hours yesterday, and I'm still getting that "Proxy Error" error message about half the time I post a comment.
Sorry to complain... just stating facts in case some aren't aware of the problems...
Very true. FR has been exceptionally slow for two or three days now.
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I am giving up and turning it off for awhile.
I found out why the search didn’t find anything...I typed “of” instead of “for” in the headline. My bad. But, I have had problems before with the search.
Yes, well, we still have some nasty little gremlins infesting in the system. Hopefully we’ll get them rooted out soon. Bear with us.
Technical problems are often isolated to a short between the seat and the keyboard.
Other than that, the FR search works best if you confine it to one or two significant words of the title (usually one is all you need) and stay away from words of three characters or less. Those don’t work at all. And avoid typos by using cut and paste rather than typing the words in.
Also, it appears that some people are not choosing the “Title” option in the pull down. That’s required if you wish to search by title.
Thanks, Jim and John... looks like all is back to normal. :o)
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