Posted on 02/01/2010 12:43:05 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Interviewed on Fox just moments ago, Andrew Breitbart claimed that alleged Landrieu phone tamperer James O'Keefe "sat in jail for 28 hours without access to an attorney."
Breitbart, who has been on a public campaign defending O'Keefe, a paid contributor to Breitbart's BigGovernment.com, also charged that the U.S. Attorney's office in Louisiana leaked information to the press "helping" them to frame the episode as "Watergate Junior."
Breitbart complained that after the news of the arrests broke last Tuesday, O'Keefe's attorney and Breitbart himself were being called by the media but they could not locate O'Keefe -- "and that's because he was sitting in jail without access to an attorney," Breitbart said.
He accused the U.S. attorney of leaking information to the media in a "concerted effort" to frame the episode in a way that would put O'Keefe in a bad position.
Asked by Fox's Megyn Kelly what motivation the U.S. Attorney would have to make such an effort, Breitbart responded: "Well, it's tied to the Justice Department. And we've been very aggressive in asking Eric Holder to investigate what's seen on the ACORN tapes, and he's ignored it."
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The difference being that, all other things being equal, if this had been Michael Moore trying to expose a Republican Senator, the media would be screaming about freedom of the press and repression of the reporter, and the Senator in question would be offering profuse apologies for the misunderstanding.
Bunch of Hollywood types aren't going to like hearing that...they have pretty cushy livelihoods doing just that.
save your breath... aft brain seems to have taken the TEDDY KEGGER Opinion ...
His MIND is made up.. don’t try to confuse him with FACTS!
either that or he’s a SLEEPER TROLL, or a PAULISTINIAN...
Don’t be a idiot. Yes journalists have the right to report. They do not have the right to break the law when creating their report. Remember the LAW? The First Amendment has NOTHING to do with this.
What facts? Huh? The ignored ones like what you are doing or the real ones? The one where it says in the AFFIDAVIT that says they dressed up in telephone repairman gear, went into a federal building stated that they were there to look at the phones and then commenced to looking at the phones. You think that’s ok? Would you mind it if I went to your house and did that?
BTW I have been here far longer than you so STFU with your ignorant troll comment.
If a Senator did that he would be spineless and the media is what it is. But if he committed something similar fine then he should be charged just the same.
Maybe you should watch, much less pay attention to, MSNBC?
Try watching Hannity tonight, when O’Keefe will give his first post-arrest interview.
Increasingly..the gov’mt is out to prove its Washington DC vs America...
IT”S OBVIOUS that you are NOT A JOURNALIST... an HONEST ONE will admit.. we’ve been doing just this same behaviour for DECADES...
Enter my house ... my 2nd amendment will FIX THAT.. we are talking about FEDERAL BUILDING that MY TAXES PAY FOR..
I have trained as a journalist.. I am a Member of the SAME UNION as most of them (Media ones,anyway)... right now they are CHEERING your posts.. as you are now one of the USEFUL IDIOTS..that they so often speak of.
SO.. IMHO... STFU!!!
All the "should be's" in the world butter no parsnips. As I understand it (and I'm a little closer to this, being in Louisiana) Landrieu's constituents were unable to reach anybody by phone at her office in the immediate prelude to, and aftermath of the "Louisiana purchase". O'Keefe and his sidekicks approached the office as phone service personnel, wishing merely to confirm (i.e. have somebody at the office confirm) that the phones were working properly, and capture the exchange on tape.
If this was Moore trying to "bust" a Republican or business CEO, or Borat just trying to make somebody look like an ass, there would not be any media coverage of this other than what a poor sport the intended target was being for not playing along. O'Keefe, and by extension Breitbart, have always been about exposing the double standard of the MSM, and are continuing to do just that.
IF YOU don’t like being called a troll... STOP ACTING LIKE ONE...
that having been said... go take another TOKE off your BONG and go back to watching your RON PAUL YOUTUBES.
either that or he’s a SLEEPER TROLL, or a PAULISTINIAN...No a Paulistinian would at least respect the Constitution...
It was Singapore.
STFU ALREADY.
All of you ignorant mudslinging and lies mean squat to me. Call me a troll all day long. Accuse of being a Ron Paul fan all day fine. But don’t sit there and tell me the consitution selectively protects journalist from prosecution if they break the law.
Since you have trained as a journalist, or claim to anyways. Provide me case law and examples where journalists have been protected from prosecution because they were journalists looking into something.
as a journalist, or claim to anyways. Provide me case law an
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
PAULTARD ...definitely.. don’t know the difference between a Lawyer and a Journalist..
EFF YOU MORON>> I BACK OFF FROM NOTHING!!!! INCLUDING YOUR PAULTARD MENTALITY!!
IF YOU ARE SO STUPID TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JOURNALIST AND A LAWYER>>> MAKES YOU A PAULTARD OR A MORON!!!!
NOW ASS ... fine I don’t give a F*** what you think.. because it isn’t worth anything.. JUST KEEP UP BEING THE LEFT’S
USEFUL IDIOT!!!
LOL, sure thing LOL. Poor little guy.
Still waiting for your case law in support of your proposition that journalists are in fact safe from prosecution when in the act of breaking the law.
You’re an imposter. You’re not sick of libs, you’re a sick lib.
Anyone can check your posting history.
Ignorance is no excuse. There have been many threads on this. Obvious O’Keefe wasn’t doing or planning any wire tapping.
Go back to the Kos.
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