Running for President in 2028???
Posted on 03/09/2011 2:45:22 PM PST by winstonwolf33
James O'Keefe, whose hidden camera outfit Project Veritas claimed another major scalp today with the resignation of NPR CEO Vivian Schiler, departed from his usual symbiotic relationship with conservative media guru Andrew Breitbart in releasing his latest project.
As Mediaite notes, some observers are questioning if this reveals fissures between the two. O'Keefe posted his famous ACORN videos to Breitbart's "Big Government" but gave news site The Daily Caller first crack at his latest video. Breitbart turned on O'Keefe in the press last year after a colleague of O'Keefe's revealed to the press that the conservative filmmaker was planning an elaborate prank in which he would lure a CNN reporter onto a boat with a hidden camera and attempt to seduce her.
"From what I've read about this script, though not executed, it is patently gross and offensive," Breitbart said in a statement at the time. "It's not his detractors to whom he also owes this public airing. It's to his legion of supporters."
Breitbart denied a split in an interview with Mediaite, however, saying "I've said all along that James needs to be an independent journalist. His ACORN videos weren't posted exclusively on Breitbart sites." He added, "The mainstream media uses me as a way to marginalize James ... and James as a means to marginalize me."
TPM put in a request for comment to O'Keefe, but has not yet heard back.
The Saul Alinski Journolista goons in the MSM need a focal point to destroy (ala Sarah Palin). Without that, they thrash around and are very ineffective (see the Tea Party). Both of these guys going their separate ways and branching out diffuses the standard attack tactics that the left has used over and over. Breitbart and O’Keefe are running circles around the MSM because the MSM is so predictable and easy to spike. That is how they got a 2 for 1 out of the ACORN scandal (taking down ACORN and the MSM simultaneously) as they leaked out new videos that were perfect counter attacks every time the MSM came up with a new spin to save ACORN and belittle them.
The MSM’s success over the last few decades at spinning the message has been blown up by the asymettric informational tactics of the new generation of bloggers. Very soon, the MSM will be marginalized by this process.
Who cares? They both have plenty of success between themselves. And as James builds his business, it’s smart for him to take charge of his own content. It’s nothing against Breitbart.
We need to win with 2/3rds so that after the vote count we win by 1% because of the election fraud and the disqualified votes from military.
We need O’Keefe and all the other INDEPENDENT and separate conservative warriors to keep hitting the opposition from many different directions.
Don’t give the opposition one or a few targets they then gang up on. Keep them disorganized!
Running for President in 2028???
Was this posted in Breaking News on FR?
Is that what I said? I think not.
News/activism. It deserves general chat at best.
Who the he!! would give a crap about this tripe article other then someone(s) trying to stir up sh!t?
as they leaked out new videos that were perfect counter attacks every time the MSM came up with a new spin to save ACORN and belittle them
MSM is now afraid to attack for fear there are more videos in the offing to make them look like a bunch of stupid idiots.
You really don’t do a very great job of trolling, and I mean that with all FR respect.
Get real
If this is the best the Talking Points Memo flying monkeys can come up with, George Soros is going to want his money back.
Yea I’m a troll ROFL. Follow my posts JA.
A bunch of little old ladies bantering about minutia. That’s “REAL” sparky.
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