Project Veritas 'CNN Leaks' fall flat

[riversedge]

I have to admit--I vaguely recall seeing a headline but was not interested in the punk!





Project Veritas 'CNN Leaks' fall flat

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2017/02/project-veritas-cnn-leaks-fall-flat-235307

By Hadas Gold

02/23/17 12:13 PM EST

For a few days, Project Veritas founder and conservative activist James O'Keefe has been hyping the release of what he said were hundreds of hours of undercover audio recordings of employees at CNN.

Some staffers at CNN were legitimately alarmed that O'Keefe would be releasing tapes that could be embarrassing for the network. O'Keefe is known for his undercover video recordings, though questions over deceptive editing and concerns about the questionable tactics used to obtain those recordings have plagued some of his prior work. Before releasing the tapes Thursday, O'Keefe was featured on The Drudge Report and on Sean Hannity's radio show, where he previewed their release.

Instead, what O'Keefe released on Thursday landed with a dull thud in the media world. Though not all the hours of tapes have been made available for review, and damning recordings could still come out, O'Keefe made clear the audio he obtained is from 2009 and for the most part features lower-level staffers at the network.

In Project Veritas' news release about the tapes, the first highlighted segment are two producers talking about the use of certain polls and why then-CNN polling director (now NH1 News political director and anchor) Paul Steinhauser declined to use a poll by Rasmussen, a group whose polling methods are still not widely accepted. Another highlight is of an assignment desk editor saying "Fox News is unbearable," and a news desk editor talking about how "there's no debate" about climate change.
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Here is Griffiths' quote, as “caught” by Project Veritas:....................

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James O'Keefe

[louis-t]

1. There's a guy that didn't get enough attention as a child.

[Cha]

2. Thanks rivers..

[Lint Head]

3. He's a worm. Smarmy little prick.

[monmouth4]

4. Why or who would be at all interested in eight-year old tapes??? He's got a screw loose..n/t

[jetcat]

5. This was my favorite part of the article:

"What got the most attention on social media, though, was the unusual highlighting of a well-known quote that role of journalism is 'aiding the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.' But Project Veritas portrayed the situation as Richard Griffiths, now vice president and senior editorial director, being 'caught explaining' the role of a journalist."

Illiteracy is curable.

[C_U_L8R]

6. If a Republican utters the word "Veritas"

you just know it's bunch of horsecrap.
Do they really think they're fooling anyone
(besides their IQ-deficient base)?

[yallerdawg]

7. I thought it was gonna be 3 AM New Year's Eve tapes with Don Lemon!

He DID get his nipples pierced?

What the HELL could anyone "get" on CNN?

[Blue_Tires]

8. But Julian Assange said they were legit!

[FSogol]

9. LOL, someone set him up and sold him old tapes.

Hope it cost his benefactors a lot of simoleons.