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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Thu May 22, 2014, 03:57 PM May 2014

James O’Keefe’s anti-fracking scam backfires

Source: Salon

A would-be victim of the conservative prankster made an undercover recording of his own

Conservative prankster James O’Keefe — famous for entrapping liberals into saying things they’ll later live to regret — has ended up on the wrong end of his own sting operation, the Daily Beast reports. One of the journalist’s intended victims, catching on to the chicanery, came forward with a secret recording that he says reveals the O’Keefe’s true methods of getting his incendiary video clips.

O’Keefe unveiled his newest video, which he claimed exposes the hypocrisy of Hollywood environmentalists, Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival. In it, to the glee of conservative bloggers, environmentalist filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell and actors Mariel Hemingway and Ed Begley Jr. all appear to unwittingly accept funding for a new anti-fracking documentary from some very stereotypical Middle Eastern oil interests. (“If Washington, D.C., continues fracking,” a potential investor named Muhammed explains as his motivation for backing the film, “America will be energy-efficient, and then they won’t need my oil anymore”):

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/05/22/james_okeefes_anti_fracking_scam_backfires/



How many more lies can this clown be caught in before right wingers stop believing him?

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James O’Keefe’s anti-fracking scam backfires (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone May 2014 OP
How many more lies? These idiots still believe the Vince Foster lies. arcane1 May 2014 #1
It was a rhetorical question WhoIsNumberNone May 2014 #2
Because they fall in this category: freshwest May 2014 #3
Or maybe this category? DeSwiss May 2014 #20
More desperate and pathetic tactics from O'Keefe. nt okaawhatever May 2014 #4
HE'S still alive?! FiveGoodMen May 2014 #5
Fox News, who else, and ONLY Fox News would host this conman, NOT a "pranister". And so they did. Fred Sanders May 2014 #6
Fox has wised up Gothmog May 2014 #11
O'Keefe was on prime time Kelly Propaganda hour last night, so they learn nothing. Fred Sanders May 2014 #12
I stand corrrected Gothmog May 2014 #14
Is he still on probation? Timez Squarez May 2014 #7
^^THIS^^ He should be IN JAIL. nt BumRushDaShow May 2014 #8
O'Keefe has become a joke Gothmog May 2014 #9
Two things... SoapBox May 2014 #10
Don't hold your breath smallcat88 May 2014 #13
They don't care that he is dishonest slime. He is THEIR dishonest slime, so they are ok with it. GoneFishin May 2014 #15
Moral, don't try to make a phony film about film makers. McCamy Taylor May 2014 #16
Ha ha ha. OneCrazyDiamond May 2014 #17
I still believe that within a couple of years, Hoppy May 2014 #18
I'd settle for one of him trying to slip a ruffie to a female protege' WhoIsNumberNone May 2014 #19
Change the sex and specie of the protege and you might have a winner. Hoppy May 2014 #22
Give them a few minutes and it'll be our fault jmowreader May 2014 #21
---and it'l be the goats' fault. Hoppy May 2014 #23
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
1. How many more lies? These idiots still believe the Vince Foster lies.
Thu May 22, 2014, 04:27 PM
May 2014

Never (mis)underestimate a republican's ability to swallow obvious bullshit

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
6. Fox News, who else, and ONLY Fox News would host this conman, NOT a "pranister". And so they did.
Thu May 22, 2014, 04:52 PM
May 2014

Without revealing his criminal past and without a hint of doubt........Fox is vile propaganda, O'Keefe is the vile messenger.

Gothmog

(145,129 posts)
11. Fox has wised up
Thu May 22, 2014, 06:38 PM
May 2014

The last couple videos by O'Keefe were not on Fox News. I think that Fox is being very careful with O'Keefe

Gothmog

(145,129 posts)
14. I stand corrrected
Thu May 22, 2014, 07:04 PM
May 2014

I do not watch Fox News

I know that Fox did not run with either of the attacks on Battleground Texas or the Wendy Davis campaign.

This incident may encourage fox to go back to ignoring O'keefe

 

Timez Squarez

(262 posts)
7. Is he still on probation?
Thu May 22, 2014, 05:36 PM
May 2014

Send the stupid thing to the judge and have her revoke probation and send O'Keefe to prison for the rest of his life. He does not deserve to breathe oxygen either.

Gothmog

(145,129 posts)
9. O'Keefe has become a joke
Thu May 22, 2014, 05:58 PM
May 2014

O'Keefe had his ass handed to him in the battleground attack. This is just the latest example of O'keefe flopping

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
10. Two things...
Thu May 22, 2014, 06:06 PM
May 2014

First...stop calling this little fuckhead a "journalist" and a "prankster". Both denote some form of credibility with a humorous sense of fun...he is neither.

Second...I so wish someone would kick the shit out of this asshole. Yup, it's violent but one can dream anyway.

 

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)
18. I still believe that within a couple of years,
Thu May 22, 2014, 11:24 PM
May 2014

someone will be able to post a video of him in bed with a sheep... or maybe two... one on each side. A black and a white one. (Salt and Pepper kinda thing.)

And the sheep will take turns being on top.

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
21. Give them a few minutes and it'll be our fault
Fri May 23, 2014, 02:33 AM
May 2014

When O'Keefe gets busted it won't be because O'Keefe did anything wrong, it'll be because there's a Secret Liberal Conspiracy to Get Him.

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