CNN details media darling James O’Keefe’s latest bizarre stunt

[meegbear]

Last year, Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander took his paper to task for “tardiness” in reporting on James O’Keefe’s phony ACORN sting videos, suggesting that the Post doesn’t “pay sufficient attention to conservative media or viewpoints.” New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt wrote a similar column. Those columns were horribly misguided at the time, and only look more absurd as time goes by.

Here’s CNN, with yet another example of why nobody should ever take James O’Keefe seriously:

James O'Keefe, best known for hitting the community organizing group ACORN with an undercover video sting, hoped to get CNN Investigative Correspondent Abbie Boudreau onto a boat filled with sexually explicit props and then record the session, those documents show.

The plan apparently was thwarted after Boudreau was warned minutes before it was supposed to happen.

…

(O’Keefe associate Izzy) Santa told Boudreau that O'Keefe planned to "punk" her by getting on a boat where hidden cameras were set up. Boudreau said she would not get on the boat and asked Santa why O'Keefe wanted her there.

"Izzy told me that James was going to be dressed up and have strawberries and champagne on the boat, and he was going to hit on me the whole time," Boudreau said.

…

CNN later obtained a copy of a 13-page document titled "CNN Caper," which appears to describe O'Keefe's detailed plans for that day.

"The plans appeared so outlandish and so juvenile in tone, I questioned whether it was part of a second attempted punk," Boudreau said.

But in a phone conversation, Santa confirmed the document was authentic. Listed under "equipment needed," is "hidden cams on the boat," and a "tripod and overt recorder near the bed, an obvious sex tape machine."

Among the props listed were a "condom jar, dildos, posters and paintings of naked women, fuzzy handcuffs" and a blindfold.

Read the whole thing. And as you do so, remember: This is someone the Washington Post’s ombudsman thinks the paper should take seriously.

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201009290011

[SpiralHawk]

1. Move along: this is just another republicon diaper-sex hangup type story

What is it with Republicon kinkitude?

They are so totally obsessed with RepubliKinkery...pointing fingers at everyone else, and having a BACCANALIAN BLAST in their own dark closets.

Can you spell Republicon P-h-a-r-i-s-e-e ?

[hedgehog]

2. The operative term here is not "to punk" her but "to seduce" her

or possibly "to rape" her (I'm not sure O'Keefe understands the difference. )

"When Boudreau arrived at the address, a house located on a tributary of the Patuxent River, Santa approached her with a tape recorder in her hand and said she wanted to talk in the car, Boudreau said.

"I noticed she had a little bit of dirt on her face, her lip was shaking, she seemed really uncomfortable and I asked her if she was OK," Boudreau said. "The first thing she basically said to me was, 'I'm not recording you, I'm not recording you. Are you recording me?' I said, 'No, I'm not recording you,' and she showed me her digital recorder and it was not recording." "

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/29/okeefe.cnn.prank/

[myrna minx]

3. K&R n/t

[SidDithers]

4. K&R...

too funny.

Sid

[seabeyond]

5. it isnt funny to have grown men treat women like whores only to get a giggle

to plan to sexually humiliate and then air the humiliation.

not a god damn thing funny about it.

[Hello_Kitty]

6. I find it creepy and scary. eom

[seabeyond]

8. i do too. and worse is so many posters dont see the outrageous possible violation to this woman

that we have become so accustomed to the using females, that it is just a prank to sexually set up and humiliate a woman on the net.

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. It's absolutely outrageous, threatening, and disgusting behavior

The fucking "imagined" dialogue on p. 4 of that document is absolutely jaw-dropping in both its stupidity and its threatening offensiveness. This should put the nail in O'Keefe's media coffin for good, though of course it won't.

Indeed, there can be little doubt that the one woman seemingly involved in all this, Ms. Santa, was so disgusted by the whole thing that she outed them very publicly. Wow. When even uber young conservative women find your sexism offensive, you know its completely beyond the pale.

[seabeyond]

18. thank you.

thanks

[SidDithers]

11. Yes, it is funny to see such an idiotic dick get exposed...nt

Sid

[seabeyond]

16. i am sure a male does not see the underlying acceptance of sexually humliating females

and putting it on the net as too big of a deal. it has become cultural entertainment today.

[tanyev]

7. Yes, James, all you have to do is get a woman in a room filled with sex toys

and you will be able to do whatever you want with her. It's just that easy. What is it with these family values heroes???

[seabeyond]

9. it isnt family values. a culture that has decided humiliating women on the net

for a chuckle is perfect acceptable behavior

[The Doctor.]

13. O'Keefe isn't capable of humiliating anyone but himself.

You needn't ride so gallantly to her rescue.

[The Doctor.]

10. Well, all by itself it seems pretty harmless.

It seems she was being set up to play the straight man in a purient sketch. Comedians use that formula all the time... although even Colbert warns his interviewees before taping.

All this really does is confirm O'Keefe's role as a clown.

[seabeyond]

what it and your post does is show a culture that sexually humliating and degrading a female

and putting it on the net has become just a clownish act.

[The Doctor.]

25. Yet were the shoe on the other foot you'd applaud. I cannot abide hypocrites

Or those who exercise double-standards.

Your outrage-mongering still causes you to see harm where there is none. My post shows nothing of the sort you suggest.

You obviously are not interested in equality, otherwise you would not demand we all share your outrage over a woman being so challenged while you would dismiss the plight of a man in the same venue.

No, what you want is to institutionalize the 'victimhood' status of women, so that men can be punished for harmless pranks if the *victim* is a woman.

There are plenty of women that do not need or want to be treated as victims. Instead, they show by example that they are nothing of the sort.

We all know that if Samantha Bee pulled the same stunt with a male reporter it'd be hilarious. The only real difference here is that O'Keefe has no talent.

[seabeyond]

27. videotaping a woman having sex unknown to her and putting on net is a harmless little prank?

wow

says a lot about you

and you are so sure my reaction if it happened to a man? you dont know shit. i go off your posts, your words, you tell me how you feel. you dont know anything about me, but presume to tell me what i will think, say and feel.

ya

i am talking about people just like you

it is sick if you see personal invasion of privacy, sexually humiliating a female and airing it for the world to see as a harmless little prank.

[The Doctor.]

29. Really? Did you really just say that she EVER would have sex with that...

That... that... maggot?

So now your saying she's easy?

Geez, maybe you're the one who needs to stop disparaging women.

[seabeyond]

30. can you be anymore immature. nt

[The Doctor.]

38. There was nothing 'immature' about my question. What I am is astounded

That you have so little faith or confidence that this woman could have handled herself. I find your suggestion that she would just toss herself into bed with him very degrading to her. Although I'm sure that was just your attempt to make a point that does not exist here.

Oh, and I'm quite aware that your 'immature' remark is preparation to bail from this exchange. I will not until you change your tone and admit this woman would not have had sex with him, would have handled herself well, and would have left that maggot humiliated one way or another.

I'm disturbed by you lack of faith... in women.

[seabeyond]

40. what you dont get obviously, i am not talking about this woman. i am talking about the attitude

of making all our women whores for male entertainment, putting on net for sexual humiliation for their entertainment without thought to any kind of wrong.

tell me, where does that have a single damn thing to do with the reporter

oh wait

nothing, has nothing to do with the reporter

oh, bright one.

[The Doctor.]

45. So you admit the reporter is not a victim here... very good, we agree.

Your point is that there are scumbag assholes who try to take advantage?

Again we agree.

But, unlike you, I am aware that those scumbag assholes can also be women. They set men up all the time. I see it on both sides in many forms. Plenty of women are conniving, sexist, backstabbing snakes. Plenty of men. Are perverted, sexist, crooked pigs. I've seen my share of both.

The real difference between us is that you think sexism is a one-way street. If O'Keefe were a woman and tried to pull the same stunt with a male reporter, you'd be singing another tune.

I believe we each need to take responsibility not to take advantage of others, or allow ourselves to be taken advantage of.

[SidDithers]

44. Well said...nt

Sid

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. If I was Abbie Bourdeau's husband, I'd track that fucker down and give him the beating of his life

What a superdouche.

[bullwinkle428]

14. DU rules prevent me from revealing what I'd like to see happen

to this miserable douchebag!

[seabeyond]

15. thank you to the men that are actually disgusted by this and does not see it merely as a "funny". nt

[EOTE]

19. Has any male on the DU said that this is funny?

I certainly haven't seen one. I've seen nothing but outrage for this fucker, but you constantly suggest that men here are amused by it. I call bullshit.

[seabeyond]

22. yes

sid.... a couple of times.

[EOTE]

24. "Yes, it is funny to see such an idiotic dick get exposed"

Yeah, you're being rather honest, there.

[SidDithers]

26. The exposure of idiot O'Keefe by a strong, confident FEMALE reporter is what I find funny...

the over-the-top ridiculous plot and caper notes are funny, and, increasingly, your deliberate misinterpretation of my resplies, are also somewhat comical.

You do realize that the "caper" didn't actually happen, right? Ms. Boudreau wasn't actually humiliated by O'Keefe? That she instead comes out looking even more professional and competent for avoiding the situation and reporting on the attempted punk?

So, yeah. I find the whole thing, as it turned out, very funny.

Sid

[The Doctor.]

32. You sexist PIG! How dare you express confidence in a Woman?!?

She's a VICTIM!

:sarcasm:

[seabeyond]

34. O'keefe has no part or responsibility in this, because the news woman

didnt actually become a victim?

ergo

how you get prank.

so really, it is just funny?

you really are continually proving my point.

[The Doctor.]

42. Ok... now you're goimg off the deep end.

As usual, your outrage is causing you to see what is not there.

There is nothing 'funny' about this 'prank' except that O'Keefe is in over his head and narrowly avoided more humiliation or lawsuits. That I see it any other way is in your imagination.

You want me to agree with you that women are always helpless victims. Oh, you don't say it that way, but thay's what you want. We can agree that women are often victimized by men, but so are men! I know you won't believe this, but women victimize men as well. Some women even victimize children!

You want me to believe that only women can be victims, but I believe in equality. So either we're all victims, or we're all individuals with the personal strength and responsibility to take care of ourselves and not take advantage of others.

Women are not always helpless victims, and there is nothing you can say to get me to believe it.

[seabeyond]

43. you don't say it that way, but thay's what you want

every. one. of. your. posts.

you dont say it, but this is what you mean

you never said it, but this is what you think

how fuckin condescendly fuckin arrogant you are

[The Doctor.]

46. And how very eloquent of you. eom

[SidDithers]

35. Exactly...

:thumbsup:

Sid

[seabeyond]

36. but really, it says something that the whole point flies over your head.

it simply reinforces what i was saying.

[EOTE]

39. Speaking of things flying over heads...

[SidDithers]

41. Oh ffs...

You're right. I give up. I fully admit to being a sexist pig for finding it funny that an actual sexist pig gets exposed by a strong, professional female reporter. I apologize to all the women of the world for my failings as a man, as a father, as a husband and as a human.


This place is fucking ridiculous sometimes.


Sid

[The Doctor.]

28. It's pathetic, that's what it is.

I, for one, am not concerned about a trained, educated, professional, CNN reporter being "humiliated" or "victimized" by this worm. I would rather liked to have seen her hand his ass to him.

[TuxedoKat]

20. O'Keefe sounds pretty desperate

and out of control to use such poor judgment. Hope this totally discredits him once and for all.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

21. Equipment needed

Equipment needed

a. Video

1. hidden cams on the boat

2. tripod and overt recorder near the bed, an obvious sex tape machine

b. Props

1. condom jar

2. dildos

3. Music

a. Alicia keys

b. 80s romance songs, things that are typically James

c. avoid Marvin Gaye as too cliche

4. lube

5. ceiling mirror

6. posters and paintings of naked women

7. playboys and pornographic magazines

8. candles

9. Viagra and stamina pills

10. fuzzy handcuffs

11. blindfold


http://siu.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/29/our-documentary-takes-a-strange-detour/

[The Doctor.]

48. ...

:spray:

[Nostradammit]

49. This needs to be made into a poster.

This whole episode is hysterically funny.
But in the most sad, pathetic, cringe-inducing
kind of way. Getting a glimpse into this guy's
mind is disturbing and ... what's the opposite
of illuminating?

I will enjoy watching his erstwhile fans back away
from this gruesome spectacle of a human being.

[RainDog]

23. what a freaking twit. n/t

[Fleshdancer]

31. WTF is wrong with this idiot??!?

Is he only capable of seeing men and women as obscene sexual caricatures? Pimps/prostitutes, and sexual predators/victims. What's next?

Was mommy and daddy not around? Was he raised by the television, VCR, and a personal porn library? Note to O'Keefe: adding a political message to your perverse fantasy world doesn't make you a relevant political operative, it just puts you in bed with other weird assholes like Breitbart. Seek therapy.

edit: after reading my response, I feel compelled to explain that my username is a Jesus Camp reference. ;)

[seabeyond]

37. how funny, to your edit.....

ah ha

and right on to your post

[Scurrilous]

33. K & R

:thumbsup:

[DearAbby]

47. What a of steaming pile of shit

Totally disgusting, whatever rock O'Keefe crawled out from under, GO BACK.