[Merged] James O'Keefe: Still a Scumbag / Breitbart's Pimp Boy Tries To "Punk" Female CNN Repo

steve s · 29th September 2010, 12:38 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/29/oke...ank/index.html

Wasn't sure which forum this belonged in, but the lying dirtbag James O'Keefe is up to his usual antics again. He apparently tried to lure a CNN reporter onto a boat and make sexual advances toward her in an attempt to discredit CNN. I'm not exactly sure how that would accomplish that.

Somebody needs to sue this kid's ass off to teach him a lesson.

Steve S

hgc · 29th September 2010, 12:51 PM

If he never accomplishes another thing in his life, he can take credit for using doctored videos of a scummy stunt to put an organization that advocated for the rights of poor people, including registering them to vote, out of business -- all with the complicity of CNN and other large media outlets.

Vorticity · 29th September 2010, 12:52 PM

From the article:

Quote:

...
According to the document, O'Keefe was to record a video of the following script before Boudreau arrived: "My name is James. I work in video activism and journalism. I've been approached by CNN for an interview where I know what their angle is: they want to portray me and my friends as crazies, as non-journalists, as unprofessional and likely as homophobes, racists or bigots of some sort....

"Instead, I've decided to have a little fun. Instead of giving her a serious interview, I'm going to punk CNN. Abbie has been trying to seduce me to use me, in order to spin a lie about me. So, I'm going to seduce her, on camera, to use her for a video. This bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who comes on at five will get a taste of her own medicine, she'll get seduced on camera and you'll get to see the awkwardness and the aftermath.
...

Mentally ill.

Aoidoi · 29th September 2010, 01:15 PM

The only possible logical reason to try this I can come up with is a double bluff... make CNN think they caught him doing something crazy and then say "HA! That's wrong!"

Except... accusation being equivalent to guilt in the media, his setup basically makes him a sex offender and whatever later retraction could happen won't fix that. I don't see how he comes out of this one looking anything other than creepy.

steve s · 29th September 2010, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by Aoidoi

I don't see how he comes out of this one looking anything other than creepy.

Too late.

steve s · 29th September 2010, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by hgc

If he never accomplishes another thing in his life, he can take credit for using doctored videos of a scummy stunt to put an organization that advocated for the rights of poor people, including registering them to vote, out of business -- all with the complicity of CNN and other large media outlets.

Just for you, hgc.

steve s · 29th September 2010, 01:47 PM

This is hilarious. The OP has a link to this page in which they wrote out their plot.

Some of the hilites...

Quote:

6.Persona

James should have a more sleazy persona than normal,...

and

Quote:

Potential 'big lies' as it regards CNN:
1:Their general bias against conservatives
2: Their own internal racism against whites
3: Their potential internal racism against minorities
4: Shoddy journalism, and low journalistic standards

Ysidro · 29th September 2010, 02:08 PM

So according to their beliefs CNN is racist towards EVERYONE?

dudalb · 29th September 2010, 02:17 PM

That sound you hear is other Conservative Activists basically saying "James Who"?

MG1962 · 29th September 2010, 02:21 PM

I saw the gal on CNN - and she was saying one of the people involved in the punk was connected with FOX news, and they were behind the whole set up. She could not confirm that as fact, and stressed it as so

hgc · 29th September 2010, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by MG1962

I saw the gal on CNN - and she was saying one of the people involved in the punk was connected with FOX news, and they were behind the whole set up. She could not confirm that as fact, and stressed it as so

I wonder if CNN will ever stop treating FNC like it's a real news organization, and stop following their lead on what non-story, fake controversy du jour to blanket the airwaves with.

hgc · 29th September 2010, 02:48 PM

Quote:

My name is James, I work in video activism and journalism. I've been approached by CNN for an interview where I know what their angle is: they want to portray me and my friends as crazies, as non-journalists...

No! Really? Totally unwarranted!

Alareth · 29th September 2010, 02:51 PM

So can someone tell me why he isn't serving jail time after the attempt to break into and bug that congress womans office.

MG1962 · 29th September 2010, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by hgc

I wonder if CNN will ever stop treating FNC like it's a real news organization, and stop following their lead on what non-story, fake controversy du jour to blanket the airwaves with.

Well this might be the time. A few in the discussion on CNN seemed pretty angry over the whole thing....So who knows lol

dudalb · 29th September 2010, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by hgc

I wonder if CNN will ever stop treating FNC like it's a real news organization, and stop following their lead on what non-story, fake controversy du jour to blanket the airwaves with.

CNN's problem is if they Don't cover the story, they will be accused of "suppresing" the story. It's a no win situation.
And it is not like CNN is not taking potshots at Fox all the time. And it less about politics and more about ratings rivals.

dudalb · 29th September 2010, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by MG1962

Well this might be the time. A few in the discussion on CNN seemed pretty angry over the whole thing....So who knows lol

QUestion is can CNN pin it on Fox. No fan of Fox News...I never watch it...but it could be the individual in question who was "connected" with FOx News was doing this without Fox's knowing about it.

GreNME · 29th September 2010, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

That sound you hear is other Conservative Activists basically saying "James Who"?

If they say that then just say "ACORN video guy" to them. They'll all immediately get it.

Aoidoi · 29th September 2010, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Alareth

So can someone tell me why he isn't serving jail time after the attempt to break into and bug that congress womans office.

They couldn't prove he was trying to bug the phone lines, so they only got him for like trespassing or something. He's on probation.

hgc · 29th September 2010, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

CNN's problem is if they Don't cover the story, they will be accused of "suppresing" the story. It's a no win situation.
And it is not like CNN is not taking potshots at Fox all the time. And it less about politics and more about ratings rivals.

Here's the thing: Fox plays this competitive game on their own terms. It doesn't matter what CNN does -- Fox needs an "other" for an enemy, and CNN will forever be in their sights. CNN will never get Fox's audience by sort of, kind of playing their game. Fox's audience will hate CNN as long as Fox tells them to, which will be for as long as CNN is a competitor (ie., on the air). The non-Fox audience can only be turned off by seeing Fox-like non-news on CNN.

MG1962 · 29th September 2010, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

QUestion is can CNN pin it on Fox. No fan of Fox News...I never watch it...but it could be the individual in question who was "connected" with FOx News was doing this without Fox's knowing about it.

Oh definately, we are only dealing with hear say right now. This story could go anywhere, or be anything

Redtail · 29th September 2010, 10:05 PM

From reading that article, someone in that organization needs to buy Miss. Santa a car.

Puppycow · 29th September 2010, 10:47 PM

Oh, lordy. What a creep.

Walter Ego · 30th September 2010, 02:43 AM

Andrew Breitbart-sponsored fake pimp James O'Keefe of ACORN "expose" infamy attempted to secretly video tape a female CNN correspondent in a sexually compromising position. The stunt failed when the reporter was warned in advance by an O'Keefe associate. (Video here. "Planning document" here.)

Quote:

A conservative activist known for making undercover videos plotted to embarrass a CNN correspondent by recording a meeting on hidden cameras aboard a floating "palace of pleasure" and making sexually suggestive comments, e-mails and a planning document show.

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.

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

This attempted sexual harassment seems more like griefing than punking to me. It merely confirms my opinion that O'Keefe and his sugar daddy Breitbart are slime who will do anything to embarrass their perceived "enemies."

The reporter was singled out because she is the correspondence of an upcoming CNN documentary "Right On The Edge" about "the new generation of [right-wing] guerilla [sic] journalists." O'Keefe apparently felt the program would less than complementary to slime of his ilk.

Juniversal · 30th September 2010, 03:09 AM

I can't lie. This warms my heart.

Looks like he got a taste of his own medicine.

leftysergeant · 30th September 2010, 03:52 AM

I hope slime boy's probation officer is looking really closely at this stupidity. pimp boy may be in need of some K-Y jelly.

pipelineaudio · 30th September 2010, 04:54 AM

Oh man pwnt

On the other hand, the blair witch camera job of the cnn reporter in the car was almost as funny

shemp · 30th September 2010, 07:38 AM

The plan looks like some pimple-faced 14-year-old kid's fantasy. Which is pretty much James O'Keefe's maturity level.

Upchurch · 30th September 2010, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by shemp

The plan looks like some pimple-faced 14-year-old kid's fantasy. Which is pretty much James O'Keefe's maturity level.

And this is shemp talking, people. shemp.

Aoidoi · 30th September 2010, 08:52 AM

http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=187040

(not that there's more info there)

Checkmite · 30th September 2010, 09:03 AM

Quote:

The day of the meeting, she wrote to someone she described as a financial donor to Project Veritas. She would not identify the individual.

"I have a problem on my hands that I think has the potential for unnecessary backlash," Santa wrote. "Today, James is meeting with a CNN correspondent today on his boat. She is doing a piece on the movement of young conservative filmmakers.

"She doesn't know she is getting on a boat but rather James' office. James has staged the boat to be a palace of pleasure with all sorts of props, wants to have a bizarre sexual conversation with her. He wants to gag CNN."

She wrote that "the idea is incredibly bad" and "the more I think about it we should not be doing this."

Good on her!

johnny karate · 30th September 2010, 11:51 AM

My favorite part:

Quote:

My name is James. I work in video activism and journalism. I've been approached by CNN for an interview where I know what their angle is: they want to portray me and my friends as crazies, as non-journalists, as unprofessional and likely as homophobes, racists or bigots of some sort....

Instead, I've decided to have a little fun. Instead of giving her a serious interview, I'm going to punk CNN. Abbie has been trying to seduce me to use me, in order to spin a lie about me. So, I'm going to seduce her, on camera, to use her for a video. This bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who comes on at five will get a taste of her own medicine...

Yeah, good thing this guy took proactive steps to insure he wasn't portrayed as some kind of bigoted, unprofessional non-journalist.

Cripes, how can anyone be so lacking in self-awareness?

Cleon · 30th September 2010, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by johnny karate

My favorite part:

Yeah, good thing this guy took proactive steps to insure he wasn't portrayed as some kind of bigoted, unprofessional non-journalist.

Cripes, how can anyone be so lacking in self-awareness?

After his little stunt destroyed ACORN, Hannity & Fox News blew so much smoke up his ass it came out his ears. They lavished him with praise, and kept calling him courageous for "exposing" ACORN and The Media™ (that FNC is somehow not a part of).

My guess is, he bought the hype and believed their ******** more than they did themselves. Maybe he should start a blog with FNC's other former hero, Joe the Not-Quite-a-Plumber.

Beerina · 30th September 2010, 03:04 PM

It's hard to make out from the mess, but it seems like he thinks CNN uses pretty reporters to use their charms to get info to embarrass their targets, often the same people they were flirting with. So he wanted to set things up to let her let it go as far as possible? And this would expose CNN for doing exactly that kind of thing?

leftysergeant · 30th September 2010, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Beerina

It's hard to make out from the mess, but it seems like he thinks CNN uses pretty reporters to use their charms to get info to embarrass their targets, often the same people they were flirting with.

The boy lives in a world of his own imagining, where people actually think the way he does, and he bases his strategies on that idea.

"Bubble-headed bleach blonde?" I'll give you a BHBB.

Hannah Giles.

johnny karate · 30th September 2010, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Beerina

It's hard to make out from the mess, but it seems like he thinks CNN uses pretty reporters to use their charms to get info to embarrass their targets, often the same people they were flirting with. So he wanted to set things up to let her let it go as far as possible? And this would expose CNN for doing exactly that kind of thing?

Yeah, it's hard to follow the logic there. Not to mention the fact that Abbie Boudreau (the "bubble-headed bleach-blonde" in question) is an award-winning investigative journalist. But apparently in this clown's world, because she's pretty, she can't possibly be serious reporter.

leftysergeant · 30th September 2010, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by johnny karate

But apparently in this clown's world, because she's pretty, she can't possibly be serious reporter.

Well, from his personal experience with female "journalists," he might reach that conclusion. He has worked with one good-looking woman who is skilled at dressing like a total slut to create an illusion in order to get the "evidence" they needed to support their foregone conclusions.

steve s · 30th September 2010, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by leftysergeant

"Bubble-headed bleach blonde?" I'll give you a BHBB.

Hannah Giles.

There's more than one at Fox. (And can we merge this thread with the one in Current Events?)

Steve S

johnny karate · 30th September 2010, 04:05 PM

It should be noted that the term "bubble-headed bleach-blonde" was probably a reference to a Don Henley lyric from the media-satirizing song "Dirty Laundry".

But then again, I don't go around using N.W.A lyrics to describe black people, so this guy still comes off as a misogynistic clown.

BenBurch · 30th September 2010, 04:09 PM

Some day this guy is gonna try the wrong stunt with the wrong person and get a bullet as a reward. Which will make me sad because the guy who will have shot him will have to serve time for it.

johnny karate · 30th September 2010, 04:15 PM

I say this fiasco, coupled with his last failed attempt to manufacture a controversy, have effectively ended his career. No one but hard-line conservatives will ever take him seriously again.

And on a related note, I anxiously await the CNN documentary on October 2nd that will hopefully detail these shenanigans.

29th September 2010, 12:38 PM	#1
steve s Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,661	James O'Keefe: Still a Scumbag / Breitbart's Pimp Boy Tries To "Punk" Female CNN Repo http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/29/oke...ank/index.html Wasn't sure which forum this belonged in, but the lying dirtbag James O'Keefe is up to his usual antics again. He apparently tried to lure a CNN reporter onto a boat and make sexual advances toward her in an attempt to discredit CNN. I'm not exactly sure how that would accomplish that. Somebody needs to sue this kid's ass off to teach him a lesson. Steve S
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29th September 2010, 12:51 PM	#2
hgc Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13,008	If he never accomplishes another thing in his life, he can take credit for using doctored videos of a scummy stunt to put an organization that advocated for the rights of poor people, including registering them to vote, out of business -- all with the complicity of CNN and other large media outlets.
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29th September 2010, 12:52 PM	#3
Vorticity Fluid Mechanic Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Los Alamos, NM Posts: 2,650	From the article: Quote: ... According to the document, O'Keefe was to record a video of the following script before Boudreau arrived: "My name is James. I work in video activism and journalism. I've been approached by CNN for an interview where I know what their angle is: they want to portray me and my friends as crazies, as non-journalists, as unprofessional and likely as homophobes, racists or bigots of some sort.... "Instead, I've decided to have a little fun. Instead of giving her a serious interview, I'm going to punk CNN. Abbie has been trying to seduce me to use me, in order to spin a lie about me. So, I'm going to seduce her, on camera, to use her for a video. This bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who comes on at five will get a taste of her own medicine, she'll get seduced on camera and you'll get to see the awkwardness and the aftermath. ... Mentally ill.
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29th September 2010, 01:15 PM	#4
Aoidoi Illuminator Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,417	The only possible logical reason to try this I can come up with is a double bluff... make CNN think they caught him doing something crazy and then say "HA! That's wrong!" Except... accusation being equivalent to guilt in the media, his setup basically makes him a sex offender and whatever later retraction could happen won't fix that. I don't see how he comes out of this one looking anything other than creepy.
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29th September 2010, 01:18 PM	#5
steve s Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,661	Originally Posted by Aoidoi I don't see how he comes out of this one looking anything other than creepy. Too late.
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29th September 2010, 01:20 PM	#6
steve s Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,661	Originally Posted by hgc If he never accomplishes another thing in his life, he can take credit for using doctored videos of a scummy stunt to put an organization that advocated for the rights of poor people, including registering them to vote, out of business -- all with the complicity of CNN and other large media outlets. Just for you, hgc.
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29th September 2010, 01:47 PM	#7
steve s Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,661	This is hilarious. The OP has a link to this page in which they wrote out their plot. Some of the hilites... Quote: 6.Persona James should have a more sleazy persona than normal,... and Quote: Potential 'big lies' as it regards CNN: 1:Their general bias against conservatives 2: Their own internal racism against whites 3: Their potential internal racism against minorities 4: Shoddy journalism, and low journalistic standards
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29th September 2010, 02:08 PM	#8
Ysidro I'm watching you Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 5,334	So according to their beliefs CNN is racist towards EVERYONE?
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29th September 2010, 02:17 PM	#9
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 22,804	That sound you hear is other Conservative Activists basically saying "James Who"?

29th September 2010, 02:21 PM	#10
MG1962 Guest Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas (Australia) Posts: 14,750	I saw the gal on CNN - and she was saying one of the people involved in the punk was connected with FOX news, and they were behind the whole set up. She could not confirm that as fact, and stressed it as so

29th September 2010, 02:36 PM	#11
hgc Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13,008	Originally Posted by MG1962 I saw the gal on CNN - and she was saying one of the people involved in the punk was connected with FOX news, and they were behind the whole set up. She could not confirm that as fact, and stressed it as so I wonder if CNN will ever stop treating FNC like it's a real news organization, and stop following their lead on what non-story, fake controversy du jour to blanket the airwaves with.
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29th September 2010, 02:48 PM	#12
hgc Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13,008	Quote: My name is James, I work in video activism and journalism. I've been approached by CNN for an interview where I know what their angle is: they want to portray me and my friends as crazies, as non-journalists... No! Really? Totally unwarranted!
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29th September 2010, 02:51 PM	#13
Alareth Expert Expertologist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 6,673	So can someone tell me why he isn't serving jail time after the attempt to break into and bug that congress womans office.
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29th September 2010, 02:56 PM	#14
MG1962 Guest Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas (Australia) Posts: 14,750	Originally Posted by hgc I wonder if CNN will ever stop treating FNC like it's a real news organization, and stop following their lead on what non-story, fake controversy du jour to blanket the airwaves with. Well this might be the time. A few in the discussion on CNN seemed pretty angry over the whole thing....So who knows lol

29th September 2010, 03:00 PM	#15
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 22,804	Originally Posted by hgc I wonder if CNN will ever stop treating FNC like it's a real news organization, and stop following their lead on what non-story, fake controversy du jour to blanket the airwaves with. CNN's problem is if they Don't cover the story, they will be accused of "suppresing" the story. It's a no win situation. And it is not like CNN is not taking potshots at Fox all the time. And it less about politics and more about ratings rivals.

29th September 2010, 03:03 PM	#16
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 22,804	Originally Posted by MG1962 Well this might be the time. A few in the discussion on CNN seemed pretty angry over the whole thing....So who knows lol QUestion is can CNN pin it on Fox. No fan of Fox News...I never watch it...but it could be the individual in question who was "connected" with FOx News was doing this without Fox's knowing about it.

29th September 2010, 03:21 PM	#17
GreNME Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Folsom Prison Posts: 8,283	Originally Posted by dudalb That sound you hear is other Conservative Activists basically saying "James Who"? If they say that then just say "ACORN video guy" to them. They'll all immediately get it.
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29th September 2010, 03:22 PM	#18
Aoidoi Illuminator Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,417	Originally Posted by Alareth So can someone tell me why he isn't serving jail time after the attempt to break into and bug that congress womans office. They couldn't prove he was trying to bug the phone lines, so they only got him for like trespassing or something. He's on probation.
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29th September 2010, 03:25 PM	#19
hgc Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13,008	Originally Posted by dudalb CNN's problem is if they Don't cover the story, they will be accused of "suppresing" the story. It's a no win situation. And it is not like CNN is not taking potshots at Fox all the time. And it less about politics and more about ratings rivals. Here's the thing: Fox plays this competitive game on their own terms. It doesn't matter what CNN does -- Fox needs an "other" for an enemy, and CNN will forever be in their sights. CNN will never get Fox's audience by sort of, kind of playing their game. Fox's audience will hate CNN as long as Fox tells them to, which will be for as long as CNN is a competitor (ie., on the air). The non-Fox audience can only be turned off by seeing Fox-like non-news on CNN.
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29th September 2010, 06:27 PM	#20
MG1962 Guest Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas (Australia) Posts: 14,750	Originally Posted by dudalb QUestion is can CNN pin it on Fox. No fan of Fox News...I never watch it...but it could be the individual in question who was "connected" with FOx News was doing this without Fox's knowing about it. Oh definately, we are only dealing with hear say right now. This story could go anywhere, or be anything

29th September 2010, 10:05 PM	#21
Redtail Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 9,304	From reading that article, someone in that organization needs to buy Miss. Santa a car.
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29th September 2010, 10:47 PM	#22
Puppycow Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Japan Posts: 15,743	Oh, lordy. What a creep.
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30th September 2010, 02:43 AM	#23
Walter Ego Master Poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,557	Breitbart's Pimp Boy Tries To "Punk" Female CNN Reporter Andrew Breitbart-sponsored fake pimp James O'Keefe of ACORN "expose" infamy attempted to secretly video tape a female CNN correspondent in a sexually compromising position. The stunt failed when the reporter was warned in advance by an O'Keefe associate. (Video here. "Planning document" here.) Quote: A conservative activist known for making undercover videos plotted to embarrass a CNN correspondent by recording a meeting on hidden cameras aboard a floating "palace of pleasure" and making sexually suggestive comments, e-mails and a planning document show. 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. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/29/okeefe.cnn.prank/ This attempted sexual harassment seems more like griefing than punking to me. It merely confirms my opinion that O'Keefe and his sugar daddy Breitbart are slime who will do anything to embarrass their perceived "enemies." The reporter was singled out because she is the correspondence of an upcoming CNN documentary "Right On The Edge" about "the new generation of [right-wing] guerilla [sic] journalists." O'Keefe apparently felt the program would less than complementary to slime of his ilk.
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30th September 2010, 03:09 AM	#24
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30th September 2010, 03:52 AM	#25
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30th September 2010, 04:54 AM	#26
pipelineaudio Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wickenburg, AZ Posts: 3,669	Oh man pwnt On the other hand, the blair witch camera job of the cnn reporter in the car was almost as funny
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30th September 2010, 07:38 AM	#27
shemp Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: trapped in a cave-in with Joe Posts: 12,885	The plan looks like some pimple-faced 14-year-old kid's fantasy. Which is pretty much James O'Keefe's maturity level.
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30th September 2010, 07:47 AM	#28
Upchurch Papa Funkosophy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Funky Town (STL, MO) Posts: 23,424	Originally Posted by shemp The plan looks like some pimple-faced 14-year-old kid's fantasy. Which is pretty much James O'Keefe's maturity level. And this is shemp talking, people. shemp.

30th September 2010, 08:52 AM	#29
Aoidoi Illuminator Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,417	http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=187040 (not that there's more info there)
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30th September 2010, 09:03 AM	#30
Checkmite Skepticifimisticalationist Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Third in line Posts: 14,879	Quote: The day of the meeting, she wrote to someone she described as a financial donor to Project Veritas. She would not identify the individual. "I have a problem on my hands that I think has the potential for unnecessary backlash," Santa wrote. "Today, James is meeting with a CNN correspondent today on his boat. She is doing a piece on the movement of young conservative filmmakers. "She doesn't know she is getting on a boat but rather James' office. James has staged the boat to be a palace of pleasure with all sorts of props, wants to have a bizarre sexual conversation with her. He wants to gag CNN." She wrote that "the idea is incredibly bad" and "the more I think about it we should not be doing this." Good on her!
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30th September 2010, 11:51 AM	#31
johnny karate ... and your little dog too. Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 7,819	My favorite part: Quote: My name is James. I work in video activism and journalism. I've been approached by CNN for an interview where I know what their angle is: they want to portray me and my friends as crazies, as non-journalists, as unprofessional and likely as homophobes, racists or bigots of some sort.... Instead, I've decided to have a little fun. Instead of giving her a serious interview, I'm going to punk CNN. Abbie has been trying to seduce me to use me, in order to spin a lie about me. So, I'm going to seduce her, on camera, to use her for a video. This bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who comes on at five will get a taste of her own medicine... Yeah, good thing this guy took proactive steps to insure he wasn't portrayed as some kind of bigoted, unprofessional non-journalist. Cripes, how can anyone be so lacking in self-awareness?
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30th September 2010, 12:08 PM	#32
Cleon King of the Pod People Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 20,515	Originally Posted by johnny karate My favorite part: Yeah, good thing this guy took proactive steps to insure he wasn't portrayed as some kind of bigoted, unprofessional non-journalist. Cripes, how can anyone be so lacking in self-awareness? After his little stunt destroyed ACORN, Hannity & Fox News blew so much smoke up his ass it came out his ears. They lavished him with praise, and kept calling him courageous for "exposing" ACORN and The Media™ (that FNC is somehow not a part of). My guess is, he bought the hype and believed their ******** more than they did themselves. Maybe he should start a blog with FNC's other former hero, Joe the Not-Quite-a-Plumber.
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30th September 2010, 03:04 PM	#33
Beerina Sarcastic Conqueror of Notions Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: A floating island above the clouds Posts: 23,835	It's hard to make out from the mess, but it seems like he thinks CNN uses pretty reporters to use their charms to get info to embarrass their targets, often the same people they were flirting with. So he wanted to set things up to let her let it go as far as possible? And this would expose CNN for doing exactly that kind of thing?
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30th September 2010, 03:46 PM	#34
leftysergeant Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spanaway WA Posts: 18,613	Originally Posted by Beerina It's hard to make out from the mess, but it seems like he thinks CNN uses pretty reporters to use their charms to get info to embarrass their targets, often the same people they were flirting with. The boy lives in a world of his own imagining, where people actually think the way he does, and he bases his strategies on that idea. "Bubble-headed bleach blonde?" I'll give you a BHBB. Hannah Giles.
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30th September 2010, 03:52 PM	#35
johnny karate ... and your little dog too. Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 7,819	Originally Posted by Beerina It's hard to make out from the mess, but it seems like he thinks CNN uses pretty reporters to use their charms to get info to embarrass their targets, often the same people they were flirting with. So he wanted to set things up to let her let it go as far as possible? And this would expose CNN for doing exactly that kind of thing? Yeah, it's hard to follow the logic there. Not to mention the fact that Abbie Boudreau (the "bubble-headed bleach-blonde" in question) is an award-winning investigative journalist. But apparently in this clown's world, because she's pretty, she can't possibly be serious reporter.
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