Andrew Breitbart dies of "natural causes"

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

That is all well and good but it still doesn't change the fact that the New York Times reviewed all of the ACORN unedited tapes and transcripts and concluded, "The most damning words match the transcripts and the audio, and do not seem out of context."

Oops, sorry, I wrote an answer but mixed up Sherrod and ACORN. So deleted it. My bad.

Lissen, I don't care what the NY Times thinks - I care that it was found that Breitbart LIED and ACORN did not do what it was accused of.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Riot

Oops, sorry, I wrote an answer but mixed up Sherrod and ACORN. So deleted it. My bad.

Lissen, I don't care what the NY Times thinks - I care that it was found that Breitbart LIED and ACORN did not do what it was accused of.

You can hang your hat on your conclusion. I will hang my hat on the fact that the New York Times said the most damning evidence against ACORN on the videos was legitimate.

Here is a quote from your article from a previous post: "Investigations by former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, California Attorney General Jerry Brown, and the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, among others, have served to exonerate ACORN of the most outrageous charges of criminality (while still criticizing ACORN employees and leadership).

It says the Attorney Generals and DAs were critical of ACORN employees and their bosses. Just because nobody was charged with a crime, that doesn't mean that they didn't do anything wrong. They obviously did plenty wrong and that is why the AGs, the DAs, and the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service were very critical of ACORN.

[Riot]

Evidence obtained by [Attorney General] Brown tells a somewhat different story, however, as reflected in three videotapes made at ACORN locations in California.

One ACORN worker in San Diego called the cops. Another ACORN worker in San Bernardino caught on to the scheme and played along with it, claiming among other things that she had murdered her abusive husband. Her two former husbands are alive and well, the Attorney General's report noted.

At the beginning and end of the Internet videos, O'Keefe was dressed as a 1970s Superfly pimp, but in his actual taped sessions with ACORN workers, he was dressed in a shirt and tie, presented himself as a law student, and said he planned to use the prostitution proceeds to run for Congress. He never claimed he was a pimp.

"The evidence illustrates," Brown said, "that things are not always as partisan zealots portray them through highly selective editing of reality. Sometimes a fuller truth is found on the cutting room floor."

I agree that Breitbart was indeed a "passionate conservative", and I'm sure those that liked his work will miss him.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Riot

I agree that Breitbart was indeed a "passionate conservative", and I'm sure those that liked his work will miss him.

I would never condone any journalist "deceptively editing" a story. With regard to the ACORN story, I don't know if O'Keefe was to blame, or Breitbart, or both. But whichever one of them (or both) was responsible, I would condemn that behavior. I don't think a journalist should ever do that.

However, I still do think they uncovered some good stuff. The New York Times thought so and even the AGs, DAs, and the non-partisan commission were very critical of ACORN after reviewing the undedited tapes and transcripts.

With regard to Jerry Brown's comments, he is not exactly unbiased. He is a partisan, liberal democrat.