Rachel Maddow, whose special on Timothy McVeigh airs on MSNBC tonight, is quite the investigative reporter. Not long ago, she obtained explosive evidence of James O’Keefe’s wardrobe fraud, and she has unleashed it on both of her viewers.
Thanks to ACORN’s District Attorney, Jerry Brown, Maddow was able to expose this frame of heavily edited video which proves the ACORN sting was all a fraud! Conclusive proof that James O’keefe was not dressed like a pimp at all.
Maddow: [Excitedly] “Check out the unedited tape! ….Now wait a second here. You see that dress shir… wah… pinstripes there. You see that dress shirt that’s visible as Mr. O’Keefe opens the door and exits the office? It’s a dress shirt. What happened to the fur and the 1970 blacksploitation Superfly outfit?…. But the pimp outfit thing is just the start….You were had.
Wow! what an amazing piece of investigative journalism she has produced. She found the smoking pinstripes!
Sadly for Rachel Maddow, It only takes 16 seconds to reveal that she’s an incompetent boob and a fraud, who never bothered to watch the very first video in the series before pushing the fraudulent narrative that ACORN is a victim of unfair political attacks.
From our March 3rd post on this ridiculous matter:
Interestingly, anyone who watches the videos, can clearly see what James O’Keefe was wearing when he walked into the ACORN offices, and captured them on tape appearing to conspire to commit copious amounts of fraud.
16 seconds into the video below, the whole ugly truth is exposed for the world to see, because the filmmaker never hid the fact that he was wearing khakis when ACORN employees were recorded offering him advice on how to relocate his prostitute girlfriend into a shiny new government financed brothel filed with underage illegal alien prostitutes.
16 seconds into the video above, it becomes clear that attempting to portray O’Keefe as a liar about his wardrobe can only be journalistic fraud and/or malpractice.
Question for Rachel Maddow: Do you have to pay Jon Stewart for the right portray a completely moronic and humorless version of him? Seriously, you are like Bizzarro Stewart.
Advice for Rachel Maddow: If you are going to be a soulless shill who makes excuses for an organization which repeatedly exhibited a willingness to commit federal crimes involving the sexual exploitation of immigrant children, at least attempt to be original.
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Rachel Maddow is to the news as monkey brains are to the American Cuisine.
and his apparel choices are somehow exculpatory evidence?…
He could have worn a Special Forces Class B uniform with a new Silver Star on it and it would still be aiding an illegal prostitution- and child slavery ring, too boot. But this is quid pro quo for the left. Never admit wrongdoing, deny the evidence, attack the attackers- classic Machiavelli/Alinsky tactiics.
But this is a hoot. Tell the young man(?) Maddow that this ship has sailed…
Which one is "Rachel"?
…If R. Maddow wasn't a member of the "special protections-qualified sexual orientation and correct political persuasion" clique SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE A JOB ON TELEVISION….
…she is just one more Affirmative Action failure -just like her "Lord and Master" Barry "Bobo the Clown" Obama….
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Rachel Maddow doesn't know her own ass from a cow in the woods.
who is this person, Ive never heard of her.
Jeez, you people, it is hard to tell whether you are more illiterate or more psychologically impaired. Try watching Maddow sometime. She is a pretty good journalist.
No axe, you keep watching that thing..I will keep FOX on.
Um, you forgot to mention that the ACORN employee knew cops at the border and called them to alert them to what James OKeefe was planning to do. Yeah, you just conveniently forgot that minor bombshell.
What's funny is the attention not being paid to what's more blatantly wrong. They were helping him set a child prostitution house. I don't care if he was dressed as a clown. Let's pay attention to the content of the video. Same as the girl, Lila Rose posing as an underage girl seeking an abortion from Planned Parenthood and they lead her how the work around to getting an abortion. Content people. Hold ACORNS feet to the flame and dismantle them. No more money to special interest groups, period!
I can't believe all of you would rip on Mr. Maddow like that! His journalistic skill deserves your respect! I mean jeez, he can read off cue cards just like Barry O!
There's a simple explanation for this: Rachel MadCOW is just plain nuts.
Um, gee, I don't see my comment about the fact that ACORN called the police on James Okeefe.
http://www.examiner.com/x-24151-Human-Rights–Com...
You mean the ACORN employee who had contacts on the Mexican side of the border and offered to help smuggle in the children protestutes? Oh, Yeah! I remember that little bombshell. But all these little bombshells add up tothe fact that ACORN is a lawbreaking organization.
I watch Fox quite often, just to see what is being said in social circles that wouldn't ordinarily be a part of my life. Although there is rarely any actual information that I didn't already discover elsewhere, I find that Fox's constant search for partisan advantage does sometimes highlight angles that I might not have considered on my own. Some of these angles later turn out to be based on lies and distortion. Still, the process of listening to it gives me, on balance, a more well-rounded point of view. I highly recommend you trying the same approach for a few months, just to see if you learn anything. If you are seriously interested in understanding current events, you should make a practice of watching someone like Rachel Maddow, instead of just feeding your prejudices with more of the same-old, same-old. At least you might gradually come to realize that there are other legitimate points of view out there.
Um, you forgot the other dozen or so ACORN employees who tried their damnedest to help set up an underage brothel.
Gotta wonder how many times they've done that.
"Some of these angles later turn out to be based on lies and distortion."
Projection: it's what's for dinner!
This is garbage – in Maddow's broadcast she showed O'Keefe dressed in his full pimp get-up when a Fox-TV host said he was dressed exactly the same as he was in the videos. O'Keefe is seen sitting there quiet as a mouse instead of correcting the host. He never corrected the lying host? THIS is why everyone thought O'Keefe claimed to be dressed as a pimp in the videos. We all knew O'Keefe was biting his lip about it.
It was O'Keefe who came in posing as a criminal rapist. Nothing those workers say can be held against them – they may have been very afraid of repercussions. If a pimp and a hooker come in to my office and tell me of their kidnapping plots, I would do the exact same thing – play along, say anything to make me seem friendly and then call the cops as soon as they leave. Even if not, it's their right to say that's what they were doing because the law was not followed in collecting this evidence.
There is a legal process for sting operations and you cannot the suggest crimes, that is entrapment. You also cannot record people in CA without consent, this is grounds for lawsuits. So leave the workers alone – we know this is all about them registering the poor to vote Democratic. Use real evidence if you have any – but all the evidence I've seen was volunteered by ACORN. So the San Diego ACORN videos are useless.
Maddow's show is a lot closer to journalism than the writing, research and standard of balance shown at "Big Journalism". As a teacher of non-fiction writing, the first things I'd say to the authors here is lay out your facts, show your sourcing, make your arguments and let the reader decide. Use adjectives rarely and most importantly, insults (such as "this is garbage") do not belong anywhere in investigative journalism, they belong in opinion pieces. The name of this site is therefore a clarion call to everyone that this place is all about deception – but it is protected under the First Amendment, so knock yourself out.
Rachel Maddow is a 'journalist' like Paris Hilton is an 'actress'.
What is legitimate about ignoring that ACORN was helping someone set up a prostitution ring made up of illegal underage girls and focusing on what O'Keefe was wearing as a means of discrediting him? Maddow is intentionally missing the point for political reasons, something that is despicable and ought to be grounds for criminal malpractice by this 'journalist'.
Elitist types need not apply…lol
Whatever
Fox and MSNBC and their versions of journalism aside, you do have to shake your head in amazement at these women providing tax advice for the brothel. What on earth was going through their heads???
Who CARES what the dude was wearing… ACORN was aiding a child sex ring… Maddow is NOT a reporter – just another talking head.
the ACORN people CALLED THE COPS at the border on Okeefe!!!!! There was no POINT to be made in the first place!
well actually I agree with your point here, RedStater. She got caught trying a cheap shot. It would be much more interesting to see a serious report. Unfortunately, since the Fairness Doctrine is no longer considered appropriate policy for supervising the airwaves, we don't get serious reporting anymore, just hysteria and distortion from both sides of the political spectrum… oh, and boring incompetence from CNN, almost forgot them.
I find that Rachael's reporting covers more bases than most. She's a brilliant gal and I notice that well-known authorities are willing to appear on her program, which speaks to the high regard in which she is held.
It is amusing that the so-called tolerant left reveals its prejudices when trying to construct a counter argument.
Dom, can you point to where Maddow uses your tried and true methods you spelled out above when he labled the tea party people as racist? How about his sourcing for such?
Maybe you could point me towards your "sourcing" on the "fact" that O'Keefe posed as a "criminal rapist"? Maybe it's some of your personal experience on the subject but does one automatically become a "criminal rapist" once they become a pimp or was that a little projection on your part?
Do yourself a favor and apply those same standards before casting stones, and if you run out of stones to cast you can borrow a couple from Maddow because I'm sure he no longer uses them.
It may be of help the next time you decide to ramble about calling the cops if you were to witness such potential crimes, because ACORN nor its employees can provide any proof of an attempt to contact the authorities.
As compared to who, Keith Olberman?
She is a clueless shill for the HuffPo crowd/
Uh, lez, the cops were called 2 days after the visit by O'Keefe and then to the idiots cop cousin.
Mr Balance: do you ever find any info based on "lies and distortions" on Maddow's show? Also, lets have some examples of the "lies and distortions" Just saying so does not make it true (unless your a MSM journalist).
I have watched Madow on more than a dozen occassions and they were all a waste of time. She is all about premoting deviancy and the left agenda. Make no mistake there is a spiritual War raging and Madow has chosen her side.
Man, you KO's kids really DO travel in packs, don't you? Watch Maddow all you want. I tried. Once. She is a manipulative, condescending shill. Enjoy your echo chamber, progressives.
So why no lawsits against O'Keefe? And why are you attempting to justify ACORNS activities? They were willing to help someone exploit underage women!!! They did not appear to be "afraid of repercussions". Is it Dom or just Dumb?
I know, I know. Look before I leap, Who'da thunk?
Maddow is not a Journalist. She is not providing news She is providing her opinion about the news. The fact that people on the left see her reports as news strikes me as humorous. Her attack of O'Keefe is an Alinsky ploy. When you have lost to the message attack the messenger. CYA does not count in regards to the Police call.
She has done the same dishonest delivery on criminal trials versus military tribunals, where she fails to point out that the Obama administration is pursuing both. At least opponents of the criminal trials are consistent. In addition, the shoe bomber was arrested and put on trial before laws were put in place for the tribunals to be used.
She did the bait and switch on climate gate. Saying that the skeptics complaints on CRU were faked data, not the real complaint of cherry picked data for a political end. Which is the real scandal that science was subverted in favor of political ideology to the point of tampering with per review. But misrepresenting one sides argument is old hat for a Dem who cut her teeth under Clinton.
I could go on, but those on the left seem to forget that O'Reilly, Hannity, Beck etc…are not the NEWS on FNC. They are opinion providers regarding what they see as news. The only difference is that they are honest about their bias. I have yet to find the clip where Maddow says, "I am a liberal who believes the constitution should be subverted to allow for a European form of Socialism to take hold in the United States." But heck maybe she says that when the cameras are turned off.
Now THAT was funny! Thanks, I needed that!
Is that "high regard" you write about the same as those "high ratings"? hahahahahaha !
I loved rachel in the Karate kid in the 80's!
Maddow is hilarious… the first time i saw her, i thought she was just mocking angry white liberals. then i realized that she was for real.
she makes me laugh.
Maddow is a tool…but if MSNBC got rid of her, it's not like it would make their network any better… it would be the equiv. of sticking a finger in the dike.
Simple, change the subject. Standard modern liberal play book. Because while we're discussing Maddow's charges, we not talking about ACORN.
It's just a ploy, one of the more commonly used methods to avoid a rational debate on ACORN.
You said dike. lol
Okay, so didn't Rachel walk off the cliff in Conan the Barbarian when Thulsa Doom said "c'mere a minute" with his finger?
Maddow is to unbiased investigative journalism what Al Franken is to dignified statesman.
Don't ask, you're better off that way.
That's not by accident. Its straight out of the left's play book. Avoid rational debate by changing the subject.
Correct, one office did call the police.
What about all the other offices that didn't?
Boy howdee. You shore is smart!
Rubbish, Liz. ONE worker at ONE office called his cousin, a cop in another jurisdiction (not on the border). The other five offices- no problemo.
To really appreciate Maddow press the mute button. It makes for a great improvement.
you are kidding right? She is part of the problem with the MSM, nothing but lies after lies after lies. The Dumocrates practice at lying because they know if you constantly say the same lies over and over the sheep in this country will finaly see it on CNN or MSNDC and then it becomes thier gospel…. Dont forget now, Bush lied about Iraq! For 8 years during the Clinton error (sic) the USA was told by all the leading Dumocrates that Irag and Saddam were a threat and all believed they had WMD's. Then they voted for a war and then later lied when they were running for office. Wake up and smell what these people are shoveling BEFORE it is too late!
If you squint Maddow could almost pass as human
I think MSNBC broadcasts more air time about Beck and Hannity, than FOX actually devotes air time to Beck and Hannity. I read something about a "journalist" writing about Beck. This journalist accomplished his research for his story…by sitting in front of the t.v., watching Glen Beck all week. Maddow is no different. Is this what reporting has come to? Sitting in front of the t.v.? The media reporting about the media, reporting about the media. Geez, grab a mini-cam sometime and head out somewhere. Maybe if you looked real hard, you might find one interesting news story about some human issue …located…I don't know, lets say on …the entire continent of Africa…but, that would actually require getting up off your ass and doing some work…heaven forbid…
I know Rachel Maddow. She not smart. She is not original.
She does have flatulence problem which affects her co-workers.
Wait a minute, "incompetent boob" must be code for something. I know – in that pic of Rachel wrapping herself in the flag, she looks like she could be John Kerry's younger brother. He throws a football like her, too. They must share some things in common.
And you lefties say that we conservative/libertarian types have so sense of humor!
Having spent some 40 years on Maddow's side of the political debate, I can assure you I'm more than qualified to answer your query.
You are correct, there are other points of view, which many people do appreciate. But the answer comes down quite simply to academic field of economics. The modern left's ideology does not work in practice, specifically because they refuse to even attempt to understand basic economics. To the modern left, ideology is more important that economic realities.
Medicare is destined to go broke. That is beyond question. The number of baby boomers, the costs, and no add int he shrinking revenues from the unemployed.
So Obamacare plans to remove $500 billion from that program (which they won't, they always put it back in in other bills, they always have, always will). Then they took $500 billion and use that to artificially lower the cost over all, bringing it in just under a trillion over ten years. But in reality, that means Obamacare is already under budgeted by one trillion dollars. The numbers don't add up, the left knows they don't add up, which is why anyone who points it out is called a racist, in order to specifically to avoid having a rational debate about the economics of the bill.
Here's a little experiment you can try on your own. Grab two cans of beer, soda, two oranges, two of anything. Put them on your kitchen table. Now take away three of them.
When you can show me that works, I will be more than open to modern liberal view points. Till then, I'll stick with reality.
Tspoon, why do you state things as definite fact when you don't actually know them to be true? Why do you do that? By the way, I agree with you that the "wrong clothes" attack on O'Keefe was a cheap shot, as I said replying to RedStater about an hour ago. But let me show you what I mean about making statements that you do not know to be true. You say Maddow "fails to point out" that the govt is pursuing both criminal trials and military tribunals. Do you mean that she just failed to point it out on one particular occasion? If so, then it isn't much of a criticism as I assume you would agree. Nobody should be expected to point out one particular fact of your choosing every time they speak. Right? But on the other hand, if what you mean is that she systematically falsifies the truth by failing to point this fact out whenever she discusses the subject, then you are making a very general statement, the logic of which requires you to have watched Maddow very consistently. Have you? Of course not. You and I both know you haven't. So why do you make the blanket accusation then? This kind of lying, sorry, but that is what it is, does not help the country in its important democratic dialog, in case you are a patriot. And actually, just for your information, I have seen Maddow do more than one thorough and interesting report on the subject of terrorist detention and trials. There were no huge factual gaps that I noticed.
There is a legal process for sting operations and you cannot the suggest crimes
That's for law enforcement issues. It's called entrapment. Last time I checked, O'Keefe doesn't work fro the government.
Wouldn't it just be a whole lot easier to admit the left has a whole bunch of bad apples. The democrats will cozy up to any one who can get them votes.
Why aren't you outraged that that type of activity is condoned in the democratic party? You know, your side, the side you point to and say "yes, that's what I agree with." Why aren't you screaming louder than the right?
Just wondering, because when I started pointing out how full of shit they were I got the boot. Are you afraid they'll do the same with you? Because you know they will.
To the current incarnation of the democratic party, power trumps principles. Where's your outrage?
As a teacher of non-fiction writing, doesn't the non-fiction in all the ACORN videos lay out all the evidence you need?
Why aren't you pointing out that Maddow is doing nothing more that changing the subject of the debate about ACORN?
Or are your union leanings more important to you than honesty and truth and commitment to your profession?
@rightwest
I believe you are correct. Not only does PMSNBC spend more time discussing Fox opinion shows than the actual time Fox airs them, but everytime PMSNBC mentions Fox, Beck, Hannity, etc. some of their listeners tune in to FoxNews to see what "idiots" these people are, and are pleasantly surprised that they are not at all what PMSNBC purports them to be. Many of these listeners don't return to PMSNBC after watching real news on Fox for even a few minutes.
So I say to PMSNBC – and CNN and the clown on the clown channel – keep using FoxNews as your punching bag. Not only can Fox take it, but you are slowly losing your audience to FoxNews, as the ratings clearly show.
The reruns on PMSNBC of Shamwow are more interesting than anything else that PMSNBC has to offer.
GE/PMSNBC/Obama are one.
Madcow and the rest of her cohorts wouldn't have shows or whatever they call them if it weren't for Fox News. One is lead to believe they hang on every word over at Fox to make their shows. Sad, Madcow has on her promo" I have no AGENDA," really, I mean for real . No agenda, then what's your purpose, to bring in ratings number. Tsk, tsk. Get real you people, stop thinking we're all morons who can't decipher AGENDA from opinion.
You are a LIAR. What does it feel like to be a disgusting evil pile of dung?
When and where was she a good journalist?
The Fairness Doctrine has little to do with anything. Bring it back and broadcasting gets dull and bland… and exclusively leftist.
ACORN registers poor Democratic citizens who happen to be either dead, illegal aliens, or animated characters from Disney.
That's some impressive list of folks to vote with.
Marcus, this is high school level "journalism" at best. Your inability to write a straight critique of Maddow says volumes about you and Breitbart's supposed "Big Journalism." "Big Bile" is a more accurate description of what this site has to offer. If Rachel Maddow is the hack you claim her to be, it shouldn't be too hard to prove that dispassionately, with reference to facts rather than with ad hominem attacks. Give some thought to writing seriously, or consider another trade.
That "Dude" Maddow just wanted the right to have the underage foreign prostitutes at his Left-Wing Progressive Parties!
Once I find out, I'll let you know.
Yes. Well said. Thank you. Now you will probably be deluged with insults. That speaks volumes too, sadly.
I demand a gender identity test of this woman/man/thing.
Dick, this website was never about journalism, it was and is about partisan sniping and making ignorant people feel comfortable in their ignorance.
They will claim that their "dissection" of Maddow's O'Keefe story as proof, but in fact that is proof of rule #1 when it comes to right-wingers: never, ever admit you were wrong where a liberal was right, *especially* when they prove you wrong. it is the epitome of cowardice. It's too bad, because if the tea-party movement would get serious about marginalizing their extremists, it might gain some steam as a movement. As it is, most of the right-wingers around here cant even bring themselves to admit that right-wing ideology has contributed to the climate of violence. They are just too afraid to admit that a strong-willed, smart progressive woman might have a good point to make every now and then, so they just resort to the customary name-calling and dismissive childish ignorance.
Hehehe, good one, Jim, especially coming from you.
…."it is hard to tell whether WE are more illiterate or more psychologically impaired"… Surely you jest!! Or you are another non didactic dilettante who has been sucking at the sophistry teat for way too long. Wake Up or Shut Up!
Case in point.
Love it. But it might be too straight forward and un-obfuscated for them to understand.
And I agree, everyone would be better served to get off the fact that she's gay. Big Deal. I've got no problem with that, its none of my/our business. I'm a Libertarian and say, "live and let live". That she's totally obtuse and has no problem spewing spurious tripe, innuendos, half truths, and outright damn lies – That I got a very big problem with!
Maybe it's because Maddow is as predictable as the weather in the Sahara. I've watched her several times (admittedly, less than regularly but at least a dozen) in an effort to understand her viewpoint. Her reasoning is only slightly more painful than the lack of her investigative curiosity. In research, her technique is called isogesis, wherein the investigator sets out with a foregone conclusion and then attempts to prove it regardless of facts. The undeniable fact is, she assumed that James O' Keefe was bad for exposing ACORN and set out about trying to destroy him personally for what he exposed. That isn't journalism, it's punishment. Just as is watching her show.
Your last two sentences describe accurately and consistently every episode of the Maddow show I have ever had the misfortune to waste my time on.
Zing! EdSki, once again, you are correct Sir.
No brain, defending the rights of the neonazi left to rape children. Figures.
Funny. Through all of the ACORN tapes I never once assumed that O'Keefe was actually wearing a pimp outfit. And I think that's because…. I'M NOT A FREAKING MORON!
Amy- you are just too lame.
Any "well-known authorities" are either "fellow travelers"(ie, Progressive/Commies to ill-informed) or shills for Comrade Barry.
You guys are lame… a waste of key strokes..
Zing!! LOL
Rakle and Jonkie,
What a twosome, what will they do to each other after the show, but they could have done it on air, no one would have seen them, she or is she a she has no viewers, ok so she has three my bad,
Maddow & the whole crew aren't worth this much energy…
The whole network is very deservedly tanking. They have more than "proved" themselves unworthy of any further serious attention – or ANY attention for that matter – so I say SHUN them for the blatant propagandists they are. They serve only as diversionary "Useful Idiot" agitators while Comrade Barry & his troupe of REALLY bad actors are busy doing God only knows what…
Rachel's around as long as MSLSD needs to keep the progressive narrative alive. I still say it's David Shuster in drag!
I know these people better than they know themselves. Their secret power is to convert a debate from logic to emotions, and then shock and awe their opponents into submission.
The vast majority fail to shock me, and none of them awe me.
This is an echo chamber for people who hate Maddow, hate liberals….hate basically anything that is not conservative and right wing. O'Keefe misrepresented himself. Funny how folks are not arguing that point, but rather focusing on Maddow's gender – as if it's relevant. I can't find anything on TV, in the news, or online that isn't an echo chamber for one side or the other. It's a shame when facts–known facts–are not part of the equation. This is sad.
Congrats, Dom! It's not everyone who can come off as such an arrogant. elitist, psuedo-intellectual, leftist proganda swilling ass in the space of a single paragraph.
You do realize you called an accomplished Rhodes Scholar a boob, right? She also does the majority of the prep for her shows, reads voraciously, and the material she presents is already fact-checked. Her job wasn't just given to her, either. She has worked her way up from radio; key word: "worked". Now that she has the job she wants she continues to work hard. By showing a fluf piece and critiquing this as a representation of her body of work, you've pretty much shown that you couldn't find a serious piece of hers to make your point. My opinion is that she's one of the smartest people on television today.
Wow…"an echo chamber" you say?…. You're quoting right off the same "directives page" as Slick Willie. His words exactly!
A coincidence?
I think not.
If she is such a good journalist why are her ratings and viewership so low? Even lower than Redeye at 3am.
There are multiple lawsuits pending against O'Keefe. It is unacceptable investigative practice to pose as a felonious criminal to gather evidence, period. This conversation is moot. If you want to talk about vote registration fraud by Acorn, that's a separate debate. Do you understand entrapment yet? Let me know if you need more information.
Doesn't matter – They're interchangeable.
Smith
There you go using facts again. You know those don't apply to the left.
Dom
You must be insane or an idiot to defend the indefensible and this case is far from over.
O'Keefe's videos directly informed the GOVERNMENT's passage of the Defund Acorn Act, that ruined the organization, even though the bill was deemed unconstitutional before the ink dried. See the linkage? The poor standard of proof gave them an unfair shake. If anything, they should have been criticized for over 1,500 faked registrations, but this was 'journalistic' entrapment.
What is condoned in the Democratic party? Bad apples? What do you mean? I believe both parties are full of bad apples, especially rich folks trying to convince middle class voters to give the rich the tax breaks.
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