{"id":1403,"date":"2009-09-17T14:59:25","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T21:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2009-09-17T20:10:29","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T03:10:29","slug":"the-pimp-show-exclusively-on-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1403","title":{"rendered":"The Pimp Show: Exclusively On Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"

It should surprise no one that Fox News is hammering the ACORN affair with characteristic rightist zeal. They have featured the story across their media platforms on TV, radio, print, and the Internet, almost to the exclusion of all other news. Watching Fox would leave one with the impression that ACORN and a police car chase were the only stories available to tell. Fox News’ hooker and pimp show, starring Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe, has virtually taken over the schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the so-called “fair and balanced”<\/em> network is demonstrating how inapt their slogan is and how transparently they manipulate what they call news.<\/p>\n

ACORN’s CEO, Bertha Lewis, has been making the media rounds the past couple of days to rebut the charges against the organization. While taking responsibility for their shortcomings, she has announced that they will be conducting an independent review to uncover any and all misbehavior and will let the chips fall where they may. In addition, she has aggressively defended ACORN’s mission to increase voter registration and their work on behalf of low income citizens who are seeking assistance with housing.<\/p>\n

Lewis’ appearances have raised important questions about the attacks on ACORN. For instance, the raw, unedited tapes are still being withheld from independent reviewers. This brings into question whether they were altered to intentionally create a false impression. Also, O’Keefe has steadfastly refused to turn over the tapes from dozens of their stings where they were thrown out of the ACORN office. This is deliberate deception intended to disguise the fact that, by far, the majority of ACORN employees are honest and moral.<\/p>\n

These questions remain unanswered despite Lewis’ having raised them during interviews with journalists across the dial. She has submitted to multiple inquiries from the likes of Bill O’Reilly, Ed Schultz, Rick Sanchez, and others, on all of the cable news networks without regard to ideology. By contrast, O’Keefe and Giles have refused all interviews except for those on Fox News. They have already appeared on Hannity, Beck, Fox & Friends, and America’s News HQ. All Fox programs. The other news networks have standing requests for them to appear but, so far, none have been accepted. What do you think they are afraid of? They clearly have time available for the media, so long as it’s the friendly variety that will embrace them in a protective cocoon.<\/p>\n

Obviously O’Keefe and Giles are either afraid, unprepared, or they are not being permitted to stray from the santcuary of Fox by their handlers. They refer to themselves as journalists, and O’Keefe went further describing himself as “the future of journalism”<\/em> and told the New Jersey Star-Ledger<\/a> that:<\/p>\n

“The tone of my videos is unique. I’m not just reporting on something, I’m becoming something I’m reporting on.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So he’s becoming a pimp? That would explain his association with Fox News. But if O’Keefe and Giles are unwilling to have their work be reviewed for accuracy, and they can’t defend themselves in independent forums, then how can they pretend that they are journalists? How can anything they report be regarded as credible?<\/p>\n

How are they different than Borat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It should surprise no one that Fox News is hammering the ACORN affair with characteristic rightist zeal. They have featured the story across their media platforms on TV, radio, print, and the Internet, almost to the exclusion of all other news. Watching Fox would leave one with the impression that ACORN and a police car […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[414,641,642,33,640,639],"class_list":["post-1403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-propaganda","tag-acorn","tag-bertha-lewis","tag-borat","tag-fox-news","tag-hannah-giles","tag-james-okeefe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-mD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1490,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1490","url_meta":{"origin":1403,"position":0},"title":"Study: ACORN Did Nothing Illegal – Fox News: So What?","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/13\/2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last summer Fox News participated in a media frenzy surrounding some sensationalistic videos produced by conservative activists and promoted by right-wing propaganda outlets. 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