Hannity joins Beck in airing video ACORN says was the result of "an obvious set of lies and manipulations"
September 15, 2009 9:46 pm ET
From the September 15 edition of Fox News' Hannity:
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Crooks? Explain?
I thought all they did was voter registration fraud? At least that's what I keep reading from Fox Noise and people like you?
I thought crooks stole money or committed fraud to steal money?
How are they crooks exactly? Because a few sub-contractors broke the law and where then arrested and put properly in jail because of ACORN turning evidence over...
I'd really like to know what it takes to be so oblivious to right-wing attacks upon a group who's only true function is to get minorities registered to vote.
Not to vote, just registered to be able to vote! That's it! Why the right-wing hatred of a group that does that... I wonder aloud??
When you disagree based on a proven lie to paranoid delusion (birthers), you will be correctly branded as a racist.
And your comparison using Dubya and Hillary is a false analogy. No sale.
The fact is that they are a criminal enterprize who's days are numbered. Did you notice how quickly the dems in the senate have abandoned them? All but 7 fools who stuck with them. How come thosae other 40+ dems voted to cut funding to acorn? Any guess on that.
But it is nice to know you still support them, it says a lot about your values.
Again, *three* offices. The last tape shows that ACORN got punked. The woman never killed her husband; she was playing the film makers. They were fooled, and FOX looks stupid for not checking its sources.
Woops. That should read:
Again, *three* offices. The last tape shows that the film makers got punk'd.
Yeah! That's it fairliberal stick to that story!
You keep on believing that ACORN - who's sole purpose is to get people registered to vote AND being non-profit to boot would suddenly decide the fight was over (since a black man got in the White House) knowing full well that the fight is just beginning and give it all up by advocating human trafficking and for-profit prostitution as its new mission statement?????
You really do believe that... don't you?
I sometimes wonder how people like you are able to go about your days without injuring yourselves?
Actually, the mainstream media is getting to air this story. I read it in an article by Politico. I don't know if the mainstream will air the video. As I've posted before, the film makers refuse to answer how many ACORN sites they visited before they found the dupes, and they won't release the unedited film. Networks have to check out the source first.
O'Keefe, one of the film makers, is a real fringe right winger. He thinks that ACORN receives billions from the federal government, a claim that fact check sites state is an outright falsehood. You would think if you were doing a documentary on a group, you would get some basic facts right.
And yes, refusing to air a fake video is a clear sign of liberal bias in non-fox outlets.
Yes, ACORN does say the last video is fake. The woman never killed her husband. Do you understand? She was saying outrageous stuff, and the film makers fell for it--they got punk'd! And yet, FOX is trumpeting the film as if it were real. What an embarrassment--no, sorry, FOX news never gets embarrassed.
Of course, if you have a video of Shrek in your collection, that's a real video as well. Some of us may be able to distinguish it from real, non-fictional events.
Rachel Maddow had a good point last night in that the only solace we can take, is that if history does in fact tend to repeat itself; we can certainly look forward to people like Beck, Hannity, and their ilk to finally cross a line and discredit themselves just like Father Coughlin and McCarthy did. The sobering part is that that line seems to get further and further toward complete madness.
Now all Glenn Beck needs to do is dress up as Nancy Pelosi and discuss his plans to shoot old people to the moon. He'll have her nailed. Now thats a professional news org.
No! But the leap you make in convicting the entire ACORN group for a few bad apples is a leap that Evil Kinevil could not make!
Every group/company/government has a few bad apples... would you condemn Fox News this way because a few of it employees were arrested for doing something illegal??
Don't let fairliberal or Fox Noise know... or they might actually claim that the entire company is involved!
Since guilt by association is such an easy concept for fools such as them!
Seriously. WTH does ACORN have to do with what she did in her past? Where are these crooked activities that ACORN supposedly has?
Are you saying that if that lady ever worked at a McDonalds at anytime in her past, that means that there are prostitution rings run through some McDonalds restaurants?
The lady didn't even do what she claimed. She was joking. O'Keefe and Giles got punk'd. Ha ha!
In fact, they waged an all out campaign on the show that they were going to exposed Acorn. They want America to believe Acorn somehow helped Obama win the presidency by cheating. How silly.
This is stupid and they are stupid- and you are stupid.
This is what this is all about. Fox News suppose to report the News not interjects them self in the story they created, that is what they are doing. Acorn is and organizations like other organizations; vulnerable to criminal activity. Even your Government had Watergate, remember. Tricky Dick and a few INDIVIDUALS was involved, not the whole government.
This is where Fox News and your argument fall flat. You want to cast aspersion on the organization as a whole, and the reason why is to try to connect Obama to it thereby tainting him. Most legitimate News Agency knows what Fox News intentions are (personally bring down Obama’s presidency), that’s why they are not covering the story like Fox does (.CBS, NBC, ABC and MSNBC) Fox News has ulterior motives invested in criminalizing Acorn. That’s why they are up and beyond the call of duty.
Would you like someone to video tape you without your consent or knowledge and have it aired without your permission? Of course not, but Fox News is willing to break the law (and policy), just to make a point, hell as far as I’m concern that is criminal activity.
Do you know which news programs your neighbor watches? Do you even know your neighbor's name? Perhaps you spend your evenings on blogspots waiting to see if anyone else agrees with your inspired revelations of the "obvious". I'll bet if you stepped outside every once in a while you would find that there are many people out there who care very much about how their tax money is spent.
If your tax money paid for the wholesale destruction of our national forests, would you not try to stop it? How about your tax money funding Fox news? Would that motivate you to protest?
If you are young then I challenge you to get off your hind quarters and do something constructive like those two independent journalists just did. Expose someone corrupt in the GOP! You should not have any problem doing it. If you are mature, then please post something with some substance...
The only time Fox does anything outside the studio is at a "tea party" or when they pull a TMZ on someone. The rest of the time they spend interviewing the hosts of other Fox News shows. It's a continuous current affairs commentary network. They don't even bother trying to look for the news most of their stories are brought to them by people with a right wing agenda.
Fox News should be sued for invasion of privacy. They are behind these undercover videos, make no mistake about it. They are determined to make a case that Obama's presidency is tainted by a crooked community organizing conspiracy. It’s stupid but many people listen to this garbage. Fox News is irresponsible and dangerous; as a result lots of white folks are organizing lynch mobs looking to string Obama up. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who look like Obama.
He's like a drug dealer of "dramatic political conspiracies". Thing is, I think he's really starting to believe his own nonsense. And things never end well when a dealer starts using...
Why on earth would you think Beck had good intentions when it is obvious he has a problem with a black president? This is what all of this is about. Beck and Klannity made it clear that they are out to attack or scrutinize everyone associated with Obama, including Obama himself. This is the only reason why they are interested in Acorn, in the disturbed mind of these racist bastards Acorn, Bill Ayer and Rew. Wright should be punished for Obama's success. They also believe they can discredit Obama and ultimately bring him down for his association with them. These people are wicked. Beck and Sean answer to their bigoted audience and their confederate friends. These people don’t care about truth or righteousness. They simply hate Obama. That’s why Beck, Hannity and Rush Limbaugh lie like they do. Their audience doesn’t give a damn.
Fox News should be sued for invasion of privacy. They are behind these undercover videos, make no mistake about it. They are determined to make a case that Obama's presidency is tainted by a crooked community organizing conspiracy. It’s stupid but many people listen to this garbage. Fox News is irresponsible and dangerous; as a result lots of white folks are organizing lynch mobs looking to string Obama up. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who look like Obama
It wouldn't be an issue if Fox News didn't get spies to violate people's privacy. Fox News, Beck and Klannity in particular, made it clear they were determined to bring down Acorn and everyone associated with Obama.
In fact, they waged an all out campaign on the show that they were going to exposed Acorn. They want America to believe Acorn somehow helped Obama win the presidency by cheating. How silly.
This is stupid and they are stupid- and you are stupid.
This is what this is all about. Fox News suppose to report the News not interjects them self in the story they created, that is what they are doing. Acorn is and organizations like other organizations; vulnerable to criminal activity. Even your Government had Watergate, remember. Tricky Dick and a few INDIVIDUALS was involved, not the whole government.
This is where Fox News and your argument fall flat. You want to cast aspersion on the organization as a whole, and the reason why is to try to connect Obama to it thereby tainting him. Most legitimate News Agency knows what Fox News intentions are (personally bring down Obama’s presidency), that’s why they are not covering the story like Fox does (.CBS, NBC, ABC and MSNBC) Fox News has ulterior motives invested in criminalizing Acorn. That’s why they are up and beyond the call of duty.
Would you like someone to video tape you without your consent or knowledge and have it aired without your permission? Of course not, but Fox News is willing to break the law (and policy), just to make a point, hell as far as I’m concern that is criminal activity.
Mr. News