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New Documentary to Try and Rehabilitate Legacy of Lefty ACORN?

March 24th, 2018 1:30 PM
A new documentary wants us to revisit the scandal that brought ACORN to its knees. ACORN and the Firestorm revisits how James O’Keefe rocked the community organizing group by dressing up as a pimp straight out of Central Casting

Lame NYT Turns Democratic Voting, Disruption Scandals Back on GOP

October 21st, 2016 2:16 PM
Even when the New York Times does run articles (not on the front page) about Democratic scandals, it tried desperately to turn attention to old Republican Party controversies. That was the case with two Friday articles involving possible Democratic vote fraud and electoral disruption.

Blogger Blasts Facebook For Giving In to ‘Sleazy’ Conservative ‘Liars’

May 26th, 2016 6:05 PM
Conservatives who accuse media outlets of liberal bias are a lot like shakedown artists, suggested Salon’s Marcotte in a Tuesday piece. In this context, the targets of the allegations don’t pay protection money; instead, they “bend…over backwards to placate” right-wingers, thereby “injecting conservative bias into the process as journalists, afraid of seeming too ‘liberal,’ hold conservative…

Politico's Calderone Compiles a Quality 2009 Media Blunder List -- And

December 31st, 2009 11:04 AM
Michael Calderone,Doing it Right UPDATE #2 - ALSO BELOW THE FOLD. UPDATE BELOW THE FOLD - THE ESTEEMED MR. CALDERONE RESPONDS. ------------- CORRECTION: I said the Washington Post was on the hook twice on Calderone's list.  H/t to NBer Dean who pointed out it's three - #s 2, 7 & 10.  A thousand apologies, and thanks to The Man from the People's Republic of…

The View Sticks Up For ACORN: Republicans Aren't Going to Take Care of

September 18th, 2009 12:21 AM
The ladies of ABC's "The View" on Thursday spoke out against Republicans who "have always felt that there was something a little off about ACORN," and said the embattled community organization needs to be given a second chance because "the Republicans aren't going to take care of [the poor]."Sure...who cares that they're advising people how to set up child prostitution rings, cheat banks, and…

Jon Stewart Mocks Media on ACORN Story: ‘Where the Hell Were You

September 16th, 2009 1:39 PM
"ACORN appears to be a corrupt organization that aids and abets criminals and gets millions of dollars in taxpayer money."Such was reported Tuesday evening, but not by one of the mainstream television news outlets.That was Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," who in a fabulous six-minute segment not only covered the story of ACORN representatives giving business advice to folks…

Maryland May Prosecute ACORN Sting Video Makers

September 12th, 2009 3:26 PM

Media Ignore ACORN Giving Business Advice to Pimp and Prostitute

September 12th, 2009 12:47 PM
You would think videos exposing representatives of the controversial organization ACORN giving advice on how a couple can get a loan to set up a brothel would be BIG NEWS.Such would seem especially the case if the proposed house of ill repute would be employing minors illegally smuggled across the border from Central America.Yet, when Andrew Breitbart's new website Big Government published such…

ABC News Used Obama Contributor as 'Expert' in Defense of ACORN

October 17th, 2008 7:46 PM
Justin Rood of ABC news came out with a tortured defense of ACORN today with the help of "experts" that claim there is no connection between invalid voter registrations and voter fraud. In order for Rood to make this claim he relies on the testimony of two "experts", namely Civil Rights attorney David Becker and Lorraine Minnite, a political science professor at Barnard College in New York. A…