Comments on: James O’Keefe and Fox News Promote Fake ACORN Murder Confession

By: valkyrie101

valkyrie101 — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:03:52 +0000

Well, after O’Keefe was told by the woman that she killed her husband shouldn’t he have immediately called the police? And after Breitbart saw the video, shouldn’t he have immediately called the police? And when FOX saw the video, before they showed it on Beck’s “entertainment” show, I am wondering if they called the police. Because ACORN workers are being trashed because they seemed to be going along with a child prostitution smuggling ring. The guy in San Diego, after having asked numerous questions of O’Keefe about what he was proposing, called the police two days later. That was timely, because the man knew from talking to O’Keefe that his plan was not imminent. On the other hand, when someone admits to killing their husband, any responsible citizen should immediately report that because otherwise, a murderer, not someone thinking about committing a crime, is on the street.

By: shootfromthehip

shootfromthehip — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:32:31 +0000

“I don’t think it is Beck’s job to confirm it… the lady willfully confessed to a crime… it is the job of law enforcement to find out what the truth is.”

Sorry, I’m confused. Is the network called Fox News or Fox “We Heard From This One Guy”?

It is 100% their job to follow up and make a phone call to the San Bernadino PD. How hard is that? What else do the reporters have to do all day at Fox News HQ? What are the producers too busy surfing FEMA camp conspiracy websites to pick up the phone and check before they accuse a woman of murder (she didn’t kill her husbands, btw)?

By: CaptainAmerica

CaptainAmerica — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:44:48 +0000

[m says:
Airing this footage raises serious questions about Glenn Beck’s integrity. Does sacred honor even exist on Fox News anymore?}

You mean they shouldn't have shown one of the lunatics working at Acorn saying she was a former prostitute? Telling them how to get away with illegal things etc? Yeah, thats an organization that needs to be getting $8Billion Federal Stimulus dollars. NOT!!

Did you enjoy the latest tape today? How an Acorn worker in CA told them how they could smuggle those young girls over the border??

The story isn't Beck, the story is Acorn and its a criminal enterprise apparently. They need to be shut down.

By: CaptainAmerica

CaptainAmerica — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:41:16 +0000

Sorry Daniel but the election isn’t based on the popular vote. I guess MSNBC doesn’t like to cover that.

By: Daniel Torluemke

Daniel Torluemke — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:03:22 +0000

Do right wingers realize that even withoujt ACORN Obama would have still won this election by 8 million votes? The lie that right wingers are really trying to advance is that Obama “won” because ACORN cheated. What a joke. LOL

By: Skyhawk_maintainer

Skyhawk_maintainer — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:40:02 +0000

If ACORN supporters had gotten votes for McCain, many of you would think ACORN was the greatest thing since gaseous oxygen. They are just a grassroots organization who has happened to hire some rather questionable individuals. Like political parties.

By: Jelperman

Jelperman — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:29:55 +0000

Sure they should run this story. As long as they run the one about how Glenn Beck raped and killed a young girl back in 1990.

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:54:14 +0000

O’Keefe is posting the entire tapes unedited with transcripts on BigGovernment.com so you need to get your facts right about the “selective editing”.

By: JimW

JimW — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:09:38 +0000

Maybe, just maybe, the ONLY way for Glenn Beck to get his point across is to behave exactly the way he’s behaving. If he were just a prudent, meditative sort of guy, he would be buried by an extremely biased main stream media. What he’s doing is extremely successful, and thank God for that. Whether anybody likes it or not, Fox News is the big winner in all of this.

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:02:46 +0000

Keeva:
Admitting to a murder first hand is not RUMOR. Yes, the lady could be a nut, but it’s not Beck’s job to figure that out when there has basically been a confession to a crime. I personally don’t want Beck doing law enforcement’s job.

By: Keeva

Keeva — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:43:52 +0000

ACORN is indefensible and should no longer receive federal money. They are obviously a somewhat corrupt organization using the front of a community group to gather millions and then letting their people run unsupervised. The woman that made the “killed my husband” comment is massively irresponsible. At the very least her little joke cost a police department hours and money – something in short supply.

That said, someone needs to read Beck the meaning of the words “fact check” on an hourly basis.

Dean – it actually is Beck’s job to check facts before racing to the camera with whatever rumor pops up. If he is going to demand action on something, then he has to have an actual something to run with. It is law enforcement’s job, but it is also the job of any journalist.

Simply saying that he could not verify it is inadequate when dealing with murder allegations. Based on that little slip and slide, any story can now run without any proof.

Note that when he was accused of murder and such, Beck screamed about the lack of fact checking. Hypocrisy is very ugly.

Sadly, little stuff like this tends to dilute the real story about ACORN. The actual proven facts were already pretty bad. Beck sensationalizing for ratings and frenzy does not advance the cause of shutting this group down.

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:49:42 +0000

I find it appalling that any reasonable person in this country would waste their breath to defend Acorn. No matter what you think of the journalistic ethics used to get the information, there is plenty of evidence that this organization is little more than a den of thugs. Beck admitted on his show that they had not been able to confirm or deny the allegation of murder. I don’t think it is Beck’s job to confirm it… the lady willfully confessed to a crime… it is the job of law enforcement to find out what the truth is. I don’t believe for one second that the lady was “just playing along”.

By: JBean

JBean — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:43:06 +0000

I have to admire ACORN’s quick thinking for this comeback, after reviewing the tape. Being a criminal organization does help, though, with this sort of thing.

I wouldn’t hold the ACORN woman up as a pillar of the community just yet, since she and her husband have mutual restraining orders on file in the courts. When interviewed, her second husband said “She’s definitely got problems and goes off the wall sometimes.” She also has an arrest record.

Murderess? No. Someone I’d want advice from, about anything? Heck no.

By: m

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:42:52 +0000

Airing this footage raises serious questions about Glenn Beck’s integrity. Does sacred honor even exist on Fox News anymore?

(See what I did there? I took his own words and flipped it around. I’m clever).