The truth may — emphasis on may — set O’Keefe free, but I note that the acts alleged in the FBI affidavit don’t seem to argue in that direction. One alleged conspirator sitting outside in a car with a listening device, and the other three entering federal property under false pretenses, lying when they said they were from the phone company, and “maliciously interfering with a telephone system operated and controlled by the United States of America.” O’Keefe’s attorney told the AP that they weren’t trying to disable or wiretap the phones, but apparently tampering with them or vandalizing them is okay and non-actionable?

Not one word of criticism directed at Mr. Shuster? Breitbart should have known what he was getting into? And that was what? Getting involved with a tendentious reporter?

Is Breitbart the guilty party here? That seems to be your point.

Correct me (please) if I’m wrong.

Did Breitbart not know what he was getting into? It’s hard to believe, considering the whole backstory.

Oh, he knew what he was getting into… but PROVING Schuster to be a liar (not hard to do) was fun as well! He knew he was walking into a fight… but the fact that Schuster VOLUNTERILY lied to get the interview, says a lot about him… does it not?

MSNBC is getting more and more sick by the day.

We have lots of sexual inuendos being thrown around (teabaggers, stroking, horney).

David Schuster is proven to be a liar, and he gets his wrist tapped by Griffen (surely at the directly and with the blessing of KO).

Chris sees Obama as a black man all the time, except for when he delivers a SOTU, and yet calls everyone else a racist.

Contessa Brewer gets taken down big time by Senator Gregg today.

Olbermann is a loon with his attacks and daily hatred.

I can’t wait until they just go under; they have earned it.

Welcome to Outer Wingnuttia, where a journalist asking tough questions is somehow worse than a political hack attempting to wiretap a Senator’s office. After 8 years of people like this running our country into the ground under Bush, it’s no wonder Obama is having such a hard time steering us back on course.

Maikeru – NO ONE WAS TRYING TO WIRE TAP ANYTHING. Sorry to have to yell, but facts are facts.

nope, just allegedly committing other felonies.

where a journalist asking tough questions is somehow worse than a political hack attempting to wiretap a Senator’s office

Reporter A says that a person alleged to have committed a crime is guilty. Several times.

Reporter A is then assigned by his bosses to cover that story.

Nope, nothing wrong with that.

Maikeru Ronin says:
January 28, 2010 at 8:14 pm

Ah, and we’re back to the fail safe. If you can’t talk about the issue… if it’s too tough to defend… go back and talk about Bush.

Anyone want to bet on how long they’ll be talking about Bush? I say at least through the 2012 election. After that… it depends on who wins. If Obama stays in office… anything wrong will still be Bush’s fault. If it’s a Republican, we’ll they’ll just hit him/her with the standard they’re “stupid, racist, ignorant” etc. stuff they apply to anyone who doesn’t think like they do.

I love the fact that you guys are outraged at a political reporter doing his job – while complicit about breaking the law and endangering our servicemen and women.

Breitbart is kicking against Shuster. Nice to see. Many times anyone to the right of Barbara Boxer has to really force their say in to get a word in edgewise with these MSNBC identity hitmen. It’s really sad that MSNBC has fallen so far. They used to be fairly objective, but now pseudo journalists like David Shuster and Lawrence O’Donnell love to cut down anyone on the right in order to silence them and put words in their mouth. They did the same with Peter Schiff.
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Suddenly it’s just fine for Shuster to misrepresent himself in order to get Breitbart on camera so as to imply that Andrew abetted O’Keefe in the Landrieu fiasco.

Remember when O’Keefe’s ploy in finding out ACORN staffers were more than willing to give him advice on how to get govt support for a child slavery enterprise was WORSE than the exposure of THAT.

Tampering at Landrieu Office Called a ‘Stunt’
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/us/politics/29landrieu.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

We have a couple of dames on this site who certainly want to exonerate a FELONIOUS CONSPIRATOR to FRAUDULENTLY enter and VANDALIZE federal property. Who would have ever thought that they would wish to cottle criminals? My goodness, they wish harsher retribution on those who simply disagree with them on policy positions. Ah! Therein is the clue. As long as you agree with them, you are free to engage in whatever acts of criminal enterprise you wish, be as emotionally unstable as you wish, and amass a huge collection of sexual perversions. What an object lesson for our youth. Maybe worthy of a Sunday School session.

Cecelia says:
January 29, 2010 at 8:32 am

they want to forgive Polanski of child rape, forgive ACORN of assisting in a child prostitution ring… but hang o’Keefe? There’s just no figuring some people out.

Did you see his new statement, from Big Gov:

The government has now confirmed what has always been clear: No one tried to wiretap or bug Senator Landrieu’s office. Nor did we try to cut or shut down her phone lines. Reports to this effect over the past 48 hours are inaccurate and false.

As an investigative journalist, my goal is to expose corruption and lack of concern for citizens by government and other institutions, as I did last year when our investigations revealed the massive corruption and fraud perpetrated by ACORN. For decades, investigative journalists have used a variety of tactics to try to dig out and reveal the truth.

I learned from a number of sources that many of Senator Landrieu’s constituents were having trouble getting through to her office to tell her that they didn’t want her taking millions of federal dollars in exchange for her vote on the healthcare bill. When asked about this, Senator Landrieu’s explanation was that, “Our lines have been jammed for weeks.” I decided to investigate why a representative of the people would be out of touch with her constituents for “weeks” because her phones were broken. In investigating this matter, we decided to visit Senator Landrieu’s district office – the people’s office – to ask the staff if their phones were working.
On reflection, I could have used a different approach to this investigation, particularly given the sensitivities that people understandably have about security in a federal building. The sole intent of our investigation was to determine whether or not Senator Landrieu was purposely trying to avoid constituents who were calling to register their views to her as their Senator. We video taped the entire visit, the government has those tapes, and I’m eager for them to be released because they refute the false claims being repeated by much of the mainstream media.

It has been amazing to witness the journalistic malpractice committed by many of the organizations covering this story. MSNBC falsely claimed that I violated a non-existent “gag order.” The Associated Press incorrectly reported that I “broke in” to an office which is open to the public. The Washington Post has now had to print corrections in two stories on me. And these are just a few examples of inaccurate and false reporting. The public will judge whether reporters who can’t get their facts straight have the credibility to question my integrity as a journalist.

(And did you notice there are some on this site who falsley accuse and convict someone of crimes they didn’t comment, or get charged with?)

m says:
January 29, 2010 at 2:41 am

I love the fact that you guys are outraged at a political reporter doing his job…

What part of a reporter’s job is it to convict someone before all the facts are out? What part of a reporter’s job is it to sentence someone to jail, before a trial takes place? Apparently, your sense of “journalism” and “reporter’s duty” is out of whack.

The Real Royal King says:
January 29, 2010 at 10:52 am

Yeah, it’s a real shame some on the site want to know the facts, before they determine someone’s guilt. Wouldn’t it be great if more people were like you… able to see someone who has previously gone against the Democratic agenda, and therefore can be accused, charged, and convicted of… well, anything… even if there are no facts, or the majority of facts are unknown?

Royal… your true colors are showing. You don’t care about democracy or justice… just about punishing those who have hurt your “team’s” political ideology. O’Keefe may well be guilty of who knows what… but it’s wrong for Schuster to play judge and jury, and it’s wrong for you too.

If only O’Keefe was a wanna-be terrorist… then he’d get some respect and sympathy from those on the left. (See: http://www.mediaite.com/print/time-labels-ft-hood-shooter-terrorist/)

Yes Shuster was doing his job:

Just inappropriately according to his employer. Not 1st time his employer threw Shuster under the bus for “doing his job”. MSNBC suspended Shuster for making disparaging on-air remark about Chelsea Clinton.

Shuster may have done the one thing he may not have wanted to do, Help O’Keefe out by becoming part of the story rather than story just being about O’Keefe.

sarainitaly says:
January 29, 2010 at 12:01 pm (And did you notice there are some on this site who falsley accuse and convict someone of crimes they didn’t comment, or get charged with?)

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He’s in pretenses-dropped-freak-mode, right now. This board and the rest of the country seem out of his control, so expect some sort of veiled or couched threats anytime.