O’Keefe has been all over the place as far as behavior goes. He’s a righty version of Michael Moore. That being said, if he’s making claims you should investigate them. All the more reason since he video taped the event in question. that way we know what actually happened. 

O’Donnell used to work in the Senate, but he can’t remember that Medicaid is a joint Federal/State program? 

I understand that O’Keefe was too dumb to understand this fact, but this is just sad.

Who wrote that dreadful headline?

What is the substance of the claims though?  

I would think that O’Keefe would have said, “Oh, here are the violations of state and/or federal law that I can get on videotape.”

O’Donnell pointed out that the worker was following the law (with no citation, but it is cable network news afterall), but never said exactly what they were investigating or who was investigating.

It’s like taking your dog to the park and seeing that someone didn’t curb their dog and you just let your dog go ahead on their poop.

It just makes the poop get larger.

Bwahahahahhaha-

“Dealing with crazy people politely is part of the job,” I guess you can add that to Mediaite’s resume having to deal with you O’Donnell!

I find it ironic that a guy who champions the cause of stopping government debt and waste was just asking for donations so he can pay off the credit card debt that he amassed during his crusade. 

James has long lost his position as “muckraker” and subsumed the position of muck itself… he can always return to high school theater, a position for which he has eternal gifts.

With the Trillion dollars in tax increases that the wealthy will have to pay we can afford a little fraud and waste. It’s no big deal.

Really?  When will this happen?  Oh.  That’s right.  Over the next ten years through cleaning up a distorting tax code.  You watch a lot of the cable news networks, don’t you?  

It seems that neither you nor O’Keefe are bright enough to understand how Medicaid fraud works.

Why don’t you do the Google and check out doctors and Medicaid fraud?

LOL!  Nietzschean?  What?  Oh.  I understand.  You tried Zarathustra_Ape and it was taken.  My apologies. :)

Veritas’ first release in this latest stunt followed a similar script. The first part of the video was misleadingly cut to make it appear that the targets may have edged close to some kind of imaginary line, then the second part exonerated the victim

I don’t know if O’Keefe still considers himself a journalist, but he and his group are obviously activists. Perhaps his money problems caused him to release the Medicaid tapes, but when a project fails this badly, it probably should’ve been left in the can.
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PS) Lawrence: I believe the Medicaid stunts are being first published by Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller as was O’Keefe’s NPR thing, so why smear Brietbart for what looks to be a severed connection?

That is one of the clueless leftists here, get a clue.

That is one of the clueless leftists here, get a clue.

Why don’t you lick my b**ls?

Frances:

I know you’re working fast to fill up Mediaite’s front page with your byline, but if you watch the piece again you’ll see your story makes a substantive error: Larry O notes in the piece that it’s an accomplice, not O’Keefe, sporting the kilt and the bad Irish lilt.

Lawrence makes an error too. The taxpayers don’t have to wait for an investigation to have their money wasted; it’s being wasted at the very moment O’Keefe and his cronies are wasting these poor employees’ time.

Oh.  I see why you have the handle I_Love_Your_Children.

Sorry.  I’m neither 12 years old or a tranny.  You could probably check the rest of the board though.

I only saw it after the response, and being a silly English speaker I thought it was meant in a sarcastic manner.

Since you post many things that make me think that you need to bone up on your skills in many categories, I will say, duly noted.

I love you and when you have children I’ll love them too…even though you are a homophobic.

Ouch!

Looks like “Larry the Cable Guy” must be off-camera farting while “Larry ‘Turd Blossom O’Donnell” is on-air. He just doesn’t look right!

I don’t care who investigates Medicare fraud, as long as it is being expose for defrauding the taxpayers. As far as I’ve concerned we need another thousand O’Keefes out there since the people responsible won’t do it.

Interesting. Reading down the comment thread, we see yet another concerted effort by Mediaite lefties to collectively deflect, deny and ignore government corruption caught on film as long as the corruption has nothing to do with conservatives or Republicans.

You lefties don’t oppose O’Keefe’s methods. You oppose his targets.

You know. ODonnell makes a valid point I hadn’t thought of. I’m sure the folks who work in those offices deal with some wacky people on a regular basis. I’m sure for some the pattern is humor them and get them out of the office. When I watched the video I wondered how anyone could take them seriously. Maybe she didn’t.

As far as I’m concerned we need another thousand O’Keefes out there since the people responsible won’t do it.

We don’t really need a 1000 dishonest self promoting weasels , although I’m sure they already exist.
Investigating corruption also costs money and how much we uncover and save is balanced against the cost of uncovering it. I agree that programs need over sight. In retail they have secret shoppers but they have strict guidelines and a specific report to fill out.

As long as Schultz is outraged, angry, and livid…and steps closer to a heart attack…then I am happy.

The preceding was acceptable Bill Maher humor.

The problem is that he’s not finding fraud. They’re just funny videos of people doing their jobs.

The problem is that he’s not finding fraud. They’re just funny videos of people doing their jobs.

Looks like Jimmy needs to get an education and a new line of work when he gets off probation. As a journalist, he peaked a year or so ago. People always need exterminators.

Better yet, google Columbia/HCA and Rick Scott. 

His target in this case was a hapless front-line worker in a Medicaid office that was simply doing their job.  Now if pimpleface would actually do something about the BILLIONS in Medicaid/Medicare fraud (google Columbia/HCA Rick Scott for the blueprint) that takes place, I would commend him.  As it is, he is a freak and a clown that only wastes time and money. 

I find it ironic that he somehow associates kilts with the Irish.