Self-identified "completely independent" anti-ACORN filmmaker received thousands from conservative investor for prior video
September 22, 2009 11:27 pm ET by Media Matters staff
From a September 22 post on the Village Voice blog Runnin' Scared:
James O'Keefe, the activist filmmaker who achieved sudden fame for a series of undercover videos recording ACORN workers, has repeatedly said that he is "absolutely independent" and received no outside funding to make his films.
But the Voice has learned that O'Keefe, in fact, has had heavyweight conservative backers who funded the young filmmaker as recently as a few months before his ACORN films were made.
The ACORN videos are actually just the latest of several films O'Keefe has produced and uploaded to YouTube. An earlier film posted in February, "Taxpayers Clearing House" featured nonwhite, working class people being duped by O'Keefe, who led them to believe they had won money in a sweepstakes.
That video was produced with the help of a grant -- said to be about $30,000 [Thiel's spokesman says closer to $10,000 -- see update] -- from Peter Thiel, one of the founders of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook -- an investment which made him a billionaire.
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Funnnnnnyyyyyyy ! What a sweetheart.
So I say let a investigation begin and lets see were the facts lie.
oh Ohio the buckeyes?
I have never seen a more racist and bigoted publication than the Centurion, and I've seen the stuff they hand out at the townhall meetings. It's a crying shame that that abomination of a paper is funded by MY student fees.
Ironic, really. They complain about socialization, when their paper is printed with ink and money paid for by taxpayers.
O'Keefe receiving money and then lying about it does not surprise me. In an article he had written, he specifically stated that he was an activist, he advocated the use of deceit to acquire information, and he stated the following:
Most importantly, conservative activists need to be their own media, and use their independent media to obtain their goals.
He has no qualms in lying or fabricating news stories because he is only interested in succeeding with his conservative activist goals.
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The video spoofs the huge corporations that got money from the bailout. The first 40 seconds or so is what media matters (for very little) describes. And by the way, there are several "non black" taxpayers that find out the bailout will cost them, $28,000, too.
The video group even tries to greet an exec at his home, it's so acorn/seiu/moorish in its genre.
By the way, another headline might read, "Nut job, supposedly completely independent, website gets heretofore unknown patronage from georgy porgy soros." Gee wonder who that is mm(fvl)?
Speaking truth to/about progressives :>
ACORN is filing charges against O'keefe and the young lady as well as Breitbart. I'm so glad and cannot wait for the discovery part of this case, this way ACORN must open up there book to real scrutiny.
How much money does MMFA get from that slob Soros?
Do we need to hear anymore from this man?
The whole video clip shows how amoral planned parenthood is and willing to engage in a horrific enterprise. They demonstrate that getting the money is more important than the purpose, sure kill black babies no problem.
If you don't want more from O'Keefe, then you fear how unscrupulous this group along with the felonious acorn, will be exposed for what despicable things leftists do within the normal course of the day, illegal children working in brothels we helped set, no biggie!
Do some research on Margaret Sanger (she of the founding of planned parenthood) and eugenics, now that will scare you. Here's just one of her sweet thoughts:
Now look, proud conservative, we've already established that you're a complete idiot. Why not at least be an idiot that stays on topic?
You undoubtedly express such outrage at the actions of Operation Rescue, Family Research Council, and other right-wing groups that advocate murder, right?
What of Tom Delay preventing enforcement of worker-abuse laws in the Marianna Islands? What of the forced abortions he allowed by his actions? Where were you?
Abortion is legal in this country. As a "proud conservative," you are in no position whatsoever to preach morality to any of us.
Incidentally, I do not believe the PP people were taking him seriously, you can hear that in some of their voices.