Is James O'Keefe About To Smoke CNN?

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Pollito

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There's nothing even approaching a well thought-out argument in that meandering buzzword soup from Dan Schneider. So much conflation it makes my head spin. He could have saved his breath and time and simply stated Trump is literally Hitler and got the same point (or lack thereof) across. Time will tell which arm of "conservatism" has the ability to connect with a mass audience and be actually relevant again.
 
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I don't blame O'Keefe for hyping his videos - he wants people to watch. Come on, though, don't tease us like this, this footage is nearly a decade old. I expect a bombshell when I go to bed this excited.

I'm sure there will be some stuff in here worth watching, though - I'll stay tuned.
 
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LeoneVolpe said:
I'll give James O'Keefe credit for his election fraud video, but this is pretty disappointing. Admittedly, this could be something of a red herring intended to throw CNN off the trail. It's possible O'Keefe could be releasing this video in the hope CNN will respond to it with a statement they can't walk back once another video is released that contradicts (((their))) previous statement.

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There's an audio clip floating around that's supposedly Jake Tapper venting about his daughter dating a black man and he wants nothing to do with it.

The anti-Trumpers are laughing that it's really audio from Dog The Bounty Hunter.

So far it seems like it may be a troll job, but it would be an epic plot twist if O'Keefe turned around and released audio with video of Tapper saying all this.
 
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porscheguy said:
I didn't have high hopes for anything juicy because the guy was attention whoring 24 hours in advance of releasing it. In addition, no one will change their minds after this. CNN is already saying "...taken out of context, fake, etc..." The people who believe in CNN will say the same thing. For most of us here, all this info does is confirm what we've suspected for quite some time.
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Yeah, announcing it in advance and targeting CNN in particular was fucking stupid. That gave them time to seed the field and pre-suade a counter narrative.

Should've taken cues from Trump. You know, the element of surprise?

If he wanted to signal he should've said he had "stuff" on "a prominent media organization." Make them all wonder what's happening next.

Unless it's along the lines of what Leone said. So far though, my expectations are low.
 
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Man, some of you guys are becoming like whiny little liberals.

They're literally still arresting people for felonies based on Project Veritas' last video (Deploraball acid attack), and his election fraud videos were pretty huge.

Is the 2009 CNN footage underwhelming? Sure. But the "I always knew O'Keefe was a cuck" kind of sentiment is really petty. Has anyone even gone through all of the current footage yet?

By the way, Wikileaks does the exact same thing when it comes to hyping releases. Or did people already forget Assange's comments about how Hillary would be arrested?

The problem is the general public cares more about someone saying "pussy" on tape than emails showing rampant government and media fraud.
 
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Enigma said:
Man, some of you guys are becoming like whiny little liberals.

They're literally still arresting people for felonies based on Project Veritas' last video (Deploraball acid attack), and his election fraud videos were pretty huge.

Is the 2009 CNN footage underwhelming? Sure. But the "I always knew O'Keefe was a cuck" kind of sentiment is really petty. Has anyone even gone through all of the current footage yet?

By the way, Wikileaks does the exact same thing when it comes to hyping releases. Or did people already forget Assange's comments about how Hillary would be arrested?

The problem is the general public cares more about someone saying "pussy" on tape than emails showing rampant government and media fraud.
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I refrained from saying anything because I figured people would think I was too "involved" in Deploraball to be able to comment on the incident. :laugh:

You guys forgetting what O'Keefe exposed? The arrests and the resignations? I know "normies" who have talked about O'Keefe. He has reach and that's important.

I also don't think he's done. "Wikileaks style" releases means this may not be all he has to publish.
 
John Michael Kane

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Right on Gmac. Sometimes you hit a single, sometimes you hit a home run. O'Keefe's work is critical for infiltrating leftist networks and exposing them for who they are. He's dependant on his sources just alike Wikileaks. He needs our help in terms of support, sharing his links and donations. If we're to defeat the Soros-funded agitators, we'll need to throw MORE WEIGHT behind our allies, not criticism.
 
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Don't get me wrong, I'm glad O'Keefe is doing what he does and he's on our side. I'm just criticizing the tactics he used for this release. A lot of his stuff has flopped before and that should get him to re-examining to see if he can improve.
 
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Handsome Creepy Eel

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Enigma said:
Is the 2009 CNN footage underwhelming? Sure. But the "I always knew O'Keefe was a cuck" kind of sentiment is really petty.
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Just to be clear, I am not saying that "I always knew O'Keefe was a cuck". I am saying that he appears to be drunk on glory from his previous big hits (Planned Parenthood & Election fraud videos) and has started putting personal fame before political goals.

Many a genius in this world has been ruined by his complacency and arrogance following a huge success. It would be a pity for O'Keefe to join that club.
 
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The moment Okeefe uttered "2009" a collective sigh of relief went throughout CNN headquarters.

edit; props to libertas and heavy for getting some shout outs.
 
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Handsome Creepy Eel said:
Enigma said:
Is the 2009 CNN footage underwhelming? Sure. But the "I always knew O'Keefe was a cuck" kind of sentiment is really petty.
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Just to be clear, I am not saying that "I always knew O'Keefe was a cuck". I am saying that he appears to be drunk on glory from his previous big hits (Planned Parenthood & Election fraud videos) and has started putting personal fame before political goals.

Many a genius in this world has been ruined by his complacency and arrogance following a huge success. It would be a pity for O'Keefe to join that club.
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I can see what you're saying, but the truth of the matter is that people like O'Keefe and Assange are simply not very good marketers and persuaders, and they run fairly bare bones operations that don't have much funding.

Would you expect an engineer to be good at sales? Would you expect a salesman to be good at engineering?

Would you expect a sniper to be good with C4? Would you expect a communications expert to be able to lead a raid?

No. Yet many expect these new, modern media figures to be perfect at everything, despite the fact that they don't have the million or billion dollar budgets and huge staffs that the mainstream media or even the Trump team have.

It's just not going to happen. You can't expect the "new media" to operate exactly like the old, establishment media.

Trump is able to play the media because he has dozens of advisors, decades of experience, and huge capital. Project Veritas and Wikileaks have none of that.

Just the fact that O'Keefe can send media behemoths like CNN scurrying for cover and Wikileaks can affect politics on a global (or even just national) level are quite frankly amazing.

I'm not saying that they're above criticism, but you guys have to give them a little bit of a break.

O'Keefe gave us footage inside CNN, inside the DNC, and inside "Disrupt J20", all within a period of about six months. It may not all have been as explosive as our wildest dreams had hoped for, but it's still a pretty significant contribution.
 
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And remember that Trump comes in part from Media. Part of why he is so good at yanking their chain is because he comes from that world.
 
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