Thread: Filmmaker to ACORN: "Bring IT"

Filmmaker Demands Apology From ACORN for Claiming Undercover Video 'Doctored'

James O'Keefe and friend Hannah Giles posed as a pimp and prostitute looking to evade the IRS and apply for an illegal housing loan for a brothel. The sting operation caught four ACORN workers in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., offices appearing to offer their help.

FOXNews.com
Sunday, September 13, 2009

The independent filmmaker whose hidden-camera videos prompted the firing of four ACORN workers is demanding an apology from ACORN for calling his work a fabricated "scam" and daring the activist group to take legal action against him.

"Bring it on," filmmaker James O'Keefe said Sunday on FOX News.

That was after ACORN lashed out at O'Keefe, who with his friend Hannah Giles posed as a pimp and prostitute looking to evade the IRS and apply for an illegal housing loan for a brothel. The sting operation caught four ACORN workers in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., offices appearing to offer their help.

Those workers were subsequently fired, and the U.S. Census Bureau severed ties with ACORN in the wake of the controversy. But ACORN chief organizer Bertha Lewis issued a written statement Saturday saying that while she cannot defend the actions of the workers who were terminated, O'Keefe may have committed a "felony" with his operation. She also threatened legal action against FOX News, which aired the videos but did not produce them.

"It is clear that the videos are doctored, edited, and in no way the result of the fabricated story being portrayed by conservative activist 'filmmaker' O'Keefe and his partner in crime. And, in fact, a crime it was -- our lawyers believe a felony -- and we will be taking legal action against Fox and their co-conspirators," she said.

In an interview with FOX News senior correspondent Eric Shawn, O'Keefe said he wants an apology from those media outlets "covering for ACORN" as well as from ACORN itself. He said he doubts ACORN will file suit.

"They don't have any leg to stand on, so they're saying I dubbed in my voice which is completely absurd," he said. "When the truth comes out in the end, they're going to be apologizing to us."

O'Keefe said he was "just trying to hold these organizations accountable."

Lewis said in her statement that O'Keefe's "scam" was attempted in several other cities but had "failed for months."

O'Keefe declined to comment on the allegedly unsuccessful attempts, but said it's a "lie" to claim that any ACORN offices "kicked us out."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09 ... -doctored/

Acorn must be dismantled.

UNLESS They change their name and people forget after 10 years ACORN is no longer a factor. NO WAY can we allow an organization that gets U S tax dollars to take those tax dollars and put them towards setting up UNDER-AGE/JUVI (no less) whore houses. Thats an abomination and can not be tolerated in any society...

Originally Posted by ELE

Acorn must be dismantled.

All 250 of it's places that are under the ACORN name.
ACORNS web of deception is just what Obama is putting in government.
Make it confusing and move money around constantly and they can't keep up.
The amount of money at Obama and Congress's disposal is insane.
Pay for healthcare with the Stimulus money OBAMA!

Actually, I think it's closer to 300 under the ACORN umbrella. They are just part of the shell game to hide and launder money for the two dopes that started the place. When it starts getting hot the two of them will siphon off as much money as possible and disappear. We won't find them for a few years. Probably be arrested living in France. France will tell us we can't have them because of some stupid reason they dream up.

The sad shame of it all is that the Baltimore district attorney, who is a acron/obama supporter, is thinking of prosecuting the film makers. It is agains the law to tape or film someone without their knowledge.

Guess it's time for us to email and call the DA in Baltimore.

Originally Posted by laughinglynx

Guess it's time for us to email and call the DA in Baltimore.

Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 396-4000
AND I WAS REFERRED to call this number 443.984.1121
this is the number to the city stat atty office, call them and give them your two cents worth and tell them they are wrong to go after film makers
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GOOD NEWS, just made the call, and there are no charges agaisnt the kids

Originally Posted by agrneydgrl

The sad shame of it all is that the Baltimore district attorney, who is a acron/obama supporter, is thinking of prosecuting the film makers. It is agains the law to tape or film someone without their knowledge.

So dumb, isn't there a law protecting whistleblowers? Should be interesting if they do file, they'll have to give up their records.