CNN tracks down random reddit meme poster and threatens to release his information

gctest50 wrote: »

They're some shower

"Disingenuous" Sting on ACORN (2009)
Project Veritas first entered the public eye in 2009 when its founder/president, James O'Keefe, "gained notice for secretly videotaping his exchanges with workers for the community organizing group ACORN who appeared to advise him how to avoid prosecution for a variety of unsavory activities like child prostitution," according to the New York Times. Aided by conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, the group spread the impression that O'Keefe had dressed in an outlandish "pimp" costume, a detail "that was quickly embraced by the mainstream media and turned into a central part of the ACORN story," leading to ridicule of ACORN employees for their "apparent cluelessness," according to Media Matters.[17] Mother Jones referred to the ACORN sting and other such videos as "disingenuously edited hit jobs."[18]

Later investigations, including one by the California Attorney General, showed that the videos released by O'Keefe were misleading. From the AG's report:

"Evidence obtained by Brown tells a somewhat different story [than the edited videos originally released], however, as reflected in three videotapes made at ACORN locations in California. One ACORN worker in San Diego called the cops. Another ACORN worker in San Bernardino caught on to the scheme and played along with it, claiming among other things that she had murdered her abusive husband. Her two former husbands are alive and well, the Attorney General's report noted. At the beginning and end of the Internet videos, O'Keefe was dressed as a 1970s Superfly pimp, but in his actual taped sessions with ACORN workers, he was dressed in a shirt and tie, presented himself as a law student, and said he planned to use the prostitution proceeds to run for Congress. He never claimed he was a pimp."
The Attorney General found that while some members of ACORN had engaged in "inappropriate behavior," the organization had "committed no violation of criminal laws."[19]

A 2009 investigation by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee found "no evidence of fraudulent voting or of violations of federal financing rules by the group in the past five years," and also that Project Veritas "might have broken privacy laws in California and Maryland [...] The two states “appear to ban” the recording of face-to-face conversations without the consent of all participants, the report said."[20]

Nonetheless, Congress voted to pull funding from ACORN, and the group ceased operating in the United States.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) contributed to pressure against ACORN, as the Center for Media and Democracy found.[21] Despite ACORN's ceasing to operate, as Bloomberg Businessweek reported in late 2014, "Every year since 2009, Congress has added language to must-pass spending bills that prohibits funds from ACORN."[22]

gitzy16v wrote: »

Are CNN going to threaten to dox all the other racist and anti-semitic posters on reddit or just the ones who slag off CNN?

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

4chan has started doxxing CNN employees, names addresses phone numbers etc

lifeandtimes wrote: »

You do know who the multi-billionare Donald trump is right?

lifeandtimes wrote: »

You do know who the multi-billionare Donald trump is right?

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Yeah it's terrible that they asked a racist troll to stop being a racist troll. where will the tyranny end?

lifeandtimes wrote: »

Well just imagine it was your child being bullied and abused online,this happens every day and leads to the massive amount of suicide here in this country. Would you still believe in the freedom of speech then? Would you tell your child or anyone experiencing it for that matter that" they are just exercising their right to free speech and we should all respect that,now continue you with your abuse Mr.troll"