If you’ve been following the Mitt Romney video controversy, you may have already noticed what John Fund pointed out recently at National Review Online:
"One thing missing from all of the coverage…was a discussion of journalistic ethics. The tape was played over and over with no caveats, hand-wringing, or speculation that it might have been doctored.
...Mother Jones, the left-wing publication that first reported on the tape, waited an entire day before posting the full video so [Romney’s] comments could be viewed in context."
...Mother Jones, the left-wing publication that first reported on the tape, waited an entire day before posting the full video so [Romney’s] comments could be viewed in context."
What a difference from the reaction to the undercover work of Project Veritas over the last three years!
Rather than hailing us as heroes for exposing corruption at ACORN, or the massive potential for voter fraud across the country, the media instead go out of their way to label us racists and call for us to be prosecuted.
But that hypocrisy and double standard is what I’ve come to expect from so-called “objective journalists” in America today.
Mother Jones and the rest of the establishment press have once again revealed their own political biases by unquestioningly promoting undercover footage simply because the target is Mitt Romney.
Don’t get me wrong: Using a hidden camera to expose what politicians do and say behind closed doors is an effective tactic for holding them accountable.
But unlike Mother Jones' source, which has remained anonymous and has yet to release the full raw tape, Project Veritas releases the full, unedited footage every single time we put out a new report.
So why do pro-White House outlets like Mother Jones magazine dismiss our reports as “smear jobs” rather than cover the real issues of fraud and corruption we bring to light?
It seems their real problem isn't with our methods, which are more transparent than most nightly news shows, but with our targets and our impact.
And this week they’ve shown their true colors once again.
Yours for Truth,
James O'Keefe
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