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'Something Desperately Wrong'

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'Something Desperately Wrong'

Published: Fri, 18 Sep 2009

Description: Biggovernment.com's Andrew Breitbart attacks mainstream media's refusal to investigate ACORN

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" Well he might have pulled off what critics of the influential left leaning group acorn found so very hard to achieve. An independent filmmaker disguised as a -- exposing employees of acorn appearing to encourage illegal activities. Thing is -- did it all with a video camera one actress and no budget. Now -- expose -- has resulted in major congressional action really quite stunning. That may actually keep your tax dollars from being sent to acorn a group that is supposed to help the poor with housing in voter registration. But apparently does much more than that. Jamie now is in her -- he's the founder of the website the video first appeared on its called big government. Dot com of the videos are still there in -- good morning -- Good morning Marion you're with us the morning that the story broke the morning that the first. Video aired on big government dot com and now in. Weeks' time. The congressional action the response by the -- has been. Really stunning I mean. Four years. The Democrats in congress had not wanted to sign on to anything that would cut back funding from acorn and now we see these. Huge majorities coming out of the Senate and the house to cut down. The group cut off the group's funding. What's your reaction -- candidates."

" Well I I'm I'm grateful that the American public has realized that there's a serious problem here -- and that there. Elected representatives are taking their concerns seriously and Rasmussen poll came out this morning. That says Americans overwhelmingly disturbed by what they've seen on -- that -- But predictably and why we -- the videos out one by one by one by one. We set traps for acorn to lie each and every time they lied they went to the mainstream media continued to tell those lies. The next day the previous -- lies were exposed. And CNN in particular. Has. Kept going back to acorn and taking their line. The behavior Jonathan Klein the president of CNN has been despicable. During -- they continue to impugn James and Hannah. And there continue and -- tell falsehoods. That they were kicked out of acorn offices and that's the current line. That summit acorn who including Bertha Lewis continued to push there are more videos to come. And some and and in towns that they continued to say that they were kicked out."

" It's not -- Bertha Lewis is the person behind that charge she's the CEO of -- jay -- the chief organizer but essentially that's the CEO. She's been all over the map. On responding to the standard for she came out and said you know this is defamatory. They threaten lawsuits against -- hand against you against box. It for anybody who would touch the story gonna get sued. For touching story and they came out so they tried this -- budget offices of failed. And tape after tape we kept seeing that well actually chatted at a budget offices and succeeded at a bunch of offices as well. Are there more tapes."

" To cop. Oh absolutely and I've date. CNN in particular I've spoken to their producers. Who have been impugning the motivations of of Hammond James and trying to find fault aspects of the story that our -- when acorn has been false. I've said to them James and -- will appear on your network even for a hit job. If you show the American people or the small segment of their audience that still goes to that now work. If you show them those tapes and let them decide. I just like congress did just like Al Franken did he voted against -- I -- very early on before the mainstream media started to pick up on -- what did Al Franken know about this that CNN didn't know about this. The on these videos you see truth."

" Well you know it hasn't it in CNN's defense and it at least they've covered it it hasn't been covered by virtually any media. In particular that the Big Three I mean I was stunned this week well I."

" Yeah hey -- I will credit Katie correct and the CBS evening news I'm on Tuesday evening they -- that and more important way. It's already cycled through. -- Jon Stewart daily show and jay leno's tonight show so when they're making jokes at the expense of acorn. And ABC and NBC. I have refused to cover it. I there's something desperately wrong with the mainstream media and that's why we did the roll out the way that we did. Because we wanted to not just exposed acorn for being corrupt we wanted to expose of the mainstream media would treat this exactly like they treated the -- Jones story and that's ignored until the consequences. Got too great for them to ignore right."

" They still aren't you have both houses of congress voting in the majorities that they did to cut off his corresponding it's it's got to get the attention of people beyond Fox News. -- let me ask you this begins with some of the charges that acorn have been. They slice and dice to -- and see the whole video this has been made to look like something other than it is. You -- see the whole video on big government dot com can you not I mean it it you you'll make those tapes available is there any sort of nefarious secret. You know hide and seek game going on here with respect to the tapes."

" Each and every video has been complimented and and and it it is true that James YouTube's videos are stylized and even are set to music. But with each roll out of James is videos we provided a transcript of the full. Experience. And the audio. Of the full experience you can hear everything and absolute contact and we provided to the mainstream media the opportunity to get the all the video in its entirety they they falsely. They falsely lie that these people of manipulated. The tape. To make these people to say things that they didn't say and again CNN yesterday. Took the craze well I'm not going describe her. If you've seen treats -- from San Bernardino she now says she was playing games with them because she felt threatened. Why did she walk across the street. To a man who taught them how to open up a -- if you make that arrangement and how did -- know that that man across the street. I knew so much about 501 C threes and how you could start a an underage broth -- from a school yard. Which is what they said or a school bus. The most disgusting thing ever and that CNN won't look at the transcript look at the video and realize the obvious Smith of the -- The desperate life of this desperate person --"

" Good good questions that remain to be answered in her -- bar again the web -- is big government dot com. He got the video from filmmaker James O'Keefe and now it's become a national story -- thanks again for being here. Thank you while energy."

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