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American Pravda

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by James O'Keefe

26.Reddit.com, https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5809hx/i_found_proof_that_the_hillary_campaign_had_the/?limit=500.

  27.Blake Neff, “Activist Who Took Credit for Violent Chicago Protests Was on Hillary’s Payroll,” Daily Caller, October 8, 2016, http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/18/activist-who-took-credit-for-violent-chicago-protests-was-on-hillarys-payroll/.

  28.Colorado-living, Hi, I’m James O’Keefe. Ask me anything! https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/57jd2p/hi_im_james_okeefe_ask_me_anything/.

  29.Rebrn.com, http://rebrn.com/re/the-fired-robert-creamer-was-a-wh-regular-frequently-visiting-ob-2902980/.

  30.James O’Keefe, Twitter, October 20, 2016, https://twitter.com/jamesokeefeiii/status/789164209711882240?lang=en.

  Going Viral in Vegas

  1.Alan Rappeport, “Right-Wing Video Suggests D.N.C. Contractors Schemed to Incite Chaos at Donald Trump Rallies,” New York Times, October 19, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/us/politics/dnc-video-trump-rallies.html?_r=0.

  2.Wayne Dupree, “CNN Labels O’Keefe a ‘Criminal, Convicted Criminal’; Crowd Responds!” waynedupree.com, October 18, 2016, http://waynedupree.com/cnn-labels-okeefe-a-criminal-convicted-criminal-crowd-responds/.

  3.The Center for Medical Progress, http://www.centerformedicalprogress.org/2015/08/intact-fetal-cadavers-at-20-weeks-just-a-matter-of-line-items-at-planned-parenthood-tx-mega-center-abortion-docs-can-make-it-happen/.

  4.Adam Raymond, “James O’Keefe’s Latest Videos Cost Two Dem Operatives Their Jobs,” New York, October 19, 2016, http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/james-okeefes-latest-costs-two-dem-operatives-their-jobs.html.

  5.Susan Crabtree, “Earnest Dodges on Dem Operative Visits to White House,” Washington Examiner, October 19. 2016, http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/earnest-dodges-on-dem-operative-visits-to-white-house/article/2605006.

  6.James O’Keefe, Twitter, October 19, 2016, https://twitter.com/jamesokeefeiii/status/788898459067613184?lang=bg.

  7.Dave Weigel, “Scott Walker, Other Republicans Tread Lightly on O’Keefe Video Sting,” Washington Post, October 19, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/19/scott-walker-other-republicans-tread-lightly-on-okeefe-video-sting/?utm_term=.1392fc9fc98c.

  8.James O’Keefe, Twitter, October 19, 2016, https://twitter.com/jamesokeefeiii/status/788755564302065664?lang=en.

  9.David Weigel, Twitter, October 19, 2016, https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/788761437464330241.

  10.Eugene Kim, “The Washington Post Plans to Add $100 million in Annual Revenue by Selling Software,” Business Insider, June 28, 2016, http://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-cms-revenue-plans-2016-6.

  11.James O’Keefe, Twitter, October 19, 2016, https://twitter.com/jamesokeefeiii/status/788765697786519552?lang=en.

  12.“Full Transcript: Third 2016 Presidential Debate,” Politico, October 20, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/full-transcript-third-2016-presidential-debate-230063.

  13.James O’Keefe, Twitter, October 19, 2016, https://twitter.com/jamesokeefeiii/status/788921688658317313?lang=he.

  14.Best Post Debate Clip Ever, YouTube.com, October 20, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlyT8wMSZgU.

  15.John Wagner, “Clinton Chides Trump as Her Plane Prepares to Leave Las Vegas,” Washington Post, October 20, 2010, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/20/clinton-chides-trump-as-her-plane-prepares-to-leave-vegas/?utm_term=.73d2e4349c6d.

  16.Steve Eder and Jonathan Martin, “Videos Put Democrats on Defensive about Dirty Tricks,” New York Times, October 20, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/us/politics/video-dnc-trump-rallies.html.

  17.“Ex-SEAL Marcus Luttrell’s Entire GOP Convention Speech,” CNN, July 19, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/07/19/rnc-convention-marcus-luttrell-navy-seal-veteran-entire-speech.cnn.

  Anticipating Hillary

  1.Robert Channick, “Sinclair to Buy WGN Owner Tribune Media for $3.9 Billion Plus Debt,” Chicago Tribune, May 8, 2017, http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-sinclair-acquires-tribune-media-0509-biz-20170508-story.html.

  2.Marie Brenner, “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” Vanity Fair, May 1996, http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1996/05/wigand199605.

  3.Eric Roth and Michael Mann, The Insider, shooting script, http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/the-insider_shooting.html.

  4.Clarence Jones, They’re Going to Murder You: My Life at the News Front, rev. 1st ed., 74–75, ebook.

  5.Ibid., 24.

  6.Recorded conversation. Name withheld to protect the truth-teller.

  Fleeing Philly

  1.Project Veritas recording.

  2.John Fund, “Holder’s Black Panther Stonewall,” Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2009, https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203550604574361071968458430.

  3.Michael Memoli and Christi Parsons, “Obama Tells Trump to ‘Stop Whining,’ ” Los Angeles Times, October 9, 2016, https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20161019/281513635683082.

  4.Darren Samuelshon, “A Guide to Donald Trump’s ‘Rigged’ Election,” Politico, October 25, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/donald-trump-rigged-election-guide-230302.

  5.Miriam Hill, Andrew Seidman, and John Duchneskie, “In 59 Philadelphia Voting Divisions, Mitt Romney Got Zero Votes,” Philly.com, November 12, 2012, http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20121112_In_59_Philadelphia_voting_wards__Mitt_Romney_got_zero_votes.html.

  6.James O’Keefe, Twitter, November 7, 2016, https://twitter.com/jamesokeefeiii/status/795754874227060737.

  7.MacGordon, Twitter, November 7, 2016, https://twitter.com/JimmyXJames/status/795758186552659968.

  8.Jeremy Stahl, “James O’Keefe Stalks Van of Voters, Alleges Fraud, Is Himself Possibly Breaking Law,” Slate, November 8, 2016, http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/11/08/james_o_keefe_creepily_stalks_pastor_s_bus_alleges_improper_behavior.html.

  9.John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky, Who’s Counting? How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk (New York: Encounter Books, 2012), 52.

  10.Jeremy Stahl, “James O’Keefe Stalks Van of Voters, Alleges Fraud, Is Himself Possibly Breaking Law,” Slate, November 8, 2016, http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/11/08/james_o_keefe_creepily_stalks_pastor_s_bus_alleges_improper_behavior.html.

  11.Brendan Gauthier, “James O’Keefe Is Spending Election Day Following Vans around Philadelphia,” Salon, November 8, 2016, http://www.salon.com/2016/11/08/james-okeefe-is-spending-election-day-following-vans-around-philadelphia/.

  12.Matt Shuham, “James O’Keefe Spends Election Day Stalking Vans of Voters around Philly,” TPM, November 8, 2016, http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/james-o-keefe-following-philadelphia-voter-buses.

  13.Brad Reed, “James O’Keefe Films Himself Committing Voter Intimidation by Stalking a Church Van Bringing People to Polls,” Raw Story, November 8, 2016, http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/james-okeefe-films-himself-committing-voter-intimidation-by-stalking-a-church-van-bringing-people-to-polls/.

  14.Stahl, Slate.

  15.Dan Merica, “Pastor Who Endorsed Perry Accused of Breaking Tax Rule,” CNN, October 12, 2011, http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/12/pastor-who-endorsed-perry-accused-of-breaking-tax-rule/.

  16.Josh Hicks, “Political Pastors Openly Defying IRS Rules on Candidate Endorsements,” Washington Post, November 4, 2014, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2014/11/04/political-pastors-defying-irs-rules-on-candidate-endorsements/?utm_term=.6abb1d095d44.

  17.“As 2016 Presidential Campaign Gets Under Way, IRS Should Act to Enforce Non-Profit ‘No-Politicking’ Rule,” Americans United for Separation of Church and State, March 26, 2015, https://www.au.org/media/press-releases/as-2016-pr
esidential-campaign-gets-under-way-irs-should-act-to-enforce-non.

  18.YouTube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zV2GdctaKU.

  19.ACLU, Twitter, November 8, 2017, https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/796080341685510144.

  20.FAQs about trends on Twitter, https://support.twitter.com/articles/101125.

  Making History

  1.Bre Payton, “Watch These Talking Heads Predict a ‘Landslide’ Clinton Victory,” Federalist.com, November 9, 2016, http://thefederalist.com/2016/11/09/watch-the-media-predict-landslide-victory-for-clinton/.

  2.The Circus: Inside the Biggest Story on Earth, Showtime, Kevin Vargas producer, 2016, http://www.sho.com/the-circus-inside-the-greatest-political-show-on-earth.

  3.Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (New York: Vintage Books, 2013), 86.

  Targeting the Media

  1.Mark Hensch, “Poll: More Trust Trump WH Than Political Media,” The Hill, April 28, 2017, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331034-poll-more-trust-trump-wh-than-political-media.

  2.“Social Network Advertising Revenue from 2014 to 2017 (in Billion U.S. Dollars),” statista.com, https://www.statista.com/statistics/271406/advertising-revenue-of-social-networks-worldwide/.

  3.Thomas Friedman, “Online and Scared,” New York Times, January 11, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/opinion/online-and-scared.html?mcubz=0&_r=0.

  4.Jack Shafer, “Trump Is Now Assigning the News,” Politico, January 25, 2017, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/trump-is-now-assigning-the-news-214690.

  5.Jennifer Schuessler, “Yes, He Thought Trump Would Win. No, He Didn’t Use Hard Data,” New York Times, November 9, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/arts/yes-he-thought-trump-would-win-no-he-didnt-use-hard-data.html?mcubz=0.

  6.Jonathan Martin, “Donald Trump Was Essentially a Third-Party Candidate on a G.O.P. Ticket,” New York Times, November 9, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/us/politics/donald-trump-gop.html?mcubz=0.

  7.Rebecca Savransky, “Tom Hanks Mocks Trump Supporters in ‘SNL’ Skit,” The Hill, October 23, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/302375-tom-hanks-plays-trump-supporter-in-saturday-night-live-skit.

  8.Will Rahn, “The Unbearable Smugness of the Press,” CBS News, November 10, 2016, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-the-unbearable-smugness-of-the-press-presidential-election-2016/.

  9.Gerry Smith, “War Between Trump, Media Seen Escalating with Presidency’s Power,” Bloomberg.com, November 10, 2016, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-10/war-between-trump-media-seen-escalating-with-presidency-s-power.

  10.Nicholas Evangelista, “American Pravda: CNN Part 1, Russia Narrative Is All about ‘Ratings,’ ” Project Veritas, June 27, 2017, http://projectveritas.com/2017/06/27/american-pravda-cnn-part-1-russia-narrative-is-all-about-ratings/.

  11.Nicholas Kristof, “Lies in the Guise of News in the Trump Era,” New York Times, November 12, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/opinion/sunday/lies-in-the-guise-of-news-in-the-trump-era.html?mcubz=0&_r=0.

  12.Michael Grynbaum, “Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut,’ ” New York Times, January 26, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business/media/stephen-bannon-trump-news-media.html?mcubz=0.

  13.Derek Hunter, “The Media Honestly Doesn’t Get It,” Townhall, January 29, 2017, https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2017/01/29/the-media-honestly-doesnt-get-it-n2277978.

  14.John Schwartz (@john_schwartz), Twitter, November 10, 2016, 10:48 a.m., https://twitter.com/john_schwartz/status/796786641289486338.

  15.Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza), Twitter, May 16, 2017, 3:47 p.m., https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/864613246413787137.

  16.Joe Concha, “New York Times Launches Major Ad Campaign: ‘The Truth,’ ” The Hill, February 23, 2017, http://thehill.com/media/320787-new-york-times-launches-major-ad-campaign-the-truth.

  17.Robert Kraychik, “Watch CNN’s Latest Self-Promotional Ad,” Daily Wire, June 7, 2017, http://www.dailywire.com/news/17292/watch-cnns-latest-self-promotional-ad-robert-kraychik.

  18.Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), Twitter.com, February 17, 2017, 1:48 p.m., https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/832708293516632065?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/832708293516632065?lang=en.

  Manufacturing Consent

  1.Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing, 2002), 2.

  2.Ibid., 19.

  3.Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motions to Dismiss by the Project Veritas Defendants, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, July 28, 2017.

  4.“COMPANY NEWS; Food Lion Stock Falls after Report,” New York Times, November 7, 1992, http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/07/business/company-news-food-lion-stock-falls-after-report.html.

  5.Jean McNair, “ABC Food Lion Verdict Reversed,” Washington Post, October 21, 1999, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991021/aponline032848_000.htm.

  6.Joan Biskupic and Howard Kurtz, “‘48 Hours’ Wins 11th-Hour Case to Show Undercover Videotape,” Washington Post, February 10, 1994, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/02/10/48-hours-wins-11th-hour-case-to-show-undercover-videotape/06f56302-e2e2-4e5f-b62b-6078f80f3b91/?utm_term=.d0e34b72bd0e.

  7.Aly Nielsen, “Nets Protect Their Own: Ignore ABC Defamation Settlement with Beef Company,” Newsbusters, July 5, 2017, http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/aly-nielsen/2017/07/05/nets-protect-their-own-ignore-abc-defamation-settlement-beef.

  8.Kristine Phillips, “James O’Keefe’s Undercover Video Stings Damaged Liberal Icons. Can a New Lawsuit Take Him Down?” Washington Post, June 8, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/08/james-okeefes-undercover-video-stings-damaged-liberal-icons-can-a-new-lawsuit-take-him-down/?utm_term=.3e11c11f4ad1.

  9.Project Veritas Action Fund v. Conley, Law360, https://www.law360.com/cases/56d9fe9a4f4e7e28ba000001.

  10.Glik v. Cuniffe, FindLaw, http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-1st-circuit/1578557.html.

  11.Editorial Board, “The Success of the Voter Fraud Myth,” New York Times, September 19, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/opinion/the-success-of-the-voter-fraud-myth.html?_r=0.

  12.Steve Klein, “Project Veritas Action v. Conley: Undercover Newsgathering and the First Amendment,” Federalist Society, March 2, 2016, http://www.fed-soc.org/blog/detail/project-veritas-action-v-conley-undercover-newsgathering-and-the-first-amendment.

  Freezing the “Anti-Fascist” Fascists

  1.Sarah Jaffe, “DisruptJ20 Plans Resistance from Day One,” The Progressive, January 19, 2017, http://progressive.org/multimedia/legba-carrefour/.

  2.Mark Segrave, “Comet Ping Pong Case Moved to Federal Court,” NBCWashington.com, http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Man-Who-Fired-Shots-in-Comet-Ping-Pong-Expected-in-Court-406223705.html.

  3.“Part I: Undercover Investigation Exposes Groups Plotting Criminal Activity at Trump Inauguration,” YouTube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHZSfhd1X_8.

  Disrupting the Disruption

  1.“Part II: NEW Investigation Uncovers Plot to Chain the Trains & Shut Down DC During Inauguration,” YouTube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIjbkYLI1nY.

  2.Ibid.

  3.Ibid.

  4.“Over-the-Top Anti-Trump Protesters Intimidate and Harass Young Female Journalist,” YouTube.com, January 31, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68i0bd2BIKk.

  5.Kerry Picket, “Netroots Nation Attendees Ambush Breitbart,” Washington Times, June 17, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/jun/17/picket-video-netroots-nation-at
tendees-ambush-brei/.

  6.Project Veritas recording.

  7.“DisruptJ20 Releases Statement on Project Veritas Video,” January 16, 2017, http://www.disruptj20.org/media/vertas/.

  8.Steven Nelson, “Anti-Trump DisruptJ20 Activists Scale Back Inauguration Blockade Plans,” January 17, 2017, usnews.com, https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-01-17/anti-trump-disruptj20-activists-scale-back-inauguration-blockade-plans.

  9.Andrea Noble, “Police: Arrested Activist Featured in Project Veritas Inauguration Video,” Washington Times, January 20, 2017, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/20/police-arrested-activist-scott-ryan-charney-featur/.

  10.Peter Hermann, “Meetings of Activists Planning to Disrupt Inauguration Were Infiltrated by Conservative Group,” Washington Post, January 25, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/meetings-of-activists-planning-to-disrupt-inauguration-were-infiltrated-by-conservative-media-group/2017/01/24/b22128fe-e19a-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?utm_term=.806d5c58a7e5.

  Backtracking in Wisconsin

  1.Jason Stein and Patrick Marley, “Attorney General May Investigate Secret Video,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 20 2016, http://www.jconline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/20/attorney-general-examining-secret-video/92475526/.

  2.Patrick Marley, “Wisconsin DOJ: James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas Tape Did Not Show Election Law Violations,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 25, 2017, http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/25/wisconsin-doj-james-okeefes-project-veritas-tape-did-not-show-election-law-violations/100885192/.

  3.Ibid.

  4.“O’Keefe Confronts WI AG’s Unfounded Attack on PVA,” YouTube, April 27, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BlgTGK_mtI.

  5.Patrick Marley, “Conservative James O’Keefe Threatens to Investigate Attorney General Brad Schimel over Video Flap,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 27, 2017, http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/27/conservative-james-okeefe-threatens-investigate-wisconsin-attorney-general-brad-schimel-over-video-flap/100968610/.

  6.James O’Keefe, Twitter, April 27, 2017, https://twitter.com/Lauren_Nann/status/857648595268448256.

 

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