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Op Ed: Investigative Journalism is Not Dead

posted by martyb on Thursday October 20 2016, @11:08AM   Printer-friendly
from the where's-a-muckraker-when-you-need-one? dept.

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

Okay, so, I wasn't going to submit these here because I've really had quite enough of politics for the year but it seems the mainstream media are having an absolute blackout on anything critical of Hillary, to the point of CNN has both coincidentally lost a sitting congressman's satellite feed immediately after mentioning wikileaks and tried to tell their viewers that even reading the wikileaks emails is illegal.

These two videos by Project Veritas Action, apparently with more to come, are the result of a year or so of actual investigative journalism and deserve coverage somewhere though. I don't personally care at all if you like Hillary or not but it's always better to know the truth than to stick your head in the sand, so here they are.

The first part in the series is titled Clinton Campaign and DNC Incite Violence at Trump Rallies. It basically shows precisely what it says it does. Hidden cameras capture Scott Foval of Americans United for Change not so much admitting as bragging that they have operatives in numerous major cities that are actually trained in how best to incite violence at Trump rallies.

The second part of the series is again aptly titled Mass Voter Fraud. In this video Scott Foval is again captured going into minute detail on how not only go commit mass voter fraud but how to get away with it.

Scott Foval and Robert Creamer (also in the videos) are currently unemployed as a result of these videos. Whether Mrs. Clinton should be as well, that's for you to decide.

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @11:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @11:27AM (#416575)

    Okay, so, I wasn't going to submit these here because I've really had quite enough of politics for the year ...

    Why start a post with a lie?

    Anyways, there should be a paragraph break before "These two videos by ..."

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 20 2016, @11:42AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday October 20 2016, @11:42AM (#416581) Homepage Journal

    Lie? I'm dead tired of even hearing about the Presidential race. The people are going to be fucked no matter which one of them wins, so I don't really give much of a damn.

    Your wish is my command about the p tag though.

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    My rights don't end where your fear begins.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @03:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @03:59PM (#416736)

      Judging by the mods of the parent comment, I can only infer that people don't like the extra paragraph there.

      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:01PM

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:01PM (#416785) Homepage Journal

        And here I thought I was done getting graded on my proficiency with the English language when I got out of school.

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        My rights don't end where your fear begins.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:56PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:56PM (#416834)

        "Judging by the mods of the parent comment, I can only infer that SOME (partisan) people don't like the extra paragraph there."

        FTFY

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:40PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:40PM (#416870)

          Because opposing partisanship makes you a partisan. All statements are of equal validity. There are no facts, just tribes.

          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 21 2016, @02:21PM

            by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 21 2016, @02:21PM (#417258) Journal
            IMHO the more studiously anti-partisan proponents tend to be highly partisan. They deplore partisanship when the wrong tribe gets media exposure and shut up when the right tribe gets it. Currently, it's two weeks plus a possible grab ass session of the Electoral College if none of the candidates achieve the necessary amount of electoral votes. Then partisanship will slide to the usual background levels after that.