ACORN sting videos edited before release

[cnoocy]

Remember that hidden camera footage that claimed to show that ACORN employees offered legal advice on prostitution and other illegal activities?
Doctored.

The videos that have been released appear to have been edited, in some cases substantially, including the insertion of a substitute voiceover for significant portions of Mr. O'Keefe's and Ms. Giles's comments, which makes it difficult to determine the questions to which ACORN employees are responding. A comparison of the publicly available transcripts to the released videos confirms that large portions of the original video have been omitted from the released versions.

This is disgusting. I want to know who at Fox News knew that they were feeding lies to the public, and I want those people fired. I want public apologies and firings next time this happens, too.

From Digby. Full report.

Comments

[in-parentheses.livejournal.com]

The Daily Show bought this one, as I recall. They showed the ACORN videos as truth. (Or some ACORN videos showing the same thing, anyway; not sure if they were the same exact ones.)

next time this happens

[wikedlushus1.livejournal.com]

the sad thing is that you had to use the phrase " the next time this happens" while complaining about the situation.... shaking my head.