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Project Veritas has apparently imploded. I can't be happier.

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm not sure I'm familiar with this org, what did they do? From the article I was able to gather that they're some kind of conservative activists, but I'm curious about what they do

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 109 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They do little covert missions recording the organizations they consider to be political enemies, push employees to say things that appear bad, and release selectively edited videos that appear damning but end up being nothing much of substance.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 81 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] rynzcycle@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, imagine being the PV morons, surprised that not all journalists are as stupid as you are.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How could the guy who came up with the dildo boat not be one of history's greatest reporters?

[–] Kittenstix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This article came out the DAY before the "Because of the implication" meme episode. Fucking life and art man, I don't even have a joke, James O'Keefe is a special kind of douchebag.

[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They covertly recorded conversations they had with employees of charities and corporations they were opposed to. Oftentimes the person recording would ingratiate themselves at a bar or date and any jokes, dprecating humor, or mistakes would be taken at face value. Somebody making shit up on a date would then be used as evidence against their enemy. Certainly there may have been small nuggets of truth buried under the shit, but they were massive scumbags.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hannah Giles — who played the prostitute to O’Keefe’s pimp in the infamous 2009 ACORN sting video — was appointed CEO of Project Veritas earlier this year after O’Keefe was ousted from his position by the board of directors in February.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is the group that made the anti-abortion "documentary" filled with lies, and heavily edited and out of context footage a few years back.