Fake News: Getting Faker

[John Newman]

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 02:39:47AM -0500, grarpamp wrote:
> https://www.amazon.com/American-Pravda-Fight-Truth-Fake/dp/1250154642/
> 
> The one real difference between the American press and the Soviet
> state newspaper Pravda was that the Russian people knew they were
> being lied to. To expose the lies our media tell us today,
> controversial journalist James O’Keefe created Project Veritas, an
> independent news organization whose reporters go where traditional
> journalists dare not.
> 
> Their investigative work–equal parts James Bond, Mike Wallace, and
> Saul Alinsky―has had a consistent and powerful impact on its targets.
> 
> In American Pravda, the reader is invited to go undercover with these
> intrepid journalists as they infiltrate political campaigns, unmask
> dishonest officials and expose voter fraud. A rollicking adventure
> story on one level, the book also serves as a treatise on modern
> media, arguing that establishment journalists have a vested interest
> in keeping the powerful comfortable and the people misinformed.
> 
> The book not only contests the false narratives frequently put forth
> by corporate media, it documents the consequences of telling the truth
> in a world that does not necessarily want to hear it. O’Keefe’s
> enemies attack with lawsuits, smear campaigns, political prosecutions,
> and false charges in an effort to shut down Project Veritas. For
> O’Keefe, every one of these attacks is a sign of success.
> 
> American Pravda puts the myths and misconceptions surrounding
> O’Keefe’s activities to rest and will make you rethink every word you
> hear and read in the so-called mainstream press.

James O'Keefe also got busted actively trying to entrap the Post with a
phony Roy Moore rape victim. So, you know... 

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