A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part

[beefheart]

No...this thread is about a WaPo story.

The story is about what a scum sucking lowlife O'Keefe is. But, you just love this proven liar don't ya?

 

[JasperL]

Nobody was smeared. If anything, quite the opposite.

But not for lack of trying, which is the point.

If he'd succeeded in getting false stories printed, then lots of people figure, well, WAPO printed that made up story, so the rest are suspect. That's the point of it - to undermine the credibility of WAPO and through them the women coming forward. It's a really malicious, pathetic and dishonest strategy - in other words, par for the course for O'Keefe.

 

[What if...?]

I have my doubts about the veracity of this story. I'm thinking WaPo is trying to get ahead of the bombshell that's being dropped on them by Project Veritas.

Now THAT was a nothingburget!

Wow, you're slipping.

 

[JasperL]

No...this thread is about a WaPo story.

LOL, TRUE!! But the WAPO story is "about O’Keefe’s Project Veritas trying to plant a fake story in order to lessen the credibility of the allegations against Moore."

 

[What if...?]

No, they weren't lying. They were doing their normal undercover operation in attempt to expose bias. They got caught doing it. Nothing big there. If an undercover DEA agent gets sniffed out by drug dealers before he gets evidence does that mean the drug dealers are A-OK and the DEA are liars?

If O'Keefe had anything to do with it?

Then yes. The drug dealers are a-ok and the dea are liars.

 

[Fishking]

If O'Keefe had anything to do with it?

Then yes. The drug dealers are a-ok and the dea are liars.

*snoring* Hmmm? Did say something important? Wake me up when you're not boring.

 

[Fraggle Rock]

O'keefe is just another example of the news that Conservatives clamor for. I hope the FBI will investigate to see if this woman wanted to slur Roy Moore-ron. I think that will be funny when they have to put it on the record what they really are up to. But on a brighter note WAPO did not fall for this bull. Thanks project Veritas you proved all those women accusers that WAPO spoke too were vetted and true.

 

[What if...?]

Sorry, but if you believe this, you have a lot of reading up to do on this group. This sort of "undercover journalism" is what they do. They wear disguises. They tell fabricated stories. The story hasn't exposed them for being anything.

And you forgot the most important ingredient:

Deceptive editing.

 

[Taylor]

But not for lack of trying, which is the point.

And had they fallen for a story with obvious holes in it and failed to do their due diligence, then they would have deserved to have their reporting questioned. I really don't understand all the anger.

If he'd succeeded in getting false stories printed, then lots of people figure, well, WAPO printed that made up story, so the rest are suspect.

And rightfully so. But that didn't happen.

 

[Kobie]

No...this thread is about a WaPo story.

A story about O’Keefe’s Project Veritas trying to plant a fake story in order to lessen the credibility of the allegations against Moore.

 

[Mycroft]

A story about O’Keefe’s Project Veritas trying to plant a fake story in order to lessen the credibility of the allegations against Moore.

Yes, yes...

Kind of convenient that they run this story when they know a bomb is about to drop on them, isn't it? Nothing like a bit of preemptive distraction to get people to disregard the nasty stuff about them.

 

[beefheart]

Yes, yes...

Kind of convenient that they run this story when they know a bomb is about to drop on them, isn't it? Nothing like a bit of preemptive distraction to get people to disregard the nasty stuff about them.

Kind of inconvenient that you deny all the times Veritas and O'Keefe just flat out lied.

You accept that as journalism?

You deserve that then.

Get the barest minimum of ethical standards.

 

[Kobie]

Yes, yes...

Kind of convenient that they run this story when they know a bomb is about to drop on them, isn't it? Nothing like a bit of preemptive distraction to get people to disregard the nasty stuff about them.

What "bomb"? You posted a video without comment about ... something.

Project Veritas has zero credibility outside of the nuttiest of the wingnuts. O'Keefe shat in that well a long time ago.

 

[Superfly]

Hunh. You'd think that exposing fake news instigators like Project Veritas would be a good thing. I mean, we should want truthful news sources. Not made up foolishness to make the other guys look bad.

WE CAN DO BETTER.

:lol:

 

[Mycroft]

Kind of inconvenient that you deny all the times Veritas and O'Keefe just flat out lied.

You accept that as journalism?

You deserve that then.

Get the barest minimum of ethical standards.

LOL!!

I've never even considered whether Veritas is journalism. Heck, I haven't even said anything about this latest video.

You'll go to extreme lengths to avoid my point, won't you?

 

[Mycroft]

What "bomb"? You posted a video without comment about ... something.

Project Veritas has zero credibility outside of the nuttiest of the wingnuts. O'Keefe shat in that well a long time ago.

I think WaPo considers this video and the ones coming to be something to worry about.

 

[Kobie]

I think WaPo considers this video and the ones coming to be something to worry about.

Of course you do.

 

[azgreg]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...pid=hp_no-name_no-name:page/breaking-news-bar



A false sting gone awry.
Things are getting desperate for Moore supporters.

To be clear: People who claim "women lie about rape to get money" literally paid a woman to lie about rape.

 

[tres borrachos]

Boy, Mr. O'Keefe sure can't take it when a reporter ambushes him on the street and asks him about the blatant lie that he tried to pull. Imagine that.

Congrats conservatives...these are the people speaking for you, if you had any sense of shame you would be embarrassed...evidently not though...

I'm embarrassed to see who has commandeered the once great party I have supported since 1980.

These people aren't Republicans, and they aren't conservatives. They're sick.

 

[MTAtech]

I'm embarrassed to see who has commandeered the once great party I have supported since 1980.

These people aren't Republicans, and they aren't conservatives. They're sick.

I have to agree with you -- and I'm not a Republican. The Republican Party used to believe in something. Now, it just believes in naked power.

 

[tres borrachos]

I have to agree with you -- and I'm not a Republican. The Republican Party used to believe in something. Now, it just believes in naked power.

My first vote was cast in 1980, for Ronald Reagan in the NJ primary. I have never looked back, never second guessed my votes, never regretted my votes. The first time in my life I didn't vote for the Republican candidate for President was 2016, when I opted to vote for Gary Johnson instead of that bigoted, foul mouthed, ignorant man who now sits in the Oval Office. Trump, and his supporters, have commandeered the Republican Party for their own entertainment, to make America "white" again, to send women back to the kitchens, and so on. It pains me to see the Republican lawmakers, with a very few exceptions, not standing up to the Trump/Bannon/Miller sycophants. They have ruined the party, and I fear they have ruined it permanently. The party survived Nixon - but it won't survive Trump, and Moore.

I don't even know what the GOP stands for anymore. It's just so damn depressing.

Thanks to Trump and his low class elements, I made the first donation of my entire life to a Democrat last week. Doug Jones. I don't like Jones' politics. But I'm sick to death of these trolls making me embarrassed to admit I'm a Republican.

The Republican Party has left me.

 

[Rogue Valley]

I don't even know what the GOP stands for anymore. It's just so damn depressing. The Republican Party has left me.

The GOP as you and I knew it, now exists in name only with two factions. The Trumpers - with a core base of white/male/rural/'Christians' whose agenda is to drag the US back into the 1950's; and the RINO's who exist to serve the 0.01% wealthy elite and the corporate donor class.

 

[ecofarm]

My first vote was cast in 1980, for Ronald Reagan in the NJ primary. I have never looked back, never second guessed my votes, never regretted my votes. The first time in my life I didn't vote for the Republican candidate for President was 2016, when I opted to vote for Gary Johnson instead of that bigoted, foul mouthed, ignorant man who now sits in the Oval Office. Trump, and his supporters, have commandeered the Republican Party for their own entertainment, to make America "white" again, to send women back to the kitchens, and so on. It pains me to see the Republican lawmakers, with a very few exceptions, not standing up to the Trump/Bannon/Miller sycophants. They have ruined the party, and I fear they have ruined it permanently. The party survived Nixon - but it won't survive Trump, and Moore.

I don't even know what the GOP stands for anymore. It's just so damn depressing.

Thanks to Trump and his low class elements, I made the first donation of my entire life to a Democrat last week. Doug Jones. I don't like Jones' politics. But I'm sick to death of these trolls making me embarrassed to admit I'm a Republican.

The Republican Party has left me.

Although I don't agree with your most harsh characterizations, I sympathize. I used to count on republicans for conservative fiscal policy and foreign policy. These days, I can't count on either.

You might be able to reclaim a local republican office on your sentiment. You appear articulate enough to give it a shot. Even merely city level, it's a start.

 

[tres borrachos]

The GOP as you and I knew it, now exists in name only with two factions. The Trumpers - with a core base of white/male/rural/'Christians' whose agenda is to drag the US back into the 1950's; and the RINO's who exist to serve the 0.01% wealthy elite and the corporate donor class.

Actually there is also a faction of us left who completely reject the Trump core base and who also reject the ones who serve the elite. We're the ones who joined the party because we believe it promoted personal responsibility, fiscal conservatism, social moderate views, a strong military, free trade, and capitalism.

 

[tres borrachos]

Although I don't agree with your most harsh characterizations, I sympathize. I used to count on republicans for conservative fiscal policy and foreign policy. These days, I can't count on either.

You might be able to reclaim a local republican office on that sentiment. You appear articulate enough to give it a shot. Even merely city level, it's a start.

There's a lot of stewing and steaming here in NH about what's happened to the GOP. Our new governor is John Sununu's son, and he is very much in the mold of the Republicans in the party of the old days.

It's not fun being a Republican these days.