By now you’ve probably heard of ‘ACORN pimp’ James O’Keefe III and three other men being arrested after allegedly tampering with phones and communication devices in the office of New Orleans Senator Mary Landrieu. By now you’ve probably heard Olbermann’s Meltdown and Matthews’s thigh-tingling while basking in their moment of brainwashed ecstasy. By now you should have read O’Keefe’s released statement on Breitbart’s Big Journalism. Point is, pretty much everything to be said has been said on this matter. Unfortunately, albeit typically, the mainstream media have blown it gigantically out of proportion and are desperately attempting to make it into a new Watergate. As the left watches the administration bumble about and the seats of the Senate fill with Republicans, they’re grabbing onto whatever they can like a spider being flushed down a toilet.
But what I may be more qualified to speak on are the attacks on the ‘underworld conservative ring’ that has been under assault by MSNBC, CNN, and all the rest of the usual suspects. The commentators on these networks have become so politicized and aggressive that they fail to recognize success in their own supposed industry: journalism. The rich irony here is that the figureheads on these networks are launching full-force attacks on organizations such as the CN for funding campus newspapers in general- the very same line of work (i.e, JOURNALISM) that funds them. I am not exactly a party-toeing Republican, and I have spoken many times on the pitfalls of highly abrasive and obstructive journalism. But I can say that I’ve had the opportunity to know Mr. O’Keefe personally and that the caricature being painted of him by the left, of course, is completely off-base.
The immensely successful investigative reporting he has done in the past should serve as inspiration to young writers equally on both sides of the political spectrum; we can never know who may need to be exposed next. If Olbermann and Matthews had a shred of intelligence, they wouldn’t try to shut down practices that are also beneficial to those on ‘their side.’ Of course, their rage prevents them from seeing clearly. But you already know this.
You also forget Ollie, that if similar perpetrators were to break into the office of say, Ron Paul or Joe Lieberman, this would not be a story.