To Catch a Journalist: New Jersey Star-Ledger

[zany2x]

How can anybody covering politicians not come to the conclusion that they are "liars" and "assholes"? Most politicians say what they need to say to get votes and their political agendas fulfilled.

As to Project Veritas, if only Truth were truly its goal.

[alanwright]

Your conclusions are unconvincing.

Decoy: "It is important to ME that we re-elect Obama." Nutt: "I think it's going to help that Chris Christie isn't running."

B/c many people see CC as "the great white hope," it WILL "help" Obama that Christie is not in the race. But, she didn't express that partisan desire, though she may well hold it. She politely nodded "yes, yes" and assessed Obama's chances given that Christie's not in the race.

That said, CC is a bully. That's why people like him.

[asuwish0000]

TRUE Journalism = project veritas!

[TheRealTaco87]

YOu are the REAL journalists! This IS Journalism!

[robtheman121]

7:29 ...hey shithead, how does that cigarette taste?

[darngood08]

Love it! Thank you for your work!

[theboxmodder]

This is the left wing version of Fox without the propaganda. If you do not agree then please show me one year in the last twelve that Fox news didn't falsify information to press the wrong opinion about the republican party. Don't tell me show me. Maybe you'll all see the truth about our nation.

[iJfry]

Office hours are usually for students, not outside inquiries.

[ICantDecryptTheCode]

ron paul faggot.

[brunojluc4]

Thank you for this. I'm subscribing.

[Deprofundis2]

Super editor jimmy okeefe

[bobfenster]

@iburi -- Although I agree with your general point of view, I concur that using "Faux" instead of "Fox" isn't helpful. If anyone on the other side were inclined to listen to your point of view, you're almost assuredly putting them off with that approach. It's about as clever as "lame stream" media.

[illusionart]

of course she's a radical liberal, she's obese and glass-eyed

[Jersey24Dan]

FIX THE AUDIO.

[RadAntelope]

These days, I agree that there are people still in denial of this. It's no big deal to acknowledge it - not sure what the big deal is. Most media outlets are biased to the left. Their political donations flow to the Democrats by a 9-1 ratio. Once that is factored in, we can get on with the business of examining what the media reports. Never understood what libs had a problem with - just because the bias is liberal doesn't mean the facts are wrong - just take the framing into consideration.

[klrdotorg]

@RadAntelope

Couldn't agree more.

[RadAntelope]

THERE ARE NO LIBERALS IN THE PRESS, WINGNUTS. NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ALONG. VOTE OBAMA.

[klrdotorg]

@RadAntelope

The (nearly) 90% of journalists who self-identify themselves as "Dem / liberal" will be surprised to learn this.  Thanks for that.

[RadAntelope]

@klrdotorg I was sure the all caps was a good indication of the sarcasm of my comment, but I guess not :/

[klrdotorg]

@RadAntelope

Glad you were being sarcastic. I've debated many YT'ers who type in all caps, and would die before they admitted the media has a liberal bias.

[johniedesk1]

Scandalous, and so amateurish. Very impressive. Your fifteen minutes were over when Acorn was defunded, boring.

[blondecrazygaijin]

TOUCH DOWN..! DOn't ever go away! I'm a young conservative like u, and you're a HERO! WHA--HOO..! I nearly pissed my pants, watching this..!!! ^_^

Your work is gold!

[iburl]

Why is this woman supposed to hide her private political views when NOBODY on Fox does?

[ExZonie]

@iburl she pretends to be 'objective' and 'unbiased,' that's why.

[iburl]

@ExZonie every reporter has some bias. The fact that you have to send a kid in disguise lying about who they are, carrying a hidden camera, and pretending to have a private conversation in order to confirm those biases means that they were pretty well hidden. However, the right wing news media is nothing BUT bias. They exist only to elect Republicans and to enforce the supremacy of big money.

[klrdotorg]

@iburl

Well, thanks for not trying to hide your bias.

And you answered your own question about the use of decoys ... because their biases "were pretty well hidden" -- that's intentional btw.

And, were John Roberts and Ed Henry considered blatantly conservative reporters before they moved to Fox? Are they now?

[iburl]

@klrdotorg Ed Henry and John Roberts joined FAUX this year as a token centrists. Since the Murdoch criminal empire has come under increased public and shareholder scrutiny for their illegal wiretapping and for their obsessive and borderline insane hatred for Obama, it's been clear that there has been an effort to 'soften' the GOP Propaganda Wing image that FAUX has. Hiring a few guys away from CNN won't do the trick.

[klrdotorg]

@iburl

Thanks for the childish post. It was perfect. Nice rant.

[iburl]

@klrdotorg Thanks for not being able to respond to any of my points and letting me win the argument, herein the heart of ACORN Pimp country. And I didn't even have to buy a boat full of dildos.

[klrdotorg]

@iburl

Cool story. And the CAP FAUX was really a zinger. It's so thoughtful & original that it intimidated me. I mean, who wouldn't want to debate someone who says "FAUX" repeatedly?

[brajabu]

@iburl So effectively what you are saying as long as biases remain 'pretty well hidden' they are not as bad as open bias? I don't agree that media bias is at all well hidden. Give me 1 paper and I can tell you how they lean in 5 minutes. But the context of your statement is basically shitting in your pants is better than shitting on the floor. Right? I think they both stink, but fittingly neither you or 'them' can smell your own stench of hypocrisy. Change your pants and clean the carpet

[Ultros668]

That is an ugly man.

[AdrianInflorida]

Nice editing, at least the part where your 'Victims' start ridiculing you, Lil Jimmy. Now, go back to your parole officer, you're late for a meeting with him.

[garybsg]

thank you for exposing the leftist media hatred of the right. I cancelled my newspaper.

[tigerhop]

This is brilliant. James is showing the world that journalists only want to investigate other people, and know they are in powerful position to do it. But if someone tries to investigate them, then they react like a three year old child. "WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!­!!!"

[Deprofundis2]

Little jimmy okeefe master editor.

[Keruaran]

Wow, what a bunch of juveniles.

[Bamilt0]

Boring.

[kdavitt]

So, let me try and understand. A reporter is not entitled to a personal opinion? It was a private conversation. She was not speaking in a capacity for the Star Ledger or anyone else but herself. This guy obviously got no mileage after posing as a pimp and looks pretty desperate now.

[George08ful]

@kdavitt you wrote:

".. let me try and understand. A reporter is not entitled to a personal opinion?"

No. He's saying it's important to know that the value system of the reporter who did the expose on Christie is 180 degrees different than his, and also that she doesn't even like him as a human being. It's okay for her to have the views, but also okay for us to know where the reporter stands. If they're not doing anything wrong, why do they hide all the time their distinctly leftist outlook?

[MarkGauvreau]

Seriously, just admit you're liberal. It's gone beyond outrage and is now just funny.

[ashken79]

Nice Job!

[AnonOrange]

Fantastic job. That's investigative journalism.

BTW, when you get a chance, I'd love to see an investigation as to why Ron Paul and also Gary Johnson are mostly ignored by the media. There's a pervasive bias against both of them.

Regardless of who your candidate is, it's worth investigating.

[TheBSDetector]

Heaven forbid! A reporter has an opinion!!!!!?? Who cares, so long as her reportage for the paper is unbiased, which it is.

You would be on firmer ground to focus on Fox's UNfair and UNbalanced biases that wind up proliferating in the midst of what is supposed to be their 23/7 news reportage.

What a joke!

[George08ful]

@TheBSDetector You wrote: "Heaven forbid! A reporter has an opinion!"

You are basing your outrage on a presupposition that is false. There is nothing wrong with her being a leftist, or having her own opinion, etc. It is the trying to suggest or pretend that they are not of a leftist world view that bugs people. It distorts, and filters what news people actually receive. Eg. If I knew my Russian history teacher was a Communist, I'd rightly worry he may water down the extent of Communism's evils.

[George08ful]

I wish he'd go after the individual 'journolists' at the Chicago Tribune, who outed the divorce records of Obama's opponent to get him elected. Millions and millions of people have been so hurt as a direct result of those reporter's lack of decency and ethics.

[thequantumvacuum]

Keep it up James. Its people like you who are going to break the misinformation machine because you arent afraid of them, and they have never had to face someone who does the job they are supposed to do.

[DOHC2L]

Everybody has some type of bias; it's not possible to be totally objective. However, the tenants of journalism ethics advocate standards of objectivity that directly address the issue of biasness, and the elimination of bias in the reporting of news. In other words, news should be entirely factual and non-speculative. But human beings cannot help but to speculate, especially when we are given facts to speculate about.

She cannot help to have her beliefs, so what exactly did she do wrong?!?

[George08ful]

@DOHC2L You wrote> "...what exactly did she do wrong?"

I think it has something to do with her being the head of a report all about Chris Christi, and how he's showing that she actually despises the guy they did an expose on.

He's suggesting that if people knew how much of a leftist and anti Chris Christi person she was, if would help them watch her report on him more wisely.

[DOHC2L]

@George08ful So long as her published works don't contain anti-Chris Christi statements/ideas, and so long as what she teaches about journalism in her classroom is separate from her political beliefs, then there is no basis for criticizing her!!! That's only fair... People cannot help to believe what they believe and it doesn't matter what her profession is because each profession has it's own set of ethics.

~IF~ she had said at that event ~THEN~ she would have violated her journalist ethics.

[George08ful]

@DOHC2L You wrote: " ....then there is no basis for criticizing her!"

It's not about criticizing. Rather, clarity for the sake of the audience. I think the audience has a right to know where the storyteller/journolist stands with their politics. It isn't just what she says (that may be focusing disproportionately on negatives) but also what they don't say which they may have if of another value system. Leftism has dogma too! eg. I'd want to know if my teacher on Russian history is a communist.

[George08ful]

@DOHC2L You wrote:

" if they are objective in their reporting you shouldn't be able to figure that out and thus you don't need to know."

Yet objectivity itself requires clarity, and clarity depends on truth, of all sorts, from all sides. I think this is a very important truth; ie. where the storyteller stands in their value system. There is immense differences in world view between a leftist & a small gov. conservative. So deep it alters the story told depending on the angle of presumption.

[DOHC2L]

@George08ful "So deep it alters the story told depending on the angle of presumption."

And if there is an angle of presumption, that means the journalist lacks objectivity so you should be able to figure that out all by yourself; so it's a moot point you're arguing back at me. There is no need to expose what a journalists political views may be because you fear they may be biased and skewing their news articles; You should be able to figure that out using that thing between your ears...!

[George08ful]

@DOHC2L

The 'angle of presumption' comment was contextual w/ the discussion w admission on you part, that there are two greatly differing value systems in play. Like how I said that if I was being taught Russian history I would want to know if my teacher were a Communist. Or if I were about to buy a Subaru Forester, I'd be noticing them far more on the road than other cars. It matters. You just may not be aware of the distinctions of your own value system compared to small gov. conservative.

[DOHC2L]

@George08ful Okay, lets take the example of a professor of Russian history... you say you would want to know if that professor was a Communist. Well how do you expect to know that? Do you expect the History department to inform you that he is or is not a Communist? I say that's an unreasonable expectation. I also say that people are able to determine other people's motives by way of reason and critical thinking about what is being taught to them. That's how smart people defy indoctrination!

[George08ful]

@DOHC2L

In this day and age, it is not unreasonable at all. There is a full on culture war going on, and people have a right to know which side their teachers and media filters side with. If my prof were teaching me Russian history and he hardly mentioned the near 50 million people murdered and force starved. If he didn't mention that this started by class war, by atheist leftists, and that rich or 'landowners' were thought of as Jews were in Germany. Slaughtered in the streets. Leftism is out

[DOHC2L]

@George08ful "people have a right to know which side their teachers and media filters side with."

That's certainly not a right. Your argument is not all that different than mine, the difference is that you say we must be told what they believe in order to have a rational basis for skepticism. But couldn't they just lie and say they weren't a Communist when they really are? I say we are better off determining what our teachers political views are by scrutinizing their teachings ourselves...!

[George08ful]

@DOHC2L You wrote:

"That's certainly not a right."

I never meant to imply it is a right (and so something that should be defended for, to each other, with the power of the State) I guess where we differ is that I think it is or should be considered as a reasonable expectation. The idea of pretending or assuming an objectivity by virtue of a role which ought, at best, be one held and acted out with a pristine objectivity, is passée. The distinctions between left & otherwise are too clear now.

[MrVicioussss]

@DOHC2L They don't have to contain explicit anti-Christie statements to be biased, shoddy journalism. There are many ways to skin a cat.

[adamitshelanu]

From the way the "faculty" behaves here, you can surmise the "intimate details" of how things were "done" (cover-up) at Penn State... all those years of pimping young boys ... sort of reminds us of U.S. Rep. Barney Frank and his live-in boyfriend pimping underage boys in the "basement" of Frank's D.C. home "which he had no knowledge of."  :^)

Indeed, indeed: Columbia School of Journalism....

[RedneckResponder]

Damn she's ugly!

[pappasgirl283]

Love it. Love most of all that it exposes the complete hypocrisy of liberal...oh...oh...neutral journalists. Not only of their political biases, pretending to be fair-minded, but how much they hate when the tables are turned and their "forced" to answer questions.

[iburl]

Have you disclosed YOUR political biases? Are you a reporter? Did you disclose your biases when you tried to wiretap a US Senator's office? Did you disclose your biases to the people at ACORN that you lied to about being a pimp? You are a pathetic loser and look like a 13 year old.

[DOHC2L]

@iburl "Did you disclose your biases to the people at ACORN that you lied to about being a pimp?"

Investigative journalism uses deception to report true-deception. And Investigative journalism always reveal the type of deception they use to expose illegal or immoral acts in the real world. So the deception of the investigative journalist is only temporary unlike the fraud done by ACORN. Using a trivial fact to blindly deny the immoral and illegal acts committed by ACORN...YOU're pathetic!

[JennKirH]

@iburl You misunderstand. O'Keefe is perfectly open about his politics and his agenda, which is the right thing for any journalist to be. When he is going undercover, pretending to be someone he's not - read carefully now - he doesn't simultaneously announce "Hey, BTW, I'm secretly filming you and I'm actually working for Andrew Breitbart!" It's kind of the way an undercover police officer doesn't say: "FYI, guys, I'm a cop, yo!" while trying to infiltrate a criminal organization. Clearer?

[elgringote3]

Beautiful work once again

[annarbor84]

Brilliant

[PSP92262]

She's not a journalist. She's a hack and should be ashamed of herself.

[megamaniac76]

wait a minute...the pulitzer prize was given to a left wing journalist named Amy Nutt? Jeez you can't make this stuff up.

[nrf91]

Let me see if I have this right. Journalists aren't allowed to have personal opinions on politicians? If this is to be anything other than a partisan hit-job, I would need to see examples from Nutt's journalism in which she allows her personal opinions to color her reporting. Otherwise, all I see is an attempt to smear people from the left, the main mission of James O'Keefe. At least in this case, there doesn't appear to be any dishonest editing like there was in the ACORN expose.

[vanzorge]

ah yes, the great objective MSM!!!

thank you james for shining the light on these rats (demorats, that would be!)

[RCrooklyn]

O'Keefe works for two of the MOST BIASED media outlets in history: Fox News (which purchases his vids) and "Big Government." 

No one is completely objective. O'Keefe manipulates someone in a private conversation, and makes a big deal about it! This chump is laughable, kind of like Guy Smiley without the talent. He even misleadingly edits the segment where he gets laughed at in this video. The Dean actually asks him where his pimp suit was!

[warfossil]

@RCrooklyn Your comment is laughable at best. Where's this video that you have of the Dean asking," where his pimp suit was"? Or are you just another lib with no evidence and just regurgitates talking points?

[RCrooklyn]

@warfossil Go to the "Atlantic Wire" blog. That's a Republican-leaning magazine. Headline "Columbia Journalism Turns the Cameras on James O'Keefe." O'Keefe is so dishonest, he even misleadingly edits this one segment, just like he did with everything else. The kid is manipulating you.

[warfossil]

@RCrooklyn LOL. I guess I just got KO'd on that. I still don't believe that every word from the horses mouth are voice overs.

[dwoods828]

Great work James...What a bunch of nutcases...

[nj2as]

EXCELLENT WORK, JAMES! Please keep it up.

[RileyMcArthur]

Mr. O'Keefe you are a wonderful man, keep fighting the good fight

[PoliticalMe]

Thank you.

[shockinggenius]

great job!

[MANOKSA]

O'Keefe continues to display to the whole world the disingenuous nature of most in the "mainstream" media. Is it any wonder they hate him?

Great work, James!

[karlmahlmann]

Wonderful work, as always. Of course, there's no such thing as neutral news. "Neutral" is, itself, a value judgement. I think America has become more aware of that - thanks to the good work of people like you. But I do think journalists should disclose their party affiliation - and also corporate affiliations.

[klrdotorg]

Are we seeing a pattern here? "Ivory towers" is right. This insulated group think - where anyone who doesn't share their thinking is so (obviously) unenlightened. I'm not surprised in the slightest, by any of it ... but it's fun to watch.

I look forward to seeing more of these vids.

[pinegrove33]

excellent vid on that NUT! lol

[MrRingTingTing]

Heh, what an obnoxious prick!

[YoniX50]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!

[antidoteco]

James O'Keefe ! Stud !

[DiSaStaCaPiTaLisM]

Incredible video.

[AmericaLoudNClear]

Fabulous work, James O'Keefe.

I NEVER regret helping you

[AmericaLoudNClear]

HAHAHA, sucker BITCH!

[roncram]

Congrats James! Keep up the good work! I plan to contribute to you guys again next month!

[UnitDave]

No comment.

[UtherPendragan]

I have no problem with reporters and media having bias. I just hate it when they pretend they don't. Just own your opinion don't claim to be fair and then act unfairly.

[TheShannon76]

@UtherPendragan To your point, I suspect that most Americans assume reporters and journalists have no bias and can maintain professional objectivity. As Mr. O'Keefe is showing, this notion is clearly false (and should be pointed out at EVERY opportunity -- Thank You, James). Too many people at the Columbia School of Journalism get away with subtle forms of bias (e.g. story selection/omission, unfavorable word choice).

[pudgenet]

What's the law in that state for recording phone conversations without notifying both parties? I can't stand those terrible journalists who pretend to be objective reporters but are clearly reporting with an agenda to favor one side over the other. But in most states, as I understand it, you can't record that phone call you had with her without notifying her ... and I don't think you did ...

[wye4379]

Well that advertising guy will never work again.....

Why don't we just go to the English system. Everyone knows what they are getting when they see a story in the Guardian vs the Telegraph. This illusion of impartiality is just stupid.

[gilbet]

So, this is another story is about a journalist who has a personal opinion??

There's no such thing as a journalist without any opinions, so I'm not sure where you're going with these lame topics.

What happened to the James O'Keefe who used to take down national organizations like Acorn? What happened to the James O'Keefe who took on teachers unions and federal programs like Medicaid?

Right now, the story we need you to work on is: LOBBYISTS - How Federal laws get written/paid for.

[WDierker]

Libs talk tough, but when they are under the microscope of real jounalism, they turn into P*ssies!

[IamRayson]

Keep the lib's running. And nice job.

[Socksee]

Brilliant report  . .

[mickhetman]

Excellent work James.