Surprise, surprise . . . the two conservative pranksters that caused a media firestorm over five months ago charging that ACORN was giving advice to a pimp and prostitute about getting a mortgage appear to have doctored the video and no criminal charges will be filed by the Brooklyn DA. What's interesting is how the different media sources cover the story.
The New York Post claims on pg.2 in a short piece that sources claim the infamous videos were heavily edited and thus "many of the seemingly crime-encouraging answers were taken out of context so as to appear more sinister." The New York Times takes a more moderate position, mentioning that charges are being dropped without noting the charges of tampering with the tapes: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/no-crime-in-acorns-advice-to-pimp-d-a-says/?scp=2&sq=acorn&st=cse. Finally, is Fox News, where they think there is still serious malfeasance and corruption to be unearthed, with the following paragraph: "But Kurt Bardella, spokesman for Rep. Darrell Issa of California, the ranking Republican on the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, said Monday that ongoing federal and state investigations 'will expose the criminal nature of ACORN's deliberate effort to abuse taxpayer dollars to advance a radical political agenda.'" (www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/02/acorn-videos-bring-problems-group-criminal-charges/?test=latestnews).
Actually, it appears the radical political agenda is being perpetrated by conservative operatives like this (remember Watergate?), with one of the two recently charged with three others in attempting to tamper with Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu's phone. Of course, while the media will dutifully report the story, there is no mea culpa -- just a nod to their absence of malice. Remember those Swift Boat Veterans For Truth? Well the media got that one wrong too, but it only cost us four extra years of Bush, so no bigee . . .
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