Here We Go Again — James O’Keefe’s Latest ‘Terrorist’ Medicaid Sting
Is it just me, or does anyone else think James O’Keefe has some real issues with liking to play dress up a bit too much? I’m not sure when we’re finally going to see the last of James O’Keefe and his brand of ambush “journalism”, but yesterday could not be too soon for me. From TPM — James O’Keefe’s Latest ‘Terrorist’ Medicaid Sting Goes After Woman For Following Law : Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A man goes into a public assistance office in Charleston, South Carolina in a kilt, tells them he’s a member of the Irish Republican Army and asks for help for 25 fellow Irishmen in a hospital who need Medicaid. A government employee follows the rules and explains the process for filling out a Medicaid paperwork and the qualifications they’d need to meet. She informs them that a federal law intended to protect patient privacy requires her not to divulge any information he’s told her. So what happens next? James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas releases a deceptively edited video that makes the woman look like a terrorist sympathizer, though it isn’t even clear if she knows the background of the IRA. In the edited version, the woman says it would not be in her best interest to divulge anything because she could not afford it and she doesn’t want to go to jail. As it turns out, that’s what she’s supposed to do under the law. To his credit, O’Keefe posted the full unedited video of the “sting” directly after the edited version. Which makes it all the more curious that Project Veritas edited the tape in a way that paints the government employee in a bad light. Read on…
Here We Go Again — James O’Keefe’s Latest ‘Terrorist’ Medicaid Sting
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on July 21, 2011. Filed under