Really?
ACORN is suing FoxNews?
I can not wait to watch this unfold as ACORN somehow tries to paint Fox News and filmmaker James O’Keefe as the bad guys here.
FoxNews – ACORN chief organizer Bertha Lewis issued a written statement Saturday saying that while she cannot defend the actions of the workers who were terminated, O’Keefe may have committed a “felony” with his operation. She also threatened legal action against FOX News, which aired the videos but did not produce them.
“It is clear that the videos are doctored, edited, and in no way the result of the fabricated story being portrayed by conservative activist ‘filmmaker’ O’Keefe and his partner in crime. And, in fact, a crime it was — our lawyers believe a felony — and we will be taking legal action against Fox and their co-conspirators,” she said.
Really?
ACORN can not defend the actions of their workers. ACORN even fired the workers. Why? If the story is fabricated then what is wrong with the workers’ actions? Seems like ACORN might be in a bit of hot water for firing workers who did absolutely nothing wrong if this story is fabricated.
I can not wait to hear what law was broken. And I am very interested to see how ACORN will benefit from this.
If they haven’t gotten enough bad press already, now all the news organizations who have avoided this story just might be tempted to report on it with Fox News being sued.
This is going to be a hoot!
UPDATE 9/13: From The Washington Examiner Beltway Confidential:
“Baltimore, MD – September 11, 2009 – We have received inquiries from citizens and the media asking whether the Baltimore City State’s Attorneys Office would initiate a criminal investigation for acts allegedly committed at ACORN offices located in Baltimore. The only information received in reference to this alleged criminal behavior was a YouTube video. Upon review by this office, the video appears to be incomplete. In addition, the audio portion could possibly have been obtained in violation of Maryland Law, Annotated Code of Maryland Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article §10-402, which requires two party consent.
“If it is determined that the audio portion now being heard on YouTube was illegally obtained, it is also illegal under Maryland Law to willfully use or willfully disclose the content of said audio. The penalty for the unlawful interception, disclosure or use of it is a felony punishable up to five years.”
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An eagle-eyed Hot Air reader notes that Jessamy did nothing in recent years when two Baltimore media outlets used the same hidden camera technique to after stories that ultimately won professional plaudits from journalism colleagues. And in the same post, Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey points to the substantial evidence of Jessamy’s intensely partisan approach to the duties of her office.
Guess we shouldn’t be surprised. Wonder how many folks in Maryland have posted videos on YouTube where the audio contains voices of folks unaware they were being recorded, are they all violating Maryland law?
Never occurred to me this could actually be illegal considering it is a fairly common investigative journalism technique.
By the way, seems like their may be more videos on the way…
Much more from Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air.
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