Josh Fox is on Chris Hayes exposing O'Keefe

[malaise]

[SummerSnow]

1. eek, how much did I miss?

[malaise]

5. Lots

Josh Fox exposed the moron big time. He recorded the entire scam so when O'Keefe and his goons released their edited tape, Josh released the entire tape

http://www.salon.com/2014/05/22/james_okeefes_anti_fracking_scam_backfires/
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Conservative prankster James O’Keefe — famous for entrapping liberals into saying things they’ll later live to regret — has ended up on the wrong end of his own sting operation, the Daily Beast reports. One of the journalist’s intended victims, catching on to the chicanery, came forward with a secret recording that he says reveals O’Keefe’s true methods of getting his incendiary video clips.

O’Keefe unveiled his newest video, which he claimed exposes the hypocrisy of Hollywood environmentalists, Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival. In it, to the glee of conservative bloggers, environmentalist filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell and actors Mariel Hemingway and Ed Begley Jr. all appear to unwittingly accept funding for a new anti-fracking documentary from some very stereotypical Middle Eastern oil interests. (“If Washington, D.C., continues fracking,” a potential investor named Muhammed explains as his motivation for backing the film, “America will be energy-efficient, and then they won’t need my oil anymore”):

All four victims begrudgingly admitted that they’d been punked, though they stopped short of admitting to any wrongdoing. “To be clear, we flat out deny any implication of impropriety,” Josh Tickell told the Hollywood Reporter. “Had an offer been made, significant due diligence would have been conducted.” Hemingway and Begley, for their part, both said that they had attended the meeting at the Tickells’ request, as a favor for friends.

Where things really get interesting, however, is at the very end of the video, where O’Keefe teases a conversation with anti-fracking documentarian Josh Fox (of “Gasland” fame), who appears to be headed for the same trap, “Obviously there are projects that we are working on ahead of time, that we’re working on now, that do sound like they would be interesting to your clients,” Fox is heard saying. But Fox was savvier than O’Keefe’s other victims – he’d made a secret recording of his own, revealing the full context of their conversation:

[Aerows]

2. O'Keefe is a slimy little weasel

and everyone with eyes can see it. Even those that thought he was an "activist" before.

(My apologies for any weasels I offended by comparing O'Keefe to them)

[Segami]

3. Bwhahaha.....Josh Fox turns around...

and tapes O'Keefe!

"..Where things really get interesting, however, is at the very end of the video, where O’Keefe teases a conversation with anti-fracking documentarian Josh Fox (of “Gasland” fame), who appears to be headed for the same trap, “Obviously there are projects that we are working on ahead of time, that we’re working on now, that do sound like they would be interesting to your clients,” Fox is heard saying. But Fox was savvier than O’Keefe’s other victims – he’d made a secret recording of his own, revealing the full context of their conversation:


n the recording (which can be heard at the Daily Beast) Fox is heard repeatedly asking Brandon Turner from Beacon International to identify his clients. Turner says only that his clients are “people from Europe, and the Middle East, but mainly Europe at this point,” environmentalists who are interested in funding an anti-fracking film. Turner continuously declines to name the European benefactors and instead asks Fox several times whether he’d be willing to set up a meeting. Fox explains in a variety of ways that he “can’t participate in something where, um, we’re taking money from people who aren’t identified. That’s not kosher for us.”


After several minutes of back and forth, in which Turner attempts to convince Fox that his clients are earnest environmentalists, Fox says that “obviously there are projects that we are working on ahead of time, that we’re working on now, that do sound like they would be interesting to your clients.” He immediately follows that comment up with a stipulation. “However, I really feel like I would need a more formal approach than just ‘Come meet me for coffee, this is the company we work for,’” Fox is heard saying. “We don’t know much about your company…I would need to have more transparency than you’re giving me right now to feel comfortable with doing that.”

Fox ends the conversation by reiterating that Turner’s clients will have to reveal themselves if they want to fund one of his projects.


http://www.salon.com/2014/05/22/james_okeefes_anti_fracking_scam_backfires/

[malaise]

6. Delish

[johnp3907]

4. Sounds like fun!

[truebluegreen]

7. It was Priceless.