Republicans All-in With James O'Keefe's Attempt To Discredit Enroll America And Battleground Texas

[JoethePleb]

The infamous conservative "investigative journalist" James O'Keefe has released another hit piece on video attempting to discredit yet another non-profit organization, this time it's Enroll America in his crosshairs.
The right wing outrage over the video hinges on two false pretenses: Affordable Care Act navigators are encouraging individuals to lie to the federal government, and that Enroll America and Battleground Texas are working "together."

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14363/republicans-allin-with-james-okeefes-attempt-to-discredit-enroll-america-and-battleground-texas

[Gothmog]

1. O'keefe is a liar and a fraud.

I am not sure why anyone would believe o'keefe. He has been proven to be a liar and fraud on numerous occasions Here is another good analysis of O'Keefe latest attempts http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=10884

However, his reputation for producing video fiction is fully intact. In the new video he sends in a shill to pretend to inquire about enrolling in a health care plan. In the process, the shill attempts to trick his unsuspecting victims into giving bad advice. However, we can’t know for sure whether they did that because the videos are so heavily edited that there is no way to discern the actual context. Also, the people O’Keefe’s shill spoke with weren’t certified navigators, but were in fact trainees. So the prospect of them making a few mistakes shouldn’t shock anyone.

In one case, though, it is apparent that the navigators did not do what O’Keefe accused them of doing. O’Keefe alleged that the navigators advised the shill to misrepresent his income. In reality, they simply told him to report on the ObamaCare website the same amounts he reported to the IRS. It’s his responsibility to file his income taxes honestly. But the conclusions drawn in the video conceal that. That’s just one example of how creative editing can distort the true picture of what occurred.