Indeed. And the media’s shameless, corrupt hypocrisy in the service of left-wing goals knows no bounds.
In 2009, James O’Keefe released hidden camera videos of ACORN employees offering to help facilitate everything from child sexual slavery to tax evasion. Naturally, the media directed their pearl-clutching accusations of ethics violations and criminality at O’Keefe and Andrew Breitbart rather than the corrupt organization they exposed.
And now that selectively edited, hidden camera video of GOP nominee Mitt Romney just dominated the news cycle? The media are breathlessly reporting Romney’s campaign-ending missteps in the “devastating” video. All while gasping and eye-rolling at Romney’s request that Mother Jones release the full video.
Extraordinary. Romney calls on hidden cam leakers to put out the "full video"
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 18, 2012
Remember how outraged the press was over O'Keefe's "selectively edited," "unethical" "gotcha" videos? I guess they've evolved.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) September 18, 2012
O’Keefe destroyed the media’s brazen double standard with a simple, four-word BOOM.
Mind boggling. Unheard of. RT @jimacostacnn: Extraordinary. Romney calls on hidden cam leakers to put out the "full video"
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) September 18, 2012
Bias? What bias?
https://twitter.com/TimothyMeads/status/247864605332881408
https://twitter.com/EckmanRon/status/248058420454907904
Did the Shirley Sherrod supporters condemn the "secret, selectively edited" Romney video yet? @collegepolitico
— Mike (@ThePantau) September 18, 2012
Funny how the left hated hidden video when it came from Brietbart and O'keefe, right?@dieselcare @edshow
— Annie_Bannany (@Annie_Bannany) September 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/248070612164169731
The complete video is online now.
Full disclosure? Doesn't get any fuller than this: The entire Romney donor video. http://t.co/v3znYHCT #RomneyEncore
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) September 18, 2012
But according to liberal logic, releasing the full video, sans selective edits, isn’t important in this case. You see, through the magical liberal lens, the context is already crystal clear. No need for media transparency!
The thing about the Romney video is, unlike O'Keefe's and Brietbart's work, it wasn't faked. It was pure Romney. #RomneyEncore
— Pray a Lie (@prayalie) September 18, 2012
Wouldn't it be hilarious if after "Breitbart Is Here" Romney lost the election based on a Breitbart style video based on fact? #RomneyEncore
— (((RuggedAmethyst))) (@GrooveSDC) September 18, 2012
David Corn, Mother Jones and the secret Romney fundraising tape http://t.co/EXB9xZ0U
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) September 18, 2012
Romney told reporters Monday night that the excerpt posted by Mother Jones did not include the question to which he was responding: “I hope the person who has the video would put out the full video.” Fair enough, but the context is pretty clear.
Context "clear" without name of filmmaker or raw tape? Oh what a tangled web you journalists weave! MT @HowardKurtz: http://t.co/bFORSGPd
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) September 18, 2012
And speaking of raw tape:
MT @letstrylogic: @LATIMES has @MittRomney video on websites homepage…where is the @BarackObama Khalidi video link?
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 18, 2012
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