James O'Keefe "All Journalism Is Edited"

[democracy1st]

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Questions Raised About O'Keefe's Editing Of NPR Sting Video

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/03/13/134495929/questions-raised-about-okeefes-editing-of-npr-sting-video


Beck Busts O'Keefe: The Video Framing Of NPR

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/03/putting-the-msm-to-shame.html


Why do 12 states still make it illegal to tape people without their knowledge?

There are many words to describe conservative prankster James O'Keefe's plan to secretly record NPR fundraiser Ron Schiller over lunch and release the (heavily edited and pretty embarrassing) tape on the Web, costing Schiller his job: wrong, deceitful, cruel, unfair, juvenile, and just plain rude. But it's not illegal.

Most states, as well as the District of Columbia, allow surreptitious recording of conversations—on the phone or in person—as long as one person involved gives permission, even if that person is you. Because the two men conducting the NPR sting were aware of their own recording, which took place in Washington, D.C., it was legal. (If no parties know about it, that's wiretapping, which requires a warrant.) What's surprising is how many states, in this age of Flip cams and camera phones and surveillance cameras and helmet cams, have "two-party consent" laws. In 12 states—California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Washington—all parties involved need to consent before one of them can record the conversation.

There are some exceptions to the two-party consent rules. In California, for example, you can record a conversation without the other person knowing if you believe it will collect evidence of a serious crime. During the trial of Scott Peterson, the court admitted a phone recording made by his mistress Amber Frey at the behest of police when she believed Peterson might have killed his wife. There are also exceptions to two-person consent when there's no "reasonable expectation of privacy." For example, a conversation at a legislative hearing could be recorded without informing all parties, since recording things is what people do in legislative hearings. Same with public speeches, shouting matches on the street, or any other scenario where you simply can't expect privacy.

http://www.slate.com/id/2287737/

[Hissyspit]

1. O'Keefe is criminal, unethical and a lying grifter.

He has nothing to do with journalism.

[defendandprotect]

2. O'Keefe is engaged in crimes for the benefit of the right wing -- who's paying him!!

[enki23]

3. yeah, and everybody lies

so, really it's all the same thing. right? right?

[Monk06]

4. Look at O Keefe and you're seeing Karl Rove at the age of 20. He's

training up to take over Rove's job as a right wing
disinformation artist and political saboteur.

[ScottLand]

5. Fictional TV shows are edited too. So what?

They are edited to make the unreal seem real. Journalism is supposed to show real AS real.

[Canuckistanian]

6. Exactly. It's the INTENT of that editing

It can be used either to enlighten, to simplify or to mislead.

O'Keefe always chooses the latter.

[Crowman1979]

7. Hey CNN! Why are you still taking this asswipe seriously when he tried to punk one of your...

...reporters on a yacht with sex toys?