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VIDEO: Colbert ‘Deceptively Edits’ Interview to Mock O’Keefe, Breitbart ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax Videos

Deceptive rightwing propagandists become national joke...

ACORN Strikes Back! ‘Accountability’ Campaign Demands Media Corrections for ‘Pimp’ Hoax Stories

Group asks '100,000 supporters' for 'Letters to Editor'

Cites BRAD BLOG coverage of NYTimes Editors' outrageous justifications for refusing to retract repeated misreporting...

O’Keefe, Giles, and Breitbart ‘Buried the Truth’ About Their ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax Video Tapes

And the New York Times is STILL helping them do so...

‘Tom Tomorrow’ Covers ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax, Depicts NYT Public Editor Clark Hoyt as a Weasel

NY D.A. Clears Brooklyn ACORN: ‘No Criminality’

NYDailyNews law enforcement source: 'They edited the tape to meet their agenda'

[UPDATED] Rupert Murdoch's NYPost: DA source says tapes 'heavily edited'...

VIDEO: ‘Andy Breitbart Explains It All For You’ – An Exclusive Interview, Disturbing Admissions, and Manic Responses to the ACORN Video ‘Pimp’ Hoax

On-the-record answers at CPAC, that the corporate media couldn't be bothered to get themselves before misreporting the story

'It's like Borat ... Why would it be misleading?'...

More Devastating Response to NYT’s Outrageous Hypocrisy in Refusing to Correct Inaccurate ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax Coverage

Media Matters notes Exec Editor Bill Keller's response to errors in 2005: 'It's amazing that some at this paper believe fact-checking is someone else's responsibility'...

NYT Public Editor Accuses The BRAD BLOG of ‘Political Agenda’ on Par With ACORN Smear Artists, Hoaxsters Breitbart and O’Keefe

PLUS: Blistering blogosphere reaction for Hoyt's refusal to recommend corrections from 'paper of record'

ALSO: Online petition launched, calling for retractions...

Exclusive: NYTimes Public Editor Declines to Recommend Retraction for Multiple Erroneous Reports on False ACORN ‘Pimp’ Story

Despite repeated confirmation that the 'paper of record' was wrong, Clark Hoyt declines to recommend retractions

Describes O'Keefe as 'journalistically unethical,' but recommends only that editors avoid 'dressed as pimp' language in future coverage...

Hannah Giles Confirms (Again, This Time on Video) the O’Keefe-Breitbart ACORN ‘Pimp’ Lie

Confuses 'minstrel show' with 'menstrual cycle'

Plus Digby, and others, on why all of this matters...

In CPAC Meltdown, Breitbart Forced to ‘Apologize’ for ‘Apparently’ Lying About ACORN ‘Pimp’ Story

Tells confused listeners: 'I have to apologize to the nation'

Goes on to spend weekend lashing out at Vast Leftwing Conspiracy in various paranoid rants, as NYTimes still supports his hoax...

Giles Admits O’Keefe, Breitbart ACORN ‘Pimp’ Story was a Lie: ‘That Was B-Roll, Purely B-Roll’

Woman who posed as prostitute confirms repeated misreporting by NYTimes, many others

Why does 'paper of record' still refuse to retract, apologize?...

Breitbart Lied About ACORN ‘Pimp’ Videos When Selling Story in His Own Washington Times Column

Falsely asserted O'Keefe 'dressed as pimp' while 'asking for, getting help for illegal activities'; Still stands behind fabricated claim

Media Matters details mainstream outlets that took bait, fell for Breitbart/O'Keefe's sensationalized fiction...

Breitbart: ‘Ive Told Truth Every Step of Way’

Plus: On Breitbart buddy's Internet show tonight (Tue) at 9pm PT!

Media Watchdog Org Calls on NYTimes to Issue Retractions, Apologies for Repeated Misreporting of O’Keefe/Breitbart’s False ACORN ‘Pimp’ Claims

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