SPECIAL COVERAGE: O’Keefe / Breitbart’s ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax Revealed

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Links to The BRAD BLOG’s extensive, in-depth coverage of the James O’Keefe / Hannah Giles / Andrew Breitbart ACORN “Pimp” Hoax, as reported in excruciating detail over many months in 2010 and beyond, as the scam was revealed and undone piece by piece.

(For coverage of the GOP’s anti-ACORN jihad/”voter fraud” scam of 2008, see our Special Coverage page here.)

• 3/13/13: Brad Intvws Attny of San Diego ACORN Worker
• 3/12/13: Giles Paid $50k Settlement to Former San Diego ACORN Worker
• 3/8/13: O’Keefe Forced to Pay $100k to Former San Diego ACORN Worker
• 3/1/12: IN MEMORIAM: ANDREW BREITBART, 1969 – 2012
• 9/3/11: Breitbart May be Pulled into ACORN Worker Suit w/ O’Keefe, Giles
• 5/27/11: Judge Rejects O’Keefe’s ‘1st Amnd’ Defense in ACORN Worker Lawsuit
• 2/25/11: ACORN Scammer Giles Tosses Fellow Scammer O’Keefe ‘Under Bus’
• 9/29/10: O’Keefe’s CNN ‘Sex’ Scam May Violate MD’s Felony Wiretap Laws
• 8/30/10: NYTimes New Public Editor, Meet NYTimes’ Old ACORN Problem
• 7/13/10: ‘Crimes Caught on ACORN Tapes! O’Keefe’s!’ Maddow Covers Lawsuit
• 7/12/10: Former ACORN Employee Files Suit Against O’Keefe and Giles
• 6/13/10: NYT Public Editor, ‘Weasel’ Pens Farewell Column
• 6/3/10: FAIR Echoes Our Critique of ABC, Stephanopoulos Fail
• 6/1/10: ABC’s Stephanopoulos Quotes Discredted NYT w/ O’Keefe/Breitbart
• 5/27/10: FBI: Details on O’Keefe’s ‘Wiretap Plot’
• 5/26/10: O’Keefe Pleads Guilty in New Orleans
• 5/20/10: O’Keefe Dressed Down by Judge, Allowed to Avoid Trial
• 4/26/10: ‘Loser’ O’Keefe ‘Celebrated’ in Song
• 4/15/10: What? No Pulitzer Prize for Dirty Tricks?!
• 4/14/10: AP: Breitbart’s Newest Video Deception
• 4/8/10: Duplicate Anti-ACORN ‘Editorials’ Astroturfed in Rightwing Papers
• 4/7/10: Brad Interviews ACORN CEO Lewis
• 4/7/10: Maddow Airs Unedited ‘Pimp’ Tapes: ‘Firestorm Pure Manure’
• 4/6/10: NYT’s ACORN ‘Pimp’ Finally Goes Missing?
• 4/5/10: Maddow Video: ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax ‘Triumph of Fake Politics’
• 4/2/10: McClatchy/SacBee Corrects Cvrge of ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax (Hint: NYT!)
• 4/1/10: CA AG: VIDS ‘SEVERELY EDITED’, SHOW ‘NO VIOLATION OF LAW’
• 3/30/10: ‘Yes Men’: O’Keefe, Breitbart ‘Sad, Pathetic, Assholes’
• 3/29/10: Superstar GOP Atty Gets O’Keefe Felony Rap Reduced
• 3/26/10: AUDIO: Brad on S.F. Public Radio’s ‘Friday Media Roundtable’
• 3/26/10: GritTV: NYT’s Belated Correction ‘Way, Way, WAY Too Late’
• 3/24/10: VIDEO: Brad on Russian TV re: ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax, NYT Fail
• 3/23/10: No, NYT, O’Keefe Didn’t ‘Pose as a Pimp’ Either
• 3/22/10: NYT PARTIALLY CORRECTS ACORN ‘PIMP’ MISREPORTS
• 3/22/10: It’s About the Democracy & the Media, Stupid
• 3/22/10: GOP ‘Mission Accomplished: ACORN to Close Doors
• 3/20/10: NYT’S HOYT ADMITS: ‘TIMES WAS WRONG, I WAS WRONG’
• 3/15/10: More Media Condemnation for NYT ‘Pimp’ Hoax Coverage, Excuses
• 3/11/10: Media Watchdog FAIR Slams NYT Coverage as ‘Wildly Misleading’
• 3/12/10: VIDEO: ‘The Times Botched the Story’: Author on ‘DN!’
• 3/10/10: Another Legal Victory: Judge Finds Funding Ban ‘Unconstitutional’
• 3/10/10: Real Targets of GOP ACORN Smears: Truth, American Democracy
• 3/8/10: Take Note NYT!: How to ‘Edit Video to Meet Your Agenda’
• 3/7/10: Vote Fraudster Ann Coulter Jumps Into ‘Pimp’ Hoax Lying Game
• 3/5/10: VIDEO: Stephen Colbert Mocks ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax
• 3/4/10: ACORN STRIKES BACK! Demands ‘Accountability’ from NYT, Others
• 3/3/10: Transcripts Show O’Keefe & Giles ‘Buried the Truth’
• 3/2/10: Toon Depicts NYT Editor ‘as Weasel’ for ACORN Emails
• 3/1/10: NY D.A.: ‘No Criminality’ in ‘Highly Edited’ ACORN Videos
• 3/1/10: VIDEO: Breitbart Says ‘Had No Idea’ About ‘Pimp’ Hoax
• 2/26/10: NYT Exec Editor in ’05: ‘Fact-checking is our responsibility’
• 2/24/10: NYT’s Public Editor Accuses BRAD BLOG of ‘Political Agenda’
• 2/23/10: Exclusive: NYT Public Editor’s Remarkable ‘Pimp’ Hoax Emails
• 2/22/10: Giles Confirms on Video: ‘He Wasn’t Dressed Like a Pimp’
• 2/21/10: Breitbart ‘Apologizes’ for ‘Apparent’ ACORN ‘Pimp’ Lie
• 2/19/10: Giles Admits O’Keefe, Breitbart ACORN ‘Pimp’ Story a Lie
• 2/17/10: Breitbart Lied About ‘Pimp’ Claim in Own News Column
• 2/15/10: Group Demands NYTimes Retract O’Keefe ‘Pimp’ Reports
• 2/15/10: Breitbart Contradicts Self on O’Keefe Salary
• 2/11/10: Rightwing Blogger Attacks Our Coverage, Shoots Self Instead
• 2/10/10: ACORN Reacts to Times Editor Emails: ‘Troubling, Disturbing’
• 2/10/10: Follow-Up, Quick Summary of NYT’s O’Keefe Story FAIL
• 2/8/10: Exclusive: NYT Editor on False O’Keefe ‘Pimp’ Stories
• 2/4/10: Race Obsessions of O’Keefe; Twitter Tantrum of Breitbart
• 2/1/10: Questions for Breitbart, AP Investigates, NYTimes Fawns
• 1/30/10: O’Keefe/Breitbart Have Lame Story, Sticking to It
• 1/28/10: VIDEO: ‘Orly Taitz’ Andy Self-Destructs on MSNBC
• 1/27/10: Breitbart is a Criminal, According to Breitbart’s Logic
• 1/27/10: ACORN Defund Bill ‘Unconstitutional’ After GOP Scam
• 1/26/10: Anti-ACORN Videographer Arrested at Senator’s Office

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