{"id":8955,"date":"2011-11-26T20:30:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T04:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?page_id=8955"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:22:15","slug":"special-coverage-okeefe-breitbarts-acorn-pimp-hoax-revealed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?page_id=8955","title":{"rendered":"SPECIAL COVERAGE: O&#8217;Keefe \/ Breitbart&#8217;s ACORN &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Hoax Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/NYTimes_Okeefe_Acorn2_Hoyt_Breitbart_Weasel.png\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><em>Links to <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\">The BRAD BLOG&#8217;s<\/a> extensive, in-depth coverage of the James O&#8217;Keefe \/ Hannah Giles \/ Andrew Breitbart ACORN &#8220;Pimp&#8221; Hoax, as reported in excruciating detail over many months in 2010 and beyond, as the scam was revealed and undone piece by piece.<\/p>\n<p>(For coverage of the GOP&#8217;s anti-ACORN jihad\/&#8221;voter fraud&#8221; scam of 2008, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/ACORN\">Special Coverage page here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&bull; 3\/13\/13: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9921\">Brad Intvws Attny of San Diego ACORN Worker<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/12\/13: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9916\"><b>Giles Paid $50k Settlement to Former San Diego ACORN Worker<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/8\/13: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9909\"><b>O&#8217;Keefe Forced to Pay $100k to Former San Diego ACORN Worker<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/1\/12: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9156\"><b><i>IN MEMORIAM: ANDREW BREITBART, 1969 &#8211; 2012<\/i><\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 9\/3\/11: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=8795\"><i>Breitbart May be Pulled into ACORN Worker Suit w\/ O&#8217;Keefe, Giles<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 5\/27\/11: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=8542\">Judge Rejects O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s &#8216;1st Amnd&#8217; Defense in ACORN Worker Lawsuit<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/25\/11: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=8373\"><i>ACORN Scammer Giles Tosses Fellow Scammer O&#8217;Keefe &#8216;Under Bus&#8217;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 9\/29\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=8099\"><i>O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s CNN &#8216;Sex&#8217; Scam May Violate MD&#8217;s Felony Wiretap Laws<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 8\/30\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=8019\">NYTimes New Public Editor, Meet NYTimes&#8217; Old ACORN Problem<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 7\/13\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7944\">&#8216;Crimes Caught on ACORN Tapes! O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s!&#8217; Maddow Covers Lawsuit<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 7\/12\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7940\"><b>Former ACORN Employee Files Suit Against O&#8217;Keefe and Giles<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 6\/13\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7892\"><b>NYT Public Editor, &#8216;Weasel&#8217; Pens Farewell Column<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 6\/3\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7873\">FAIR Echoes Our Critique of ABC, Stephanopoulos Fail<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 6\/1\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7870\">ABC&#8217;s Stephanopoulos Quotes Discredted NYT w\/ O&#8217;Keefe\/Breitbart<\/b><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 5\/27\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7863\"><i>FBI: Details on O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s &#8216;Wiretap Plot&#8217; <\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 5\/26\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7860\"><b>O&#8217;Keefe Pleads Guilty in New Orleans<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 5\/20\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7852\">O&#8217;Keefe Dressed Down by Judge, Allowed to Avoid Trial<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 4\/26\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7813\">&#8216;Loser&#8217; O&#8217;Keefe &#8216;Celebrated&#8217; in Song<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 4\/15\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7803\">What? No Pulitzer Prize for Dirty Tricks?!<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 4\/14\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7800\">AP: Breitbart&#8217;s Newest Video Deception<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 4\/8\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7791\">Duplicate Anti-ACORN &#8216;Editorials&#8217; Astroturfed in Rightwing Papers<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 4\/7\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7789\"><i>Brad Interviews ACORN CEO Lewis<\/b><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 4\/7\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7788\"><b>Maddow Airs Unedited &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Tapes: &#8216;Firestorm Pure Manure&#8217;<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 4\/6\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7787\">NYT&#8217;s ACORN &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Finally Goes Missing?<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 4\/5\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7783\"><i>Maddow Video: ACORN &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Hoax &#8216;Triumph of Fake Politics&#8217;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 4\/2\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7782\"><i>McClatchy\/SacBee Corrects Cvrge of ACORN &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Hoax (Hint: NYT!)<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 4\/1\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7780\"><b>CA AG: VIDS &#8216;SEVERELY EDITED&#8217;, SHOW &#8216;NO VIOLATION OF LAW&#8217;<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/30\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7774\"><b>&#8216;Yes Men&#8217;: O&#8217;Keefe, Breitbart &#8216;Sad, Pathetic, Assholes&#8217;<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/29\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7772\"><b>Superstar GOP Atty Gets O&#8217;Keefe Felony Rap Reduced<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/26\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7768\">AUDIO: Brad on S.F. Public Radio&#8217;s &#8216;Friday Media Roundtable&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/26\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7767\"><i>GritTV: NYT&#8217;s Belated Correction &#8216;Way, Way, WAY Too Late&#8217;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/24\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7763\">VIDEO: Brad on Russian TV re: ACORN &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Hoax, NYT Fail<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/23\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7761\"><i>No, NYT, O&#8217;Keefe Didn&#8217;t &#8216;Pose as a Pimp&#8217; Either<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/22\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7759\"><b>NYT PARTIALLY CORRECTS ACORN &#8216;PIMP&#8217; MISREPORTS<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/22\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7758\">It&#8217;s About the Democracy &#038; the Media, Stupid<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/22\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7757\"><b>GOP &#8216;Mission Accomplished: ACORN to Close Doors<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/20\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7755\"><b>NYT&#8217;S HOYT ADMITS: &#8216;TIMES WAS WRONG, I WAS WRONG&#8217;<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/15\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7745\">More Media Condemnation for NYT &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Hoax Coverage, Excuses<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/11\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7740\"><b>Media Watchdog FAIR Slams NYT Coverage as &#8216;Wildly Misleading&#8217;<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/12\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7743\"><i>VIDEO: &#8216;The Times Botched the Story&#8217;: Author on &#8216;DN!&#8217;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/10\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7736\"><b>Another Legal Victory: Judge Finds Funding Ban &#8216;Unconstitutional&#8217;<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/10\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7707\"><i>Real Targets of GOP ACORN Smears: Truth, American Democracy<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/8\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7731\">Take Note NYT!: How to &#8216;Edit Video to Meet Your Agenda&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/7\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7730\">Vote Fraudster Ann Coulter Jumps Into &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Hoax Lying Game<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/5\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7729\"><i>VIDEO: Stephen Colbert Mocks ACORN &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Hoax<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/4\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7728\"><i>ACORN STRIKES BACK! Demands &#8216;Accountability&#8217; from NYT, Others<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/3\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7725\">Transcripts Show O&#8217;Keefe &#038; Giles &#8216;Buried the Truth&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/2\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7724\"><i>Toon Depicts NYT Editor &#8216;as Weasel&#8217; for ACORN Emails<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/1\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7721\"><b>NY D.A.: &#8216;No Criminality&#8217; in &#8216;Highly Edited&#8217; ACORN Videos<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 3\/1\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7719\"><b>VIDEO: Breitbart Says &#8216;Had No Idea&#8217; About &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Hoax<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/26\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7718\">NYT Exec Editor in &#8217;05: &#8216;Fact-checking is our responsibility&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/24\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7716\"><i>NYT&#8217;s Public Editor Accuses BRAD BLOG of &#8216;Political Agenda&#8217;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/23\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7715\"><b>Exclusive: NYT Public Editor&#8217;s Remarkable &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Hoax Emails<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/22\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7714\"><i>Giles Confirms on Video: &#8216;He Wasn&#8217;t Dressed Like a Pimp&#8217;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/21\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7710\"><b>Breitbart &#8216;Apologizes&#8217; for &#8216;Apparent&#8217; ACORN &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Lie<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/19\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7708\"><b>Giles Admits O&#8217;Keefe, Breitbart ACORN &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Story a Lie<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/17\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7705\"><b>Breitbart Lied About &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Claim in Own News Column<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/15\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7701\"><i>Group Demands <\/i>NYTimes<i> Retract O&#8217;Keefe &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Reports<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/15\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7699\">Breitbart Contradicts Self on O&#8217;Keefe Salary<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/11\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7695\">Rightwing Blogger Attacks Our Coverage, Shoots Self Instead<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/10\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7694\"><i>ACORN Reacts to Times Editor Emails: &#8216;Troubling, Disturbing&#8217;<\/i><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/10\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7692\">Follow-Up, Quick Summary of NYT&#8217;s O&#8217;Keefe Story FAIL<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/8\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7689\"><b>Exclusive: NYT Editor on False O&#8217;Keefe &#8216;Pimp&#8217; Stories<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/4\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7684\">Race Obsessions of O&#8217;Keefe; Twitter Tantrum of Breitbart<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 2\/1\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7677\"><b>Questions for Breitbart, AP Investigates, NYTimes Fawns<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 1\/30\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7675\"><b>O&#8217;Keefe\/Breitbart Have Lame Story, Sticking to It<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 1\/28\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7671\">VIDEO: &#8216;Orly Taitz&#8217; Andy Self-Destructs on MSNBC<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 1\/27\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7668\"><b>Breitbart is a Criminal, According to Breitbart&#8217;s Logic<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 1\/27\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7610\">ACORN Defund Bill &#8216;Unconstitutional&#8217; After GOP Scam<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; 1\/26\/10: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7667\"><b>Anti-ACORN Videographer Arrested at Senator&#8217;s Office<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links to The BRAD BLOG&#8217;s extensive, in-depth coverage of the James O&#8217;Keefe \/ Hannah Giles \/ Andrew Breitbart ACORN &#8220;Pimp&#8221; Hoax, as reported in excruciating detail over many months in 2010 and beyond, as the scam was revealed and undone piece by piece. 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