Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The incredible shrinking scandal

From "Watergate Jr." to a misdemeanor charge... » Mainstream Media, MSNBC Get Huge Black Eye From O’Keefe and ‘Watergate, Jr.’ - Big Journalism.

James O’Keefe pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor today for his guerrilla-reporting stunt last January in the New Orleans offices of Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu. The charge that he has admitted to, “entering federal property under false pretenses,” is a far cry from the phone-bugging and Watergate Jr. distortions first screamed by the MSM in high-octane hyperventilation mode when the story first broke in January.
Expect much spin today as the left-wing media machine attempt to paint this as a defeat for O’Keefe, Breitbart and the Bigs. But, make no mistake, the bottom line of this story is the media was wrong, they were embarrassed, they provided Big Journalism with its first big victory, and James O’Keefe is free and ready to continue his investigative work in exposing the failures of big government and Great Society programs that are enslaving the poor and downtrodden instead of providing freedom and opportunity to those who need it most.

Update: Patterico says O'Keefe has actually been libeled.

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