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O'Keefe: The Media Are Picking on Me!

Was at Landrieu's office, 'could have used a different approach'

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 29, 2010 2:06 PM CST

(Newser) – James O’Keefe says he did not try to bug Mary Landrieu’s phone, and reports saying he did are false. In a lengthy statement on Andrew Breitbart’s Big Journalism blog railing against the media, the conservative activist acknowledges a "visit" to the senator's office and says, "On reflection, I could have used a different approach during this investigation, particularly given the sensitivities people understandably have about security in a federal building.”

O’Keefe says his intent was "to ask the staff if their phones were working" after Landrieu said she’d had difficulty answering constituents’ calls about the health care bill because her phone lines were jammed . “We video taped the entire visit, the government has those tapes, and I’m eager for them to be released because they refute the false claims being repeated by much of the mainstream media,” O’Keefe says.

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Sundiata

Feb 2, 2010 12:31 PM CST

What the hell is this how can people support this idiot> did anyone actually look a the source...this is lala land....falsely accused my ass they were caught red handed entering under false pretenses...illegal. Did you people forget that the world dosent really work with your neocon double-speak if it is your side it is ambition. if it is the opposition it is an agenda. your side some one is an outsider. opposition they are a radical.. the fed dosent play. illegal is illegal

Nancy_Knew

Feb 2, 2010 1:03 AM CST

Calling this "valid journalistic tactics"; spending money this Country doesn't have; many yearning to live on Pandora. Ever feel reality is under assault ?

Thinker

Jan 30, 2010 12:24 PM CST

Conservatives won't be able to deny these half-wits are actually "elites" when they get off with no jail time for their harmless little prank due to the fact they they're well connected ... AND, as we will see, above the law.

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O'Keefe: The Media Are Picking on Me!