I acknowledge there are cartoons of a more favorable view, but choose this one to make a point, even if there is a good side to the story.
Idiots! This guy thinks spoofing or "puncking" (you've been "Puncked" TV show) mainstream news media to tell false stories is good thing.
I grant it is good to test media due diligence, but do it wisely. Do not lie, just make them verify sources and facts.
This is a wrong minded initiative, an obvious ploy to gain fame any way he can.
"A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation."
By Shawn Boburg, Aaron C. Davis and Alice Crites By Shawn Boburg, Aaron C. Davis and Alice Crites Investigations
November 27, 2017
"A woman who falsely claimed to The Washington Post that Roy Moore, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama, impregnated her as a teenager appears to work with an organization that uses deceptive tactics to secretly record conversations in an effort to embarrass its targets.
In a series of interviews over two weeks, the woman shared a dramatic story about an alleged sexual relationship with Moore in 1992 that led to an abortion when she was 15. During the interviews, she repeatedly pressed Post reporters to give their opinions on the effects that her claims could have on Moore’s candidacy if she went public.
The Post did not publish an article based on her unsubstantiated account. When Post reporters confronted her with inconsistencies in her story and an Internet posting that raised doubts about her motivations, she insisted that she was not working with any organization that targets journalists.
But on Monday morning, Post reporters saw her walking into the New York offices of Project Veritas, an organization that targets the mainstream news media and left-leaning groups. The organization sets up undercover “stings” that involve using false cover stories and covert video recordings meant to expose what the group says is media bias."
What a dummy. What idiots. There's nothing good to come from this "project." The "project" has done a good service, although inadvertently, I am sure. The GOOD service is that mainstream media will be looking for false reports much more diligently.
" . . . The intent by Project Veritas clearly was to publicize the conversation if we fell for the trap. Because of our customary journalistic rigor, we weren’t fooled, and we can’t honor an ‘off-the-record’ agreement that was solicited in maliciously bad faith.”"
"The Post, like many other news organizations, has a strict policy against paying people for information and did not do so in its coverage of Moore."
