Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Project Veritas" in English language version.
Assuming (the video is) accurate, it's unacceptable", said Ben Johnson of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. "The video is incredibly troubling. I'm less concerned with the filmmakers and what their motivations might have been, and more concerned with making sure we're spending taxpayer money appropriately, that we're rooting out fraud, wherever it is, and that we're running a clean program. The end result of this is we're going to take this video and we're going to use it as a training video.
Gov. Paul LePage regarding the video: "The video in its entirety does not show a person willfully helping someone defraud the welfare system."
False information can make movements defend the accuracy of their own claims and materials because of doubt sowed by countermovements and governments (Tufekci 2017). For instance, Project Veritas, an alt-right group, has a track record of attacking movements through misleading editing of videos and through fabricated 'sting' operations (Benkler et al. 2018).
O'Keefe is the head of Project Veritas, a far-right outlet that uses misleading edits and various forms of entrapment to try and catch Democrats, liberals, and media members in "shocking" statements.
To wit, Schiller's apparently bemused response to sharia law supposedly on the march was spliced-in from an unrelated moment of the discourse—a blatant deception through editing.
In November 2017, for example, the right-wing disinformation outfit Project Veritas tried to trip up The Washington Post, offering the Post a fake informant who told the Post that Roy Moore had impregnated her when she was a teenager.
The far-right conspiracy theory-driven group Project Veritas is offering rewards of $25,000 for tips relating to election fraud in Pennsylvania.
O'Keefe is best known for his hidden camera sting operations against people whom he perceives to be left-wing. Over the last week, Project Veritas has converted itself into a hub for thinly-sourced and outright implausible voter fraud conspiracy theories, including a claim that Michigan USPS workers were backdating mail-in ballots — even though Michigan does not even accept mail-in ballots delivered after Election Day in the first place.
Project Veritas seems to only consider influencing political outcomes, though. O'Keefe's open pride in affecting the employment of several individuals in leadership for various liberal media outlets, his hand in influencing political elections, or even influencing public opinion on abortion are striking. Conducting guerrilla journalism that seeks to expose only liberals and Democrats is inherently ideological.
Project Veritas seems to only consider influencing political outcomes, though. O'Keefe's open pride in affecting the employment of several individuals in leadership for various liberal media outlets, his hand in influencing political elections, or even influencing public opinion on abortion are striking. Conducting guerrilla journalism that seeks to expose only liberals and Democrats is inherently ideological.
For an operation premised on conspiracy theories and fueled by raging paranoia, it will come as no surprise that the agents helping to spearhead Project Veritas's election mischief are oddballs on the fringes of American political life.
O'Keefe is best known for his hidden camera sting operations against people whom he perceives to be left-wing. Over the last week, Project Veritas has converted itself into a hub for thinly-sourced and outright implausible voter fraud conspiracy theories, including a claim that Michigan USPS workers were backdating mail-in ballots — even though Michigan does not even accept mail-in ballots delivered after Election Day in the first place.
James O'Keefe is a celebrated right-wing pseudo-journalist whose job consists largely of attempting to prove various conservative conspiracy theories but, instead, accidentally disproving them. [...] But this larger conceptual problem with O'Keefe's enterprise creates a secondary problem, which is that the people who are dumb enough to believe these conspiracy theories are not generally smart enough to carry out a competent entrapment scheme.
Cassandra Spencer, a Defiance Press publishing manager who previously worked for the conservative activist group Project Veritas, is also set to appear at the rally
Right-wing conspiracy theories are spread by homegrown US outfits such as Project Veritas, started in 2010 by James O'Keefe, and Infowars, set up a decade earlier by Alex Jones.
For an operation premised on conspiracy theories and fueled by raging paranoia, it will come as no surprise that the agents helping to spearhead Project Veritas's election mischief are oddballs on the fringes of American political life.
James O'Keefe is a celebrated right-wing pseudo-journalist whose job consists largely of attempting to prove various conservative conspiracy theories but, instead, accidentally disproving them. [...] But this larger conceptual problem with O'Keefe's enterprise creates a secondary problem, which is that the people who are dumb enough to believe these conspiracy theories are not generally smart enough to carry out a competent entrapment scheme.
O'Keefe grew up in Westwood, N.J., and still lives with his parents.
Project Veritas is a right-wing conspiracy theory website that critics say relies on doctored videos and aggressive, videotaped altercations to promote radical ideas and often baseless conspiracy theories in an attempt to discredit those they oppose.
A right-wing conspiracy outfit partners with a man of questionable reputation in the Somali community to allege "ballot harvesting fraud" in Minnesota. [...] Again though, with all the anonymous sources and vague allegations, even people sympathetic to O'Keefe's conspiracy theory may have trouble following the plotline.
To wit, Schiller's apparently bemused response to sharia law supposedly on the march was spliced-in from an unrelated moment of the discourse—a blatant deception through editing.
Further, the Trump Foundation gave $10,000 to Project Veritas in 2015. Just as Trump is skeptical of Rodriguez's motives because of her previous payment from the Clinton campaign, readers should also be wary of Trump touting a Project Veritas video that matches his campaign rhetoric.
Gov. Paul LePage regarding the video: "The video in its entirety does not show a person willfully helping someone defraud the welfare system."
O'Keefe is the head of Project Veritas, a far-right outlet that uses misleading edits and various forms of entrapment to try and catch Democrats, liberals, and media members in "shocking" statements.
Cassandra Spencer, a Defiance Press publishing manager who previously worked for the conservative activist group Project Veritas, is also set to appear at the rally
The far-right conspiracy theory-driven group Project Veritas is offering rewards of $25,000 for tips relating to election fraud in Pennsylvania.
Right-wing conspiracy theories are spread by homegrown US outfits such as Project Veritas, started in 2010 by James O'Keefe, and Infowars, set up a decade earlier by Alex Jones.
Project Veritas is a right-wing conspiracy theory website that critics say relies on doctored videos and aggressive, videotaped altercations to promote radical ideas and often baseless conspiracy theories in an attempt to discredit those they oppose.
A right-wing conspiracy outfit partners with a man of questionable reputation in the Somali community to allege "ballot harvesting fraud" in Minnesota. [...] Again though, with all the anonymous sources and vague allegations, even people sympathetic to O'Keefe's conspiracy theory may have trouble following the plotline.
O'Keefe grew up in Westwood, N.J., and still lives with his parents.
Assuming (the video is) accurate, it's unacceptable", said Ben Johnson of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. "The video is incredibly troubling. I'm less concerned with the filmmakers and what their motivations might have been, and more concerned with making sure we're spending taxpayer money appropriately, that we're rooting out fraud, wherever it is, and that we're running a clean program. The end result of this is we're going to take this video and we're going to use it as a training video.
Further, the Trump Foundation gave $10,000 to Project Veritas in 2015. Just as Trump is skeptical of Rodriguez's motives because of her previous payment from the Clinton campaign, readers should also be wary of Trump touting a Project Veritas video that matches his campaign rhetoric.
To wit, Schiller's apparently bemused response to sharia law supposedly on the march was spliced-in from an unrelated moment of the discourse—a blatant deception through editing.
Project Veritas seems to only consider influencing political outcomes, though. O'Keefe's open pride in affecting the employment of several individuals in leadership for various liberal media outlets, his hand in influencing political elections, or even influencing public opinion on abortion are striking. Conducting guerrilla journalism that seeks to expose only liberals and Democrats is inherently ideological.
Right-wing conspiracy theories are spread by homegrown US outfits such as Project Veritas, started in 2010 by James O'Keefe, and Infowars, set up a decade earlier by Alex Jones.
In November 2017, for example, the right-wing disinformation outfit Project Veritas tried to trip up The Washington Post, offering the Post a fake informant who told the Post that Roy Moore had impregnated her when she was a teenager.
