NPR Sting - James O'Keefe - Project Veritas

Description

O'Keefe secretly recorded a conversation between NPR's Ron Schiller and two of O'Keefe's partners, posing as representatives of the "Muslim Education Action Center."  The video, which was later revealed to be heavily edited, contained a number of instances of Schiller allegedly calling the Tea Party racist and Islamophobic.  

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Effects and Outcomes

O'Keefe started the NPR project after the firing of Juan Williams.  The public backlash against that act - Williams is a conservative - set the stage for significant attention paid to O'Keefe's videos.  Three NPR executives resigned as a result of these videos, and the House (but not the Senate) voted to defund NPR.  O'Keefe also released the full, unedited conversation with Schiller.  Among other outlets, conservative site The Blaze compared the claims of the edited version of the video to those of the unedited video, and found a number of discrepancies. 

Media History

The reporting was intended for these media types: Television, Internet

III-"NPR" - Project Veritas - James O'Keefe

2011-03-17

On March 8th, Project Veritas released Part 1 of its investigation of National Public Radio, followed by a second release.  The investigation, in which Project Veritas investigators posed as members of a fictional group founded by "members of the Muslim Brotherhood," was widely reported in the media and produced a dramatic response from NPR and its board members. The following video contains a full conversation between Project Veritas' undercover investigator, Simon Templar, and Betsy Liley, NPR's Senior Director of Institutional Giving along with James O'Keefe's call to George Soros' Open Society Foundation. In addition, Project Veritas would like to thank Pamela Geller for her cooperation with Project Muslim Brotherhood.

II-"NPR" - Project Veritas - James O'Keefe

2011-03-10

"On Tuesday, Project Veritas released Part 1 of its investigation of National Public Radio.  The investigation, in which Project Veritas investigators posed as members of a fictional group founded by "members of the Muslim Brotherhood," was widely reported in the media and produced a dramatic response from NPR and its board members. The following video contains conversations between Project Veritas undercover investigator, Simon Templar, and Betsy Liley, NPR's Senior Director of Institutional Giving. . . "

I-"NPR- Project Veritas Investigates: NPR" - Project Veritas - James O'Keefe

2011-03-08

Project Veritas' latest investigation focuses on the publically-funded media organization, National Public Radio.  PV investigative reporters, Shaughn Adeleye and Simon Templar posed as members of the Muslim Action Education Center, a non-existent group with a goal to "spread the acceptance of Sharia across the world." In this first video, produced by James O'Keefe, Shaughn and Simon sit down with NPR Foundation President Ron Schiller.

"Judge for Yourself - NPR's Ron Schiller" - Project Veritas - James O'Keefe

2011-03-08

"Project Veritas, in order to offer transparency in reporting, has released the full two-hour video later today related to Part 1 of our NPR Investigation. The video, which is largely the raw video and audio of the entire conversation with NPR Foundation's President Ron Schiller, does contain one brief section in which the audio is redacted in order to ensure the safety of an NPR overseas correspondent. . ."