Hannah Giles: ACORN & the Fringe Media May Hate Your Guts, But We Love You
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on October 28, 2009

ACORN is suing 'pimp' James O'Keefe and 'prostitute' Hannah Giles who, while undercover, exposed ACORN corruption in six major city offices
Hannah Giles, half of the determined, intrepid duo of the “Pimp/Prostitute” undercover team that is bringing down the corrupt House of ACORN, has a terrific piece on Big Government this morning.
She gives the “LameStream Media” (chortle… her amusing term that I just may have to steal) a well-deserved smack-about for their continued lack of journalistic curiosity and lack of desire to dig up the truth for the American people. Especially with a story that is even juicier than that of Britney Spears’ on-again, off-again meltdown last year (remember that? The MSM was all over it for eons), or Lindsay Lohan’s ongoing meltdown (another fave of the MSM), or Paris Hilton’s jail sentencing (again, the MSM went nuts over this).
But that was 2008, pre-Obama. Seems such a long time ago…
Now, the vast majority of embarrassing exposés that are overhyped are linked to Republicans, those that are deemed worthy of any diligent fringe media coverage (how many times did we have to watch Gov. Mark Sanford cry on the evening news about his extramarital affair?). Barely a peep and nary a teary eye was broadcast about scumbag Democrat John Edwards’ illicit affair and discovery of his resulting love child. Even Kanye West’s outrageous insulting of MTV winner Taylor Swift got MUCH less air time on the network fringe media outlets than did Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie” outburst (for which he apologized without any crying). No media outcry and little coverage when Speaker of the Nancy Pelosi states that more than half of America, those that are conservative or who aren’t supportive of ObamaCare (which includes a growing number of offended registered Democrats nationwide), are unpatriotic.
To Hannah: You, James O’Keefe, and thousands of other young journalists in our nation will replace these dusty media dinosaurs. Keep marching on with your valiant quest to uncover the truth and expose corruption, young woman… America needs you.
Even if ACORN hates your guts about now. The fringe media, too… after all, you and O’Keefe scooped all the giant media dinosaurs. Scooped ‘em royally.
We love you, girl.
Here’s a portion of her biting essay, be sure to read it in its entirety:
From Hannah Giles, Big Government: LameStream Media: Why Did You Bypass These Juicy ACORN Nuggets?
I would HATE to be known as the journalist who never saw the bigger picture, lacked the creativity and ambition to approach a story from a fresh perspective, and contributed to the apathy of an entire nation. And I honestly, from the bottom of my heart, think every wannabe and professional journalist has the same attitude.
So why aren’t they behaving accordingly? Fear? Comfort? A false sense of purpose?
I don’t know about the rest of the press corps but all of the above scenarios scream scandalous to me. They’d be worthwhile news.

O'Keefe and Giles strike again in Philly: Another ACORN falls from the depraved, corruption tree in the City of Brotherly Love, or is it now 'City of Prostitute Love'?
Related ACORN reading:
Andrew Marcus, Big Government: Alleged Corruption In Obama’s Working Families Party: ‘Inside The DFS Experience’
Andrew Breitbart, Big Journalism: ‘You Are a Bad, Bad, Bad Journalist’
Patterico’s Pontifications:Hannah Giles Challenges the Media and L.A. Times Fails to Disclose that Author of Fact-Challenged Pro-ACORN Op-Ed Has Been ACORN Consultant
Gateway Pundit: Breaking: Obama’s White House ACORN Operative Fined $775,000 For Election Violations- Used Rapists & Burglars in Door-to-Door Registration Drives and Figures. ACORN Was Behind Franken’s Stolen Senate Seat and Zombie Robbery… 2,812 Dead Voters May Give MN Senate Seat to Franken
Michael Volpe, Big Government: The Future of Wade Rathke and ACORN, Part II: Tea Parties and Protests
Frugal Café Blog Zone: ACORN in Another Sex-Fraud Scandal Uncovered by O’Keefe & Giles: Philadelphia… Now City of “Prostitute Love” (video) and Why Did FEMA Award $1 Million ‘Fire Prevention’ Grant to ACORN? and ACORN’s Brazen $7 Million Lawsuit Against Filmmakers O’Keefe, Giles, & Breitbart Has Little Support (video) and ACORN: “We’ll Help You Get Away with Stuff” — Jay Leno, Bill O’Reilly, & Dennis Miller Weigh In (video) and ‘Big Government’s’ Breitbart Lets Major TV News Media Have It for Lying, Ignoring, or Distorting ACORN Child Hooker-Tax Fraud Scandal (video)
Matthew Vadum, Big Government: ACORN Operative Patrick Gaspard Received Collegaue at White House
VotingFemale Speaks!: CNN Blames Bias on their drop to last place; denies it is due to THEIR OWN Obamaganda
Matthew Vadum, Big Government, BREAKING: ACORN Ally Nadler Resists Probe While Giving ACORN Advice:
Veronique de Rugy, Big Government: We Are Living in an Ayn Rand Novel
Radio Vice Online: ACORN: Who will be fired in Philadelphia? Housing, prostitution, fraud
Stage Right, Big Government: Media Matters: Never Mind About All Those Facts… We Have a Police Report!
Publius, Big Government: Reps. Bono Mack, Ehlers Co-Sponsor House Resolution to Investigate ACORN and WaPo: Duo Release Another Video of Their Meeting with ACORN Worker
American Spectator: Philly Video Proves ACORN Was Lying
Billy Hollowell, Big Government: The Media’s Complicity: Anaysis of ACORN Coverage
Nice Deb: Video: Breitbart’s ACORN Unveiled Press Conference and Bill O’Reilly To MN Gov. Pawlenty: Take Another Look At ACORN’s 43,000 Votes For Al Franken
Andrew Marcus, Big Government: Major ACORN Victory In New York Thanks In Part To Van Jones
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), Big Government: FEMA Grant to ACORN is Offensive
Wall Street Journal: Bank Pulls Back From Acorn Work
US News & World Report: ACORN Story Shows How Internet Reporting Is Beating the New York Times
Traction Control: New Hannah vid – Acorn caught in more lies
Republican Redefined: ACORN at it Again: The War Against the Popular Rule Rages On
James O’Keefe, Big Government: Unsolved Mysteries and Irreconcilable Difference for Mr. Scott Harshbarger
Publius, Big Government: Bertha Lewis: Help ACORN, Vote Obama! and Ethics Are Voters’ Top Issue? How Did That Happen… and ACORN Tactics Revealed in Discovered Documents
Are you Freaking Stupid?: Who would leave computers behind which contain incriminating evidence, with get this the passwords in the desk drawers? Um..ACORN
Michael McCray, Big Government: ACORN Layoffs are Taxpayer Rip-offs
Patrick Courrielche , Big Hollywood: ObamaVision: What (4th Place) CNN Chose Not to Report
Michelle Malkin: ACORN Watch: Fight the thugs and A tale of two protection rackets: ACORN’s — and the media’s
GayPatriot: NYTimes fails to report memo detailing ACORN’s trouble in wake of the left-wing organization’s latest scandals
Capitol Confidential, Big Government: Exclusive: FEMA Awards Fire Prevention Grant to ACORN
Publius, Big Government: Slate: Two Cheers for Andrew Breitbart and ACORN Scandal Hits London Media
Big Hollywood: Breitbart Uses Netroots Tricks to Take Down ACORN
Maura Flynn, Big Government: ACORN Founder Wade Rathke: “There Is a Different Culture”
Kyle Olson, Big Government: ACORN ‘Advisory’ Committee Has Huge Stake in Success of Group
Ben Shapiro, Big Government: White House Creates ACORN for the Arts
NBC San Diego: Arnold Jumps into ACORN Scandal
Anita MonCrief: Schumer, Gutierrez and Waters Honored for Governing the “ACORN Way” at Anniversary Celebration
Bret Jacobson, Big Government: SEIU’s Texas Roadshow: Will They ‘Kill’ Your Company?
Tom Steward, Big Government: An Early ACORN Whistleblower: Karen Inman
Macsmind: Let’s Ramp Up Investigation into All the Organizations of the Left
Big Government: ACORN’s Working Family of Democratic Socialists
Hot Air: Breitbart: I thought Bertha Lewis was grateful that we exposed ACORN’s corruption and ACORN chief: Targeting a minority group with a prostitution sting is racist or something and Is ACORN operating in Maryland illegally? and Conyers’s wife cops plea to federal bribery charges — as Conyers drops probe of ACORN
Kristina Rasmussen, Big Government: Illinois Grant to ACORN Housing Under Review
Wellsy’s World: Disgrace: ACORN sues undercover journalists
Big Hollywood: ACORN Video Investigation
Patrick Tuohey, Big Government: Turning Tea Party Patriots into Political Petitioners
Scared Monkeys: Why Isn’t President Barack Obama Interested in Child Sex Slaves and Human Trafficking or Find it Important?
Goodtimepolitics: ACORN Plot Recovered From Computers Abandoned By ACORN workers
Big Government: James O’Keefe Chats with FOX News’ Chris Wallace
Mike Flynn, Big Government: ACORN Recap Video: Pictures Worth Two Weeks of News




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