Now that the presidential election is over, James O’Keefe, the undercover videographer of Project Veritas, is turning his sights on the media. Thursday, he released 119 hours of audio secretly taped inside CNN’s headquarters. He will be releasing another 100 hours soon. A disgruntled CNN employee made the recordings in 2009. Employees — including management — are heard freely expressing their biases and how they affect news coverage.

A small portion of the 119 hours of material has been transcribed already. Nicki Robertson, a CNN assignment desk editor, says, “Fox News, I think Fox News is unbearable. It’s horrible.” She goes on in a disdainful voice, “It’s so American.”

“I think Fox News is unbearable. It’s horrible. It’s so American.” CNN assignment desk editor

Richard T. Griffiths, vice president and senior editorial director at CNN, is heard explaining that the fundamental role of a journalist is in part to “aid the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” He adds, “It’s actually one of the things I can be most proud of as a journalist.”

In another clip, Miss X — who apparently is the undercover journalist — can be heard questioning why an outdated poll was being used, regarding Americans’ opinions of (as yet unconfirmed) Supreme Court appointee Sonia Sotomayor. Arthur Brice answers her: “I don’t think we stand to change how people think of her.”

Arthur Brice is the executive editor of CNN. Joe Sterling was the news desk editor for CNN’s The Wire at the time. Sterling is also heard saying in regards to whether global warming is caused by man, “There’s no debate.” He compares it to “born-agains'” absolute belief in creationism and says, “I admit, I’m a little biased. The only spin I think is going on is by Republicans.” 

The Scandal is Going to Get Bigger

O’Keefe is utilizing crowdsourcing, asking for help transcribing the audio since he lacks the manpower. He has been criticized in the past for selectively releasing only parts of his undercover videos, so the release of raw material should dispel those accusations. His organization compares its new strategy to that of Wikileaks.

“The media’s relationship with the establishment renders them incapable of challenging the normative order in our society, while the media systematically targets and shames any independent media organization or citizen which attempts to ferret out real information,” O’Keefe says. “So it’s time to turn their tactics and rules against them.”

While O’Keefe doesn’t think this will necessarily result in the demise of CNN, he told Gateway Pundit, “[E]very time we have previously released undercover audio/video someone does end up fired, someone does end up in jail.” He says he has operatives currently working at several media outlets. He is also offering $10,000 to people who can provide inside evidence of “corruption, malfeasance and wrongdoing” within the newsroom, and he promises to protect his sources’ identities. 

The biased so-called mainstream media is already going on the defensive protecting one of their own primary outlets, claiming that most of the CNN employees caught recorded no longer work there. That is fake news. Most of them still work there and in fact at least one has been promoted.

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