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Martin, Trayvon, 19, 246
Marx, Greg, 56
Massachusetts, 27, 219–23
McBride, Kelly, 210–12
McCain, John, 15, 36–37
McCarthy, Michael, 86–87
McChrystal, Stanley, 14
McEntee, John, 78–79
McGrath, Brendan, 62
McInnes, Gavin, 155–56
Media Matters, 104, 145–47, 183, 250, 253
Medicaid, 15
Mexico, 31–33, 36
Meyer, Philip, 56
MICAH, 95
Miller, Samantha, 227–28
Miller, Zeke, 139
Milwaukee, 93–94, 101, 104, 238–40
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 237, 239–41
Minnesota, 108–9, 137–38
Minter, Aaron (“Aaron Black”), 122, 126, 150, 174
Miranda, Luis, 175, 176
Mock, Brentin, 17
Mook, Robby, 121, 181
Moore, Michael, 243–46
Moscow rules, 60
MSNBC, 167, 211, 257
Morning Joe, 82, 247, 264
To Catch a Predator, 52
Mullen, William, 48, 49
Murray, Charles, 13
Murray Energy, 28
My Lai massacre, 14
Nakoula, Nakoula Basseley (later Mark Basseley Youssef), 5
Nation (magazine), 17, 243
national anthem controversy, 86–87
National Education Association (NEA), 62. See also New Jersey Educational Association (NJEA)
National Labor Council, 98
National Press Club, 16, 225, 228, 236, 272
National Review (magazine), 25, 42, 267
Nazaryan, Alexander, 275
Nazism, 126, 226, 231–32
NBC, 41, 146, 216, 217, 249
Access Hollywood tape, 139–40
General Motors defamation case, 28
George Zimmerman defamation case, 25
Neumann-Ortiz, Christine, 94
New Black Panther Party, 194
New Hampshire, 15, 25, 80
New Jersey Educational Association (NJEA), 62–75
New Journalism, 10
New Orleans, 26–27, 30, 34, 41, 74, 118, 154, 179, 204–7
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 26–27, 205
New York City, 15–16
New York Daily News, 48, 89–90
New York magazine, 22
New York Post, 22, 64, 89, 255, 272
New York Times, 4, 8, 210–12, 220, 251–52
American Pravda series, 257, 265, 267–76
lawsuits against, 28
and political correctness, 6
politics of, 57, 59, 91–93, 111, 242, 244–45, 247, 251–52
on Project Veritas, 22, 24, 30, 89, 178–79, 185
“The Truth” campaign, 212
New York Times v. United States, 217
New York University (NYU), 46, 57–58
New York World, 47
Newsroom (television series), 151
Newsweek (magazine), 159–60, 275
NFL, 86–87
1984 (Orwell), 7, 81
Nixon, Richard, 14, 225. See also Watergate scandal
North Carolina, 86, 126, 172, 179, 228
North Dakota, 231
NPR (National Public Radio), 15, 24–25, 46, 52, 56, 93, 240, 247, 271
Nunberg, Sam, 1
Obama, Barack, 5, 95, 102, 104, 174, 182
and ACORN, 15, 20, 23
and Acton & Dystel (literary agency), 2
birth certificate of, 1
and border security, 37, 41–42
at Columbia University, 1–2
and Dreamers, 121
farewell speech, 186
and Fox News, 180, 249–52, 255
and the media, 57, 59, 111, 224, 249–52, 255, 259, 269, 271, 274
on voter fraud, 194, 199
Obamacare. See Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
Occupy Wisconsin, 95
Occupy Wall Street, 122
O’Keefe, James
arrest of, 26, 30, 74, 154, 204, 205
banned from Facebook, 141
banned from Twitter, 137–43, 153, 157
crossing of Rio Grande dressed as Osama bin Laden, 32–33, 36–37, 39, 41, 43, 78, 80, 141
meeting with Donald Trump, 1–3, 76–80
Reddit AMA, 154, 170–71, 173–74
See also Project Veritas
Olen, Jeffrey, 11
Oliver, John, 28
One Wisconsin Now, 238
O’Reilly, Bill, 21, 41, 246, 251–52
O’Reilly Factor, The, 21, 161
Orton, Josh, 137–39
Orwell, George, 7, 10, 44, 81. 90
Overton, Joseph, 12
Overton Window (range of acceptable facts and policies), 12, 86, 174, 268
Pacino, Al, 158, 189
“Packard, Steve” (nom de guerre of “Rigging the Election” reporter), 93–102, 104–7, 114–36, 144
Palin, Sarah, 14, 28, 143
Pelosi, Christine, 127
Pelosi, Nancy, 104, 127–28
Pence, Mike, 113, 118, 120, 122, 126, 273
People for the American Way (FRAW), 92, 97, 100
Perricone, Sal, 27
Peters, Jeremy, 265
Petrohilos, Dylan, 231
Pettie, Earnest, 270
Philadelphia, 193–197, 200
Philadelphia Inquirer, 195
Pichai, Sundar, 254
Planned Parenthood, 7–8, 20–21, 104, 125, 141, 180
Podesta, John, 7, 83, 97, 102, 121, 169–70
Podesta, Tony, 97
political correctness, 6, 85, 178, 200, 254
Pollak, Joel, 154
Popular Front, 226, 229
postmodernism, 84–85
Powell, Sidney, 204–5
Poynter Institute, 54–55, 210–11
Pravda, 4, 8, 91, 249, 253, 260, 275. See also Soviet Union
Price, Jenna, 115
Price, Ned, 59
Project Veritas
ACORN reporting, 1, 15, 20–23, 27, 29–30, 46, 50, 55–56, 59, 74, 76, 92–93, 179, 217–18, 238, 272
American Pravda series, 255–77
bin Laden border crossing reporting, 32–33, 36–37, 39, 41, 43, 78, 80, 141
campaign violence reporting, 101, 104, 111, 145, 150, 153, 160–67, 176, 179, 182–85, 227, 230, 236
Canadian donation reporting, 76–68
Democracy Partners reporting, 28, 92, 100, 104, 112, 115, 117, 124, 137, 144–57, 166–67, 171, 175–76, 184–86, 230–33
and discovery, 59–75
DisruptJ20 reporting, 16–17, 66, 224–28, 235–36
Donald Duck (DNC/Clinton) reporting, 113–15, 117, 126, 145, 171, 175
journalism of, 9–30
operating philosophy (“Content is king”), 20, 154, 277
PVA v. Conley, 219–23
responses to criticisms of, 18–30
“Rigging the Election” series, 88–90, 92–102, 104–7, 114–36, 144, 153, 157, 159, 162, 165–68, 170, 172–76, 180–81, 185, 237, 251
Schulkin election fraud reporting, 88–90
teachers union reporting, 16, 61–75
Veritas Vision Statement, 82
Wall of Shame, 29, 262
See also journalism; O’Keefe, James
propaganda, 81–87
Propaganda (Bernays), 81–82
public education, 52, 61–62, 86, 255
Common Core, 16, 61, 79–80, 93
Puleo, Patricia, 62
Pulitzer, Joseph, 47
Pulitzer Prize, 10, 49–51, 182
Pure Food and Drug Act, 46
PVA v. Conley, 219–23
Rahn, Will, 83, 210–11
Rather, Dan, 245–46
Raymond, Adam, 180
Reddit and redditors, 153, 169–77, 179, 258, 266–68
AMA (Ask Me Anything), 154, 170–71, 173–74
redditors as “centipedes,” 170
The_Donald (subreddit), 169, 171, 174, 177
and “weaponized autism,” 170, 173, 176
Reid, Harry, 31, 34
Republican National Committee (RNC), 176
Republican National Convention (Cleveland, 2016), 107, 110, 186, 205, 231
Rhodes, Ben, 59
Rich, Seth, 253
“Rigging the Election” series, 88, 93–102, 104–7, 114–36, 144, 153, 157, 159, 162, 165–68, 170, 172–76, 180–81, 185, 237, 251
“right-wing,” 178–79, 196, 262
Rivera, Geraldo, 48, 53, 57
Road to Serfdom, The (Hayek), 81, 83
Rodriguez, Zulema (“Zully”), 110–12, 174–76, 179
Rogers, Katie, 245
Rolling Stone (magazine), 14, 28, 250
Romney, Mitt, 195, 270–71
Roosevelt, Theodore, 47
Rose, Lila, 20–21, 141
Rosen, James, 250
Rosen, Jay, 57–58
Ross, Deborah, 172
Ross, Scot, 238–39
Rubio, Marco, 79, 111
Rush Limbaugh Show, 155, 158–59, 161, 166
Russia, 4, 5, 8, 14, 92, 212, 242, 246–47, 253, 257–63
Russin, Leah, 139
Rutgers University, 6–7, 81, 202
Ryan, Erin Gloria, 275
Ryan, Nora, 245
Salem Radio, 155–56, 165
Samizdat (copied and distributed news and literature), 8, 10, 215, 249, 254, 256, 260
Samuels, David, 59
Sandberg, Sheryl, 83
Sandefur, Thomas E., Jr., 189
Sanders, Bernie, 80, 98
Sanders, Sarah Huckabee, 259–60
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, 67
Saris, Patti, 221–23
Saturday Night Live (SNL), 210
Scarborough, Joe, 82, 247
Schiller, Keith, 3, 80
Schimel, Brad, 237–41
Schlussel, Debbie, 252
Schmidt, Michael, 251–52
Schulkin, Alan, 88–90
Schumer, Charles, 10, 104
Schweizer, Peter, 102
Second Amendment, 139. See also gun rights; United States Constitution
Seitz-Wald, Alex, 146
Shafer, Jack, 209
Shapiro, Ben, 53
Sharpton, Al, 64
Shawn, Eric, 154
Sheptock, Eric, 230
Shiller, Ron, 25
Shirky, Clay, 57–58
Shoe, Des, 273–75
Sinclair, Upton, 46–47, 58
Sinclair Broadcast Group, 144–45, 148, 150–52, 157, 188, 192, 250
Sing Sing Prison photograph, 48–49
Slate (online magazine), 197
Smith, Ben, 267
Smith, Shane, 156
Smith, Tom E., 216
Snipes-Garner, Erica, 19, 64
Snopes, 273
Snyder, Ruth, 48–49
social media, 45, 113, 142–43, 150, 153, 155, 160, 164, 170
and assumed names, 225
and the media, 175, 255, 257, 268, 270–71, 275
and totalitarianism, 253
and Trump, 181, 208–9, 211
See also Facebook; Reddit and redditors; Twitter; YouTube
Soechtig, Stephanie, 245
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 4, 8, 10, 84, 87
Sonderkommando reporting, 172
SOPHIA, 95
Soros, George, 97, 234, 250
South Dakota, 217
Soviet Union, 246, 255–56, 266
agitprop, 122–23, 127
Comintern, 226
Pravda, 4, 8, 91, 249, 253, 260, 275
speech codes, 6
Springsteen, Bruce, 86
Stahl, Jeremy, 197
Standing Rock pipeline protest, 231
statism and statists, 4, 8, 22, 31, 34, 51, 83, 86, 255
Steel, Emily, 251–52
Steele, Bob, 54–56, 58
Steffens, Lincoln, 47
Stelter, Brian, 260, 262, 263
Stephanopoulos, George, 17
Stewart, Jon, 21, 243
Stone, Roger, 146
subreddit. See Reddit and redditors
swamp, 12–13, 95, 202, 209
Tapper, Jake, 162, 181
Tarbell, Ida, 47
tax fraud, 50
Taylor, Francis, 36–37
Tea Party, 24, 111, 252
Ten Days in a Mad-House (Bly), 47
Teter, Shirley, 126–27, 179, 186
Texas, 8, 15, 16, 31–33, 91, 221
threshold of outrage, 14
Tibe, Erin, 76–77
“Timaeus” (Daily Kos diarist), 41–42
Time magazine, 109, 137–39
Tisch, Laurence, 189
Tobin, Charles, 250
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 38
totalitarianism, 81, 83–84, 86, 253
Trump, Donald
Access Hollywood tape, 139–40, 159, 271
on ACORN videos, 1, 76
and anti-fascist movement, 224–32, 236
cancelled Chicago rally, 179
and earned media, 1, 2
election of, 201–7
and magazine covers, 2
and the media, 210–13, 242–54
meeting with O’Keefe, 1–3, 76–80
presidential debates, 16, 79, 92–93, 165–66, 181–84
rallies, 101, 104, 111, 145, 150, 153, 160–67, 176, 179, 182–86, 227, 230, 236
and “Rigging the Election” videos, 181–83
and social media, 181, 208–9, 211
Trump, Donald, Jr., 158, 183, 269
Trump International, 126
Trump Tower, 3, 77
Turley, Jonathan, 41–42
Turning Point USA, 164
Twitter, 36, 59, 82, 113, 199–200, 225, 240, 242, 254
and American Pravda series, 257–59, 262–67, 275–76
O’Keefe banned from, 137–43, 153, 157
revenue, 208
and “Rigging the Election” series, 153, 163–64, 167, 170, 173
and Trump, 209
verified accounts, 275–76
Uhlmann, Michael, 13
Under the Gun (documentary), 244, 245
United Airlines, 218
United Federation of Teachers, 88
United States Constitution, 12, 44, 110, 192, 217, 223
First Amendment, 5, 10, 41, 109, 212–13, 215, 220–21, 250
Second Amendment, 139
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 34–45
University of Minnesota, 108–9, 138
U.S. News and World Report (magazine), 236
Vargas, Cesar, 121, 130–33, 136, 180
Varney, Stuart, 161
Vera, Juan Carlos, 27–28, 218
veritas (truth), 8, 74, 83–84, 268. See also Project Veritas
VICE, 156
Victor, Daniel, 267
violence, 66, 101, 104, 111, 145, 150, 153, 160–67, 176, 179, 182–85, 227, 230, 236
Virginia, 15, 36, 202
University of Virginia, 28, 155
Virginia Citizens Defense League, 25, 244
Voces de la Frontera, 94, 95, 132–33, 135–36
von Spakovsky, Hans, 90–91
voter fraud, 15–17, 88–91, 121, 130, 133–37, 140, 150, 160, 164, 181–82, 193–99, 220, 239–43
Chicago exposé, 48–49
and Democracy Partners, 28, 92, 100, 104, 112, 115, 117, 124, 137, 144–57, 166–67, 171, 175–76, 184–86, 230–33
and the media, 25, 52, 56–57
voter ID laws, 15, 17, 88–89, 96–97, 106, 130, 220
Voting Rights Act, 194
Walker, Eric, 176
Walker, Scott, 95, 98, 101, 137
Wall Street Journal, 115
Wallace, Mike, 52, 189
Washington Free Beacon, 244
Washington Post, 11, 16–18, 24, 29–30, 44, 50, 159, 181–82, 197–98, 212, 217, 236, 241, 247, 249, 260, 262
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, 184
Watergate scandal, 9, 14, 26, 30, 51, 117, 246, 272
Weigel, Dave, 181–82
Wenner, Jann, 250
West, Arvin, 31–33
West Virginia, 91
Westinghouse, 189–90
What Happened (Clinton), 64
Whitehouse, Josh, 201
Wickr app, 133–34
Wigand, Jeffrey, 158, 189
WikiLeaks, 92, 121, 169–70, 175–76, 253
Williams, Evan, 254
Williams, Raffi, 145, 148, 150
Williams, Terri, 96
Willowbrook State School exposé (Geraldo Rivera), 48, 53
Windsor, Lauren, 148–49, 233
Wisconsin, 16, 93–99, 131–33, 137–39, 143–44, 237–41. See also Milwaukee
Wisconsin Jobs Now, 95, 96
Wolfe, Tom, 10
Woodhouse, Brad, 113, 164
Woodward, Bob, 14, 246, 272
Yahoo!, 154, 245, 251
YES (Youth Empowered in the Struggle), 94–95
Yiannopoulos, Milo, 141
Youssef, Mark Basseley (formerly Nakoula Basseley Nakoula), 5
YouTube, 7, 21, 34, 43, 155, 162, 168, 178, 196, 222, 242, 258–59, 263, 266, 268, 270
Zimmerman, George, 19, 25
Zucker, Jeff, 256, 259, 267–68
Zurawik, David, 260
About the Author
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JAMES O’KEEFE is an award-winning journalist and writer. He is the founder and president of Project Veritas and Project Veritas Action, nonprofit organizations dedicated to investigating corruption, dishonesty, waste, and fraud in public and private institutions. O’Keefe’s investigations have led directly to new legislation, federal and state investigations, congressional inquiries, resignations, firings, restraining orders, arrests, and the defunding of taxpayer-funded groups.