I enjoyed James O’Keefe’s undercover reports on ACORN’s willingness (in its offices coast to coast) to assist a pimp and his chippy in acquiring a business location. But, despite the 60 Minutes example, undercover reporting can quickly lead to problems that undermine the pursuit of truth.
Thus, despite big media’s retractions of late on details of O’Keefe’s investigation of a Louisiana senator, the fact remains that he dressed up as a telephone repairman. As Ed Morrisey says, he apparently didn’t need to do that if he wasn’t planning to break the law. It logically led to suspicion that was what he was about and his arrest.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Yeah, it sounds as if whatever he was doing he was doing it stupidly.
But…..
Our media betters managed to cover themselves in inglory as they all convicted him of crimes he wasn’t charged with.
“Retracto the correction Alpaca” is pretty darn funny and shows them to be the hacks they are.
That’s true. As someone else has pointed out, the NYTimes ignored his sensational ACORN reporting but, as soon as he appeared to be in trouble, bingo, he gets their front page.
In this case someone else done the killing of the messenger for them.
Yep. The messenger fell on his sword.