Thursday, March 1, 2012

Keith Olbermann sued by James O'Keefe

Keith Olbermann sued by video blogger Published March 01, 2012 | New York Post Print Email Share Comments inShare Conservative video prankster James O’Keefe filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against excitable cable-news anchor Keith Olbermann and his network, Current TV, for stating he’d been convicted of a felony and accused of rape. O’Keefe is the famous undercover video blogger who posed as a pimp to catch a staffer of the community activist group ACORN and, later, to capture a public radio fundraiser ripping the Republicans. On an Olbermann show last week, a guest, cable reporter David Schuster, characterized O’Keefe as “a convicted felon” and the suspect in a rape allegation from a former co-worker. Turns out O’Keefe pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and had been accused of harassment, but the charges were dropped for lack of evidence. “MSM (Mainstream media) will say, do anything to stop a citizen journalist they cannot control,” O’Keefe tweeted yesterday. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/01/keith-olbermann-sued-by-video-blogger/?test=latestnews#ixzz1nukl66Ty

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