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Part One: James O'Keefe: The Patron Saint of News Grifters

Behind the Bastards

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Why Isn't It Time to Stop Spending Money on Journalism?

O'Keefe is known to be brutal on his employees. He views himself as a muck raker in the mold of Upton Sinclair or Nelly Bly taking bold unconventional steps to expose what no mainstream reporter ever could. This desire has been stymied by the fact that in some ways, James O'Keefe is a very dumb man. The post debacle might have marked a point of no return in Keith's relationship with the media.

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