(11-03-2018 11:20 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

Quote:To tie a bow on another example of shoddy and ethically questionable "journalism," Snopes has a good summary.
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...Some of the footage posted on 1 November also appeared to show campaign staff discussing the possibility of using campaign vehicles to give rides to migrants, but the video did not show anyone actually doing that or even talking about having taken that action. In response to our questions, the O’Rourke campaign asserted that no staff had used campaign vehicles to give rides to any migrants.
...The footage published by O’Keefe on 1 November did not constitute evidence of a member of the O’Rourke campaign team’s using campaign funds to give supplies directly to the migrants, as opposed to donating them to Annunciation House, a registered charity in El Paso.
We asked the O’Rourke campaign whether any of their staff had given supplies purchased with campaign money directly to any migrants. A spokesperson firmly denied this, writing: “Absolutely not. The materials were dropped off to Annunciation House … at the donation site Annunciation House had set up.”
We asked Project Veritas whether it had uncovered any evidence (not shown in their video) of O’Rourke’s campaign staff providing supplies directly to the migrants (as opposed to the charity). A spokesperson for the organization did not directly answer that question but reiterated that they had found evidence of campaign staff discussing an intention to buy supplies for the migrants and to give them rides in a campaign vehicle.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/beto-o...-migrants/

So, the film doesn't show actually giving the supplies, money, or whatever, and the O'Rourke campaign has issued a self-serving denial. On that basis you conclude tat there is no problem with the campaign staff cavalierly discussing committing illegal acts and covering them up. Got it.

Have you applied that same standard to members of the other party? Such as perhaps Donald Trump? Link?

No, the campaign said that supplies were donated, but to a charity, which is legal. And the campaign says these donations will be documented with the FEC, as required.

The only denial of action is with regards to the vans they used.

Go ahead and do some investigations into the van use - that's the standard I've applied to Trump. I've got no issue if the FEC wanted to open an investigation into this video, I think there would be grounds. Seems rather small potatoes though, no?