http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14651/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/rachel-maddow-blames-corporations-lobbyist-acorn-attacks <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Recent videos from two investigative reporters, James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles, with the help of Andrew Breitbart, <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/09/24/breitbart-blasts-msm-acorn-coverage-reveals-defense-fund-initiative"></a>showed that community-group ACORN engaging in scandalous practices. But MSNBC host Rachel Maddow argued Sept. 24 that wasn’t the story that mattered.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, was hit hard by the videos showing employees giving tax avoidance advice to a “pimp” and “hooker.” &nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/rachel-maddow-blames-corporations-lobbyist-acorn-attacks" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Media ACORN communityorganizers HannahGiles JamesO'Keefe MSNBC Prostitution RachelMaddow RichardBerman Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:29:06 +0000 admin 26573 at http://archive2.mrc.org