Tag: Project Veritas

Project Veritas Prepares to Depose New York Times After NY Supreme Court Ruling

Journalism watchdog Project Veritas can depose New York Times employees in what could become a landmark case for defamation, a New York Supreme Court judge ruled this week. New York Supreme Court Justice Charles Wood on March 20 ruled against the paper’s request to dismiss a lawsuit from Project Veritas over stories that the watchdog…


Turning Point USA: Inspiring Youth to Act

At Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit, I spoke with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about China and Cuba, as well as Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Project Veritas’s James O’Keefe, and two of his whistleblowers—The Babylon Bee’s CEO Seth Dillon and a young man who has a list of American citizens in Cuba. Hosted…


Fox 26 Fires Reporter After Release of ‘Censorship’ Clips via Project Veritas

A Fox affiliate station has fired a reporter after she went off-script during a weather segment on Monday saying she is being allegedly muzzled by Fox News, and later shared with Project Veritas recordings she says show the network’s censorship and corruption. Ivory Hecker, 32, who formerly worked for Fox 26 in Houston, has been…


Local Fox News Reporter Says Network Is ‘Muzzling’ Her Live on the Air, Will Go to Project Veritas

A Fox26 reporter went off-script during a weather segment on Monday saying she is being allegedly muzzled by Fox News and threatened to send secret recordings to Project Veritas. Hecker did not go into the specifics about her recordings during the broadcast. “I want to let you the viewers know, Fox Corp has been muzzling…


Challenging the Media Bullies in Court

Commentary We grew up knowing our parents would punish us if we did something wrong. If it involved lying or picking on a playmate, we’d have to apologize for it. So, how about applying the same notion to Big Tech and Big Media? More and more people who feel unfairly characterized or canceled by these…


James O’Keefe Says He’s Suing CNN for Defamation After Project Veritas Twitter Ban

Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe said Sunday that he is filing a defamation lawsuit against CNN after his Twitter account was suspended earlier this month. O’Keefe has already filed a lawsuit against Twitter after its ban of his account, saying  the social media platform falsely accused him of operating fake accounts. Twitter alleged he violated…


Project Veritas Founder James O’Keefe Sues Twitter for Defamation After Permanent Ban

Project Veritas Founder James O’Keefe filed a lawsuit on April 19 alleging that Twitter had defamed him by claiming that he operated fake accounts on the platform. The lawsuit, filed in the Supreme Court of New York in Westchester County, claims that Twitter knowingly defamed O’Keefe in a statement the company issued explaining his permanent…


Twitter Permanently Suspends James O’Keefe, Founder of Project Veritas

The Twitter account of James O’Keefe, the founder of Project Veritas, was suspended Thursday afternoon following a series of recordings the undercover journalism nonprofit had posted as part of an expose on CNN. In response, O’Keefe said he will be suing the social media platform. At the time of the suspension O’Keefe had over 900,000 followers. A…


Twitter Permanently Bans Project Veritas Founder O’Keefe

The Twitter account of James O’Keefe, the founder of Project Veritas, was permanently suspended on April 15 following a series of recordings the undercover journalism nonprofit posted as part of an expose on CNN. A Twitter spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. However, other reporters said the social media platform told them that…


CNN Head Urged Producer to Push COVID-19 Death Numbers for Ratings, Tech Director Recorded as Saying

CNN head has personally intervened to order the cable network’s staff to display the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in the broadcast, according to CNN technical director who was caught on hidden camera making the comments. The goal was to boost ratings, the director said, explaining that “fear really drives numbers” and “is…