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Media Matters did a devestating analysis of the propaganda videos used to attack ACORN that they released a few days after the Harshbarger Report. They show how the videos were manipulated and edited to make a case that can't be made without taking substantial liberties. That's why the full unedited tapes haven't been ...released and why the videographers refused to be interviewed by Harshbarger. You can read it here: http://mediamatters.org/research/2009120
Investigation confirms: No evidence of illegal actions by ACORN in videographer scam | Media Matters
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After media outlets and figures have repeatedly claimed that videos released by conservative activists James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles revealed a pattern of ACORN aiding efforts to evade taxes on a fictitious ...
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In the wake of the Harshbarger Report, which found no illegal activites on the part of ACORN employees and that the videos in question were heavily edite,d and Firday's injunction against the Defund ACORN Act from Judge Gershon, this appeared yesterday's in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
ACORN "deserved better than the t...rial-by-video that it received in Congress and the blogosphere this fall." Exactly. Read the whole thing at the link below.
See www.acorn.org for more on the ruling, including the ruling itself, in its entirety.
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ACORN'S BAD RAPOthers guilty of a rush to judgmentThe community organizing group ACORN has big troubles, but it deserved better than the trial-by-video that it received in Congress and the blogosphere this fall
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Major victory for ACORN and the Constitution!
On Friday, ACORN won a preliminary injunction agasint the Defund ACORN Act, in which the judge ruled the Act unconsitutional and barred its enforcement.
"On December 11, 2009, the Honorable Nina Gershon, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, gran...ted a preliminary injunction to stop Congress from targeting a specific organization for punishment without proper investigation or due process."
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Today the Independent Reviewer, Scott Harshbarger, the former MA Attorney General, released his report on ACORN. This was comissioned in the wake of the propaganda videos that sparked such controvery in September. The report notes, "there is no evidence that action, illegal or otherwise, was taken by any ACORN employee... on behalf of the videographers".
"The report is part vindication, part constructive criticism and 100% roadmap to the future," ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis said. You can read all about it here: http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=12439&
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ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low and moderate income families working together for social justice and stronger communities
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Great article from TX ACORN treasurer Bonnie Mathias:
I do not fit
the stereotype of an ACORN member. I am white, middle class, own my
home and have a 17-year career with AT&T. But like too many these days, the current economic downturn reached my doorstep.
In September 2008, my husband lost his job when ...the company for which
he had worked for nearly a decade went under. While he quickly found similar work, our household income dropped significantly. Our bills did
not. By January, foreclosure was a real possibility,
until a newspaper article mentioned my affiliation with ACORN and my
impending foreclosure.
Within a week, my mortgage servicer referred my case to "executive escalation." I pray the company will give all their
homeowners the attention I received. Without ACORN, I fear we would
have lost our home.
Bonnie Mathias: ACORN, beyond the stereotypes | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Opini
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ACORN There is some fun stuff happening on Twitter right now. If you are on Twitter, search #acornfacts and join in! Very funny.
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Email your
Senator and tell them to keep the best parts of the House-passed health
care reform bill! Yes, there are some bad things in there and a lot of compromise. But the bill covers 96% of the uninsured and includes a decent public option. Keep that stuff. Let's beat the insurance industry and make some
history. http://bit.ly/JKPvo
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Dear Senator This weekend the House of Representatives made history by passing a real health care reform bill. That bill includes a public option to keep insurance companies honest, covers 96% of the uninsured, ...
ACORN Folks, it's been a minute, but we haven't forgotten about our fans! We wanted to let you know about a new video about ACORN from Brave New Films! It talks about the recent attacks on our work and gives everyone something they can do in response. Watch the video, then take the action!
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Fox "News" personalities are pushing an agenda that is dangerous to ordinary Americans. Using tactics such as placing individuals singled out for censure on a blackboard and linking them to murderous dictators ...
ACORN Folks, as we've linked to, Rachel Maddow has been doing the work that other journalists won't on the Truth About The Lies About ACORN. We've set up a thank you page for her. Let her know how important it has been to get the truth out about ACORN. PS. Mind the trolls. http://www.thankyourachelmaddow.com
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Dear Rachel, I saw your segment, "The Truth about the Lies about ACORN." While other media figures have been repeating the misinformation and half-truths produced by the right-wing smear machine, you reported the truth. ...
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The truth about the lies about ACORN, part III:
David Iglesias, the former U.S. Attorney for New Mexico who was fired for resisting Republican pressure to concoct voter fraud charges against ACORN joins Rachel Maddow in the latest installment in the TRMS Investigates series, "The truth about the lies about ACORN."
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The truth about the lies about ACORN part II (really episode I):
Myths about ACORN | On Sept. 24, Rachel Maddow was joined by Occidental College politics professor Peter Dreier, who authored a study on how myths about ACORN were manufactured and how easily the mainstream media -- not just the right wing media -- was led into reporting falsehoods.
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ACORN Trolls beware: We are going to post (in some cases re-post) the 4 installments of Rachel Maddow's series: "The truth about the lies about ACORN". You can leave bitter comments, but that can't stop the truth. Here's the first one: What's really behind the attacks on ACORN? On Sept. 25, Rachel Maddow was joined by The Na...tion correspondent and author, JeremyScahill, to look at government contractors who are guilty of far worse than ACORN and yet have suffered none of the persecution in the media or Congress.
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The Rachel Maddow Show fan page contains links toall ofthe elements you find here at Rachel.msnbc.com. The Flickr stream, the media appearances, the podcast links, the transcripts, the fan art... Everything.
ACORN If any of the people leaving noxious comments have any self-respect they will watch this video and find out who is REALLY ripping off the American taxpayer. Right now, Rachel Maddow is on fire. She spends 10 minute going over the real crimes of murder, fraud, and, yes, sex slave rings, run by US military contractors, s...ome of whom have killed US service members and comparing that to the non-existant situations from the ACORN videos. This is the kind of thing that should really raise people's outrage. But doesn't. So, why not? What is this ACORN witch-hunt really about?
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Rachel Maddow is joined by Occidental College politics professor Peter Dreier, author of a study on the manufactured myths about ACORN and how easily the mainstream media (not just the right wing media) was led into reporting falsehoods.
ACORN This one is REALLY going to blow the tops off of the haters' heads and make everyone else understand what's going on! Rachel Maddow shows where ALL the ACORN attacks are coming from and why. It you watch one online video make it this one. Rachel Maddow rocks!
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This is why the haters leave those noxious comments and why everyone
else supports our work:
"The group has improved the lives of millions
of working families and strengthened America's democracy through its
voter registration
efforts. ACORN helped lift low-waged poor out of poverty by building
the "living wage" and minimum... wage movement, perhaps the most
successful poor people's campaign during the past two decades.
Coordinated and inspired by ACORN's Living Wage Resource Center, what
began as a series of local efforts in the late 1990s, led to a national
boost in the minimum wage in 2007, an increase signed by George Bush."
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The right goes after the left's most effective groups. Because ACORN does not rely on government funds the organization will survive the orchestrated attacks against it. But if it's to restore its strength, it needs progressive support.
