Discussion: Conservative Provocateur James O'Keefe: Where's My Polk Award

system1 · February 26, 2015, 9:35pm

Discussion for article #233734

sfaw · February 26, 2015, 9:58pm

Hey, Jimmy, you grifter -
I got your Poke In Your Fucking Eye Award with me, C’mon over so I can give it to you, you lying sack of shit.

wiscojoe · February 26, 2015, 10:02pm

Don’t worry Jimmy, in this media climate you’re just always one disgruntled government contractor away from winning a Pulitzer.

sconosciuto · February 26, 2015, 10:02pm

what I heard: grift grift grift

mattinpa · February 26, 2015, 10:03pm

You have to admit David Corn had a large advantage in that what he reported on actually happened. Life is unfair, isn’t it, Jimmy?

winstonsmith · February 26, 2015, 10:04pm

Why didn’t you win the Polk Award? Because the award is for investigative journalism, not Candid Camera pranks and selective editing.

twowolves · February 26, 2015, 10:07pm

He may be referring to the James K. Polk Award. Given annually to a person who does the most for rivers and harbors.

brooklynmichael · February 26, 2015, 10:09pm

Is the Polk Award given for Outstanding Achievement in Deceptive Editing? No? Then you don’t get one.

kwoodgr · February 26, 2015, 10:13pm

yes, voter ID laws prevent non-existent voter fraud.

footballbat · February 26, 2015, 10:16pm

Bless his heart. Poor thing. He has both mommy and daddy issues and self-esteem and self-awareness deficits. He needs to be under adult supervision.

blandsten · February 26, 2015, 10:16pm

Hey O’Keefe, get a picture of a Polk Award. Then you can say you have one. It’s good enough for Bill O’Reilly.

Or do you think you are better than the great conservative Bill O’Reilly?

I’m just asking the question…

theghostofeustacetilley · February 26, 2015, 10:17pm

WhY cannoT I has a TReaT?

longriver · February 26, 2015, 10:18pm

So on top of being a malicious fabricator of deception you’re also a pathetic crybaby? Boo hoo. Cry me a river. Have the Koch brothers buy you an award, you pampered rent poodle.

enon · February 26, 2015, 10:20pm

i can never figure out these guys… why would he whine about an award that’s frequently given to reporters from the new york times and cbs… shouldn’t the list of past winners disqualify them as some pinheaded/lefty/socialist outfit in fauxworld.

oh and just a note: Josh Marshall’s blog, Talking Points Memo, was the first blog to receive the Polk Award in 2008 for their reporting on the 2006 U.S. Attorneys scandal.

slagathor · February 26, 2015, 10:22pm

I’d say James O’Keefe is a shoe in for a Putzpuller Prize!

scottnatlanta · February 26, 2015, 10:22pm

Here is a good reason…
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you dont deserve it

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franklin_smith · February 26, 2015, 10:23pm

He looks better in the pimp outfit.

michaelmaiello_aka_destor23 · February 26, 2015, 10:23pm

“Independent media.” Not like the global multimedia conglomerate that is Mother Jones!

flownover · February 26, 2015, 10:28pm

'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wish’d.

downriver · February 26, 2015, 10:28pm

Polk Award? more like a Pokey Award : James O’Keefe agrees to pay $100,000 settlement to fired Acorn employee http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/08/james-o-keefe-settlement-acorn
Texas Special Prosecutors: James O’Keefe Video "A Canard And Political Disinformation
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/04/07/texas-special-prosecutors-james-okeefe-video-a/198786 Conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe was sentenced to three years of probation, 100 hours of community service and a $1,500 fine http://thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/100105-filmmaker-okeefe-sentenced-in-sen-mary-landrieu-break-in