{"id":428799,"date":"2021-04-15T18:06:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T22:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=428799"},"modified":"2021-04-15T18:06:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T22:06:06","slug":"twitter-permanently-bans-journalist-james-okeefe-after-he-releases-videos-damaging-to-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-permanently-bans-journalist-james-okeefe-after-he-releases-videos-damaging-to-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Permanently Bans Journalist James O\u2019Keefe After He Releases Videos Damaging To CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-permanently-bans-journalist-james-okeefe-after-he-releases-videos-damaging-to-cnn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=428799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2107.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Twitter permanently suspended conservative journalist and Project Veritas founder James O\u2019Keefe on Thursday after he released his third installment of undercover videos exposing left-wing bias at CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter claimed without evidence that O\u2019Keefe was \u201cviolating the Twitter Rules on&nbsp;platform manipulation and spam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs outlined in our policy on platform manipulation and spam, \u2018You can\u2019t mislead others on Twitter by operating fake accounts,\u2019 and \u2018you can\u2019t artificially amplify or disrupt conversations through the use of multiple accounts,&#8217;\u201d Twitter said.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Keefe immediately released a statement saying that he was suing the platform, calling their statement accusing him of \u201coperating fake accounts\u201d false.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am suing Twitter for defamation because they said, I, James O\u2019Keefe, \u2018operated fake accounts.\u2019 This is false, this is defamatory, and they will pay,\u201d O\u2019Keefe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/james-okeefe-twitter-defamation-project-veritas\">said<\/a>. \u201cSection 230 may have protected them before, but it will not protect them from me. The complaint will be filed Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump Jr. responded to Twitter\u2019s latest crackdown against conservatives by writing on Twitter: \u201cIn case you haven\u2019t figured out how it works by now\u2026 @CNN spreads propaganda to elect Democrats [and] then @Twitter runs interference to protect CNN. They\u2019re all on the same team.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6758893280632\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In case you haven&#8217;t figured out how it works by now\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a> spreads propaganda to elect Democrats<\/p>\n<p>And then <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a> runs interference to protect CNN.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re all on the same team. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xPi2CbOdxm\">https:\/\/t.co\/xPi2CbOdxm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1382788874389315585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter the latest round of hidden camera videos embarrassing to CNN were released, @JamesOKeefeIII has been permanently banned from Twitter,\u201d journalist Andy Ngo wrote on Twitter. \u201cThe @Project_Veritas account was also recently banned. This is how big tech works with liberal corporate media to take down challengers.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.4384858044164\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After the latest round of hidden camera videos embarrassing to CNN were released, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesOKeefeIII?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JamesOKeefeIII<\/a> has been permanently banned from Twitter. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Project_Veritas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Project_Veritas<\/a> account was also recently banned. This is how big tech works with liberal corporate media to take down challengers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1382786605971300366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>O\u2019Keefe released video footage this week of CNN Technical Director Charlie Chester claiming that the network worked to get former President Donald Trump out of office and that they create \u201cpropaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-director-we-worked-to-oust-trump-we-create-propaganda-use-fear-to-pass-climate-agenda\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cLook what we did, we [CNN] got Trump out. I am 100% going to say it, and I 100% believe that if it wasn\u2019t for CNN, I don\u2019t know that Trump would have got voted out\u2026I came to CNN because I wanted to be a part of that.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be our [CNN\u2019s] focus. Like our focus was to get Trump out of office, right? Without saying it, that\u2019s what it was, right? So, our next thing is going to be climate change awareness.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c[Trump\u2019s] hand was shaking or whatever, I think. We brought in so many medical people to tell a story that was all speculation \u2014 that he was neurologically damaged, and he was losing it. He\u2019s unfit to \u2014 you know, whatever. We were creating a story there that we didn\u2019t know anything about. That\u2019s what \u2014 I think that\u2019s propaganda.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chester also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-director-cnn-reporters-manipulate-people-those-on-tv-have-proven-track-record-of-taking-bait\">said<\/a> that the network\u2019s reporters manipulate people into saying what the reporters want them to say and that the network mostly put people on television who have \u201ca proven track record of taking the bait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, O\u2019Keefe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-director-network-trying-to-help-blm-shootings-lose-a-little-steam-if-suspect-is-not-white\">released<\/a> videos showing Chester saying that the network was \u201ctrying to help BLM\u201d and seemed to suggest that the race of individuals involved in crimes played a part in how much coverage the incident received on the network.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a developing news story, refresh the page for updates.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter permanently suspended conservative journalist and Project Veritas founder James O\u2019Keefe on Thursday after he released his third installment of undercover videos exposing left-wing bias at CNN.Twitter claimed without evidence &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312260,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2107.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Twitter Permanently Bans Journalist James O\u2019Keefe After He Releases Videos Damaging To CNN","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2107.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Twitter Permanently Bans Journalist James O\u2019Keefe After He Releases Videos Damaging To CNN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}