{"id":586492,"date":"2021-07-08T17:05:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=586492"},"modified":"2021-07-08T17:05:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:05:58","slug":"new-york-times-just-fine-with-greenpeace-undercover-videos-after-years-of-deriding-james-okeefe-david-daleiden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-just-fine-with-greenpeace-undercover-videos-after-years-of-deriding-james-okeefe-david-daleiden\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Just Fine With Greenpeace Undercover Videos After Years Of Deriding James O\u2019Keefe, David Daleiden"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fnew-york-times-just-fine-with-greenpeace-undercover-videos-after-years-of-deriding-james-okeefe-david-daleiden%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=586492&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\/07\/GettyImages-1230974699-4.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The New York Times has a long history of selectively praising undercover journalists. If those undercover journalists reveal information which fits The Times\u2019 preferred narrative \u2013 such as exposing oil companies or the meat industry \u2013 The Times\u2019 accepts the undercover work without hesitation. But if undercover journalists reveal something The Times doesn\u2019t like \u2013 such as Planned Parenthood\u2019s treatment of aborted baby parts or anything making mainstream media outlets look bad \u2013 they insist the videos are \u201cdeceptive\u201d or illegally obtained.<\/p>\n<p>This difference was recently highlighted by The Times\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/30\/climate\/exxon-greenpeace-lobbyist-video.html\">fawning feature story<\/a> about undercover tapes produced by Greenpeace\u2019s \u201cjournalism\u201d arm Unearthed. The tapes purport to show a lobbyist for Exxon describing how the oil and gas company had sought out certain U.S. senators in an effort to fight President Biden\u2019s climate agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The lobbyist also appeared to admit what everyone should already know \u2013 when big companies support a policy that would hurt them, they\u2019re doing it because either they know the policy will never become reality or because they can withstand the harm while their smaller competitors can\u2019t. This lobbyist said on a recorded call that Exxon\u2019s public support for a carbon tax was simply \u201ca great talking point\u201d because the company didn\u2019t think it\u2019d ever become a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Exxon disowned the lobbyist in a statement to the Times, yet the story was picked up as yet another \u201coil companies bad\u201d narrative from The Times and other outlets, who worship at the altar of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The Times admits in its article that the lobbyist thought he was speaking to a recruiter, but it was actually a secretly recorded phone call from Greenpeace U.K. It also refers to the quoted statements as mere \u201cexcerpts.\u201d The videos that have been publicly released are pieced together with narration, and are not raw, uncut videos.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, with conservative undercover journalists, The Times would refer to such tactics as deceptive. Indeed, in a story last year about James O\u2019Keefe\u2019s Project Veritas videos, they wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p><em>Mr. O\u2019Keefe and Project Veritas have a long history of&nbsp;<strong>releasing manipulated or selectively edited footage<\/strong>&nbsp;purporting to show illegal conduct by Democrats and liberal groups.\u201d (Emphasis added.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The same could be said of the Greenpeace videos.<\/p>\n<p>Further, Greenpeace admitted that it completely lied about who they were when speaking to the lobbyist, something that violates the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The SPJ states that one must verify secretive reporting before releasing it and \u201c<strong>Avoid undercover or other surreptitious methods<\/strong>&nbsp;of gathering information unless traditional, open methods will not yield information vital to the public\u201d (emphasis added).<\/p>\n<p>But again, The Times and other outlets did not care about this when it was Greenpeace violating the ethics guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The left-leaning Brookings Institute also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/techtank\/2021\/07\/07\/why-secret-video-recordings-are-damaging-for-democracy\/\">called out<\/a> Greenpeace\u2019s tactics as well, while also taking a shot at conservatives using similar tactics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever the culprit, using secret video recordings to embarrass opponents is undermining the health of our already ailing American democracy. Doing so sets a bad precedent for surreptitious activity and erodes trust in civic life,\u201d wrote Darrell M. West, Brookings\u2019 vice president and director of governance studies.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of David Daleiden and his Planned Parenthood videos, the state of California went after him for allegedly violating state law because he posed as a biotechnology representative in order to obtain the recordings. A California jury later ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood, including the abortion giant\u2019s claim that Daleiden violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.<\/p>\n<p>As we all know, nothing like this will be done to Greenpeace because their deceptively edited videos made by misrepresenting themselves targeted the \u201cright\u201d people.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times has a long history of selectively praising undercover journalists. 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