The State Of Modern Journalism - James O'Keefe - #428

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Bonjour, friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is James O'Keefe. He's an investigative journalist and the founder of Project Veritas. Faith in mainstream media is at an all time low. At a time when we need better quality information, pretty much everything seems like it's been made with spin in mind. Creating an alternative type of journalism is filled with legal, ethical, organisational and personal dilemmas. And today, James explains some of the biggest ones that he faces. Expect to learn what it feels like to have Anthony Fauci call you out by name during a hearing, why James was raided by the FBI at 6am, James' response to criticisms about undercover reporting, how Project Veritas deals with the ethics of releasing undercover documents, whether James sees himself as impartial, how many times he's been sued and much more. No matter what you think about Project Veritas or their methods, James has never lost a lawsuit once. He's been sued a ton of times, he's been deposed a ton of times, he's got an entire wall in his office filled with retractions from other media organizations with things that they've said about him, which have later turned out to be false. And if he did have skeletons in the closet, there are some huge powerful people trying to find them, which kind of leads me to believe that there isn't any. I don't know whether Project Veritas' methods are the answer to the problems that we're seeing with mainstream media, but I know that more of what mainstream media is doing probably isn't. So it's interesting to have someone that is genuinely grappling with these ethical dilemmas and doing it in public. So I really appreciate James for coming on and putting forward his thoughts. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Slater Menswear. It is a new year and if you want to update your wardrobe, the only place that you need to go is slaters.co.uk or to your local Slater store. Slaters, make sure that you have the easiest shopping experience that you can. Their customer service is the best in the business. They will have a personal shopper come around with you, show you all of the different pieces that they think that you might enjoy. They've got brands like Levi's, Ted Baker, Barber, Farrah, Ben Sherman, Calvin Klein, under Armour and tons more. They also offer a free alteration service on everything that's purchased in store. So if you need the waist taken in or the trouser legs lengthened on suits or jeans, or your jacket sleeves sorted, they will do it all on site at each store, which makes a huge difference. You're basically getting tailored everything. And especially if you need a suit, this is the only place that I would go. Every suit that I own is from Slaters. Go in, get measured up, get your alterations done and you essentially have a tailored suit and you can get three pieces for 150 quid. It's crazy.
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