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The Ben Shapiro Show

James O’Keefe | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 137

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News Commentary, News

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Daily Wire members get access to Ben Shapiro's Sunday Special on SATURDAY! Click here to sign up for a membership: https://bit.ly/3kZl51c James O’Keefe is a writer, guerrilla journalist, and the founder and former President of the non-profit organization, Project Veritas. His investigative work, often involving undercover operatives equipped with hidden cameras, exposed numerous high-profile incidents of corruption, dishonesty, waste, and fraud in both public and private institutions. In February, James was fired by Project Veritas’ board, shortly after breaking a story in which Pfizer’s Director of Research and Development admitted the pharmaceutical company was conducting gain-of-function SARS-CoV-2 research.   In today’s episode, we discuss James’ ousting from the organization he founded, and his continued effort to bring truth through journalism to the American public with the creation of his latest venture, O’Keefe Media Group.  Become a Daily Wire member to access the full conversation with James O’Keefe: https://bit.ly/3kZl51c Sponsors:  Express VPN - Get 3 Months FREE of ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/ben Genucel Skincare - Use code "SHAPIRO" at checkout for additional savings on your entire purchase! https://genucel.com/shapiro ZipRecruiter - Try ZipRecruiter for FREE: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/benguest Check out more of Ben Shapiro here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/benshapiro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialbenshapiro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialbenshapiro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Everybody is sort of opining on the events of the day and telling you what to believe or who to vote for or what the public policy is good or bad. That is not what I do. For example, people may ask, your audience might be asking, well, what stories are you going to focus on? I said, I don't know what stories I'm going to focus on, but all the stories will have one thing in common. They'll expose liars, cheats, and frauds. James O'Keefe and I have known each other for over a decade.

0:23.5

Both of us coming up in the world have one thing in common. They'll expose liars, cheats, and frauds. James O'Keefe and I have known each other

0:22.3

for over a decade. Both of us coming up in the world of media and politics under the mentorship

0:26.4

of our dear friend Andrew Breitbart. I first met James as he was in the process of showing the

0:30.8

ACORN tapes to Andrew. Those tapes expose the prominent Obama-affiliated community activist group as

0:35.6

corrupt left-wing radicals, which became the genesis of Project Veritas, the nonprofit news organization founded by James, from which he was

0:42.6

controversially ousted last month. James has always been fearless. Over the last 14 years,

0:47.6

he built perhaps the most effective whistleblower operation this country has ever seen. He's exposed,

0:52.2

government, corporate, and nonprofit corruption at every

0:54.9

level. He's paved the way in establishing citizen journalism and pulling off some of the most

0:58.7

consequential exposés in a generation. Under James's leadership, Project Veritas exposed

1:03.6

corruption and bias and wrongdoing at some of the most prominent organizations in America,

1:07.9

including Acorn, Planned Parenthood, NPR, and Pfizer.

1:13.0

James O'Keefe has been unsurprisingly treated as pariah by legacy media and big tech,

1:18.3

but no one expected his role as the CEO of Project Veritas to come to an abrupt end.

1:23.2

That ending sent shockwaves through the media and the conservative movement.

1:26.5

For reasons that remain contested, the board at Project Veritas placed James on an indefinite suspension pending an investigation,

1:32.0

and on February 20th, James announced his resignation as CEO.

1:35.9

The board's treatment of James was met with indignation from conservatives who have supported and shared on James' work over the years.

1:41.2

Many questions still remain, but he isn't letting this setback stop him.

1:45.2

I sat down with James to discuss his brand-new venture, O'Keeffe Media Group, and his vision

1:49.1

for the future of citizen journalism.

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