Abbie Boudreau, a reporter for Cable News Network, has been focusing on a running documentary about right wing activist youth. Her work attracted the attention of conservative film provocateur James O’Keefe. Best known for a bogus video clip investigation in which he posed as a pimp to openly embarrass ACORN, O’Keefe prepared to discredit Boudreau’s investigation of the young conservatives, strangely enough, by sexually attacking her as concealed cameras rolled. At the last minute, a female colleague of O’Keefe tipped off Boudreau and also the conspiracy was uncovered.
O’Keefe loses as Abbie Boudreau stays away from him
Abbie Boudreau, as reported by CNN, is an award-winning investigative journalist who had been profiling a group of young right wing video producers. A video clip shoot with O’Keefe in it was something Boudreau was excited to take a look at. O’Keefe’s permission was something the director told Boudreau she’d have to ask for herself. Sensing opportunity, O’Keefe, who calls his video ambush operation “Project Veritas,” convinced Boudreau to meet him in person, alone. He was planning to get Boudreau to go with him to a place that was being filmed and had lots of champagne, condoms and sex toys. O’Keefe just assumed he’d effortlessly have the ability to seduce Boudreau to the room. He was hoping to get a viral video by capturing it all on camera. He was planning to ruin Boudreau’s career. Instead, he may have really well just killed his own.
A picture of O’Keefe’s self-delusion
This process was just stopped by the executive director of O’Keefe’s Project Veritas. This was Izzy Santa. As soon as Boudreau got there, Santa informed her not to go in. He warned her of the plan and ended the whole thing before it started. The absurd nature of O’Keefe’s plot is already comic fodder for the media. Jon Healy at the Los Angeles Times said O’Keefe’s latest effort to embarrass alleged liberals with a hidden camera was “beyond brain dead.”. Healy wrote that O’Keefe must get his romantic advice from Smoove B, and instead of attraction, sexual harassment on camera was more accurate. He explained his plan on camera. O’Keefe said, “So, I’m going to seduce her, on camera, to use her for a video clip. This bubble-headed bleach-blonde who comes on at five will get a taste of her own medicine; she’ll get enticed on camera and you’ll get to see the awkwardness and the aftermath.”
Citations
CNN
cnn.com/2010/US/09/29/okeefe.cnn.prank/index.html?npt=NP1
Los Angeles times
opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2010/09/james-okeefe-cnn-abbie-boudreau.html
