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'''Project Veritas''' is an American [[right-wing]] activist group.<ref name=APLibelSuit>[https://www.apnews.com/2d702617f49944438d3bf2d1f0926017 N Carolina woman sues Project Veritas, founder for libel]. Emery P. Dalesio, [[Associated Press]], May 21, 2019</ref><ref name=GuardianFakeNews>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/29/project-veritas-how-fake-news-prize-went-to-rightwing-group-beloved-by-trump |title=Project Veritas: how fake news prize went to rightwing group beloved by Trump |last=Ed |first=Pilkington |date=November 29, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="NYTmoore" /><ref name=TheIntercept>{{cite web |url=https://theintercept.com/2019/06/11/facebook-rules-project-veritas/ |title=Right-Wing sting group Project Veritas is breaking Facebook's "authentic behavior" rule. Now what? |last=Biddle |first=Sam |date=June 11, 2019 |website=[[The Intercept]] |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref> It was founded in 2010 by [[James O'Keefe]]. The group's productions have been widely criticized and dismissed as misleading, fabricated or taken out of context⁠.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Casey|last1=Newton|accessdate=2019-08-19|title=Project Veritas’ YouTube sting was deeply misleading — and successful|url=https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/6/27/18760463/project-veritas-youtube-sting-james-okeefe|date=27 June 2019|website=The Verge}}</ref><ref name=GuardianFakeNews /><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-19|title=Project Veritas' Election 2016 'Rigging' Videos|url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/10/18/project-veritas-election-videos/|website=Snopes.com}}</ref> In 2017, it was caught in a failed attempt to trick the ''The Washington Post'' into posting a fabricated story about [[Roy Moore]].<ref name="NYTmoore">{{cite news|first1=Matthew|last1=Haag|accessdate=2019-08-19|title=Woman Tried to Dupe Washington Post With False Claim About Roy Moore, Paper Says|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/us/washington-post-roy-moore-project-veritas.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 November 2017|issn=0362-4331|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/a-woman-approached-the-post-with-dramatic--and-false--tale-about-roy-moore-sje-appears-to-be-part-of-undercover-sting-operation/2017/11/27/0c2e335a-cfb6-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html|website=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-19|title=Project Veritas head mocks Washington Post's handling of hoax|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/project-veritas-washington-post-founder-james-okeefe/|website=www.cbsnews.com}}</ref><ref name=GuardianFakeNews /> O'Keefe and Project Veritas have been sued for defamation repeatedly, at least one of those suits leading to an apology and $100,000 damages.<ref name=AtlanticConor>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/andrew-breitbart-and-james-okeefe-ruined-him-and-now-he-gets-100-000/273841/ |title=Andrew Breitbart and James O'Keefe Ruined Him, and Now He Gets $100,000 |last=Friedersdorf |first=Conor |date=March 8, 2013 |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Folk">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/03/14/134525412/Segments-Of-NPR-Gotcha-Video-Taken-Out-Of-Context |title=Elements of NPR Gotcha Video Taken out of Context |last=Folkenflik |first=David |date=March 14, 2011 |website=[[NPR]] |access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Twisty">{{cite magazine |url=http://entertainment.time.com/2011/03/13/the-twisty-bent-truth-of-the-npr-sting-video |title=The Twisty, Bent Truth of the NPR-Sting Video |last=Poniewozik |first=James |date=March 13, 2011 |magazine=[[TIME]] |access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref> O'Keefe has been barred from fundraising for Project Veritas in Florida and other states because of his federal criminal record for entering a federal building under fraudulent pretenses.<ref name=WaPoFraud>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/florida-bars-project-veritas-founder-james-okeefe-from-fundraising-due-to-criminal-conviction/2017/12/08/f20a05c4-dc41-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html?utm_term=.0a1ae52949b8 |title=Florida bars Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe from fundraising due to criminal conviction |last=Boburg |first=Shawn |date=December 8, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Washington|last1=Post|accessdate=2019-08-19|title=Project Veritas leader James O'Keefe barred from fundraising in Florida|url=http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2017/12/09/project-veritas-leader-james-okeefe-barred-from-fundraising-in-florida/|website=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref>
'''Project Veritas''' is an American [[right-wing]] activist group.<ref name=APLibelSuit>[https://www.apnews.com/2d702617f49944438d3bf2d1f0926017 N Carolina woman sues Project Veritas, founder for libel]. Emery P. Dalesio, [[Associated Press]], May 21, 2019</ref><ref name=GuardianFakeNews>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/29/project-veritas-how-fake-news-prize-went-to-rightwing-group-beloved-by-trump |title=Project Veritas: how fake news prize went to rightwing group beloved by Trump |last=Ed |first=Pilkington |date=November 29, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="NYTmoore" /><ref name=TheIntercept>{{cite web |url=https://theintercept.com/2019/06/11/facebook-rules-project-veritas/ |title=Right-Wing sting group Project Veritas is breaking Facebook's "authentic behavior" rule. Now what? |last=Biddle |first=Sam |date=June 11, 2019 |website=[[The Intercept]] |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref> It was founded in 2010 by [[James O'Keefe]]. The group's productions have been widely criticized and dismissed as misleading, fabricated or taken out of context⁠.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Casey|last1=Newton|accessdate=2019-08-19|title=Project Veritas’ YouTube sting was deeply misleading — and successful|url=https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/6/27/18760463/project-veritas-youtube-sting-james-okeefe|date=27 June 2019|website=The Verge}}</ref><ref name=GuardianFakeNews /><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-19|title=Project Veritas' Election 2016 'Rigging' Videos|url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/10/18/project-veritas-election-videos/|website=Snopes.com}}</ref> In 2017, it was caught in a failed attempt to trick the ''The Washington Post'' into posting a fabricated story about [[Roy Moore]].<ref name="NYTmoore">{{cite news|first1=Matthew|last1=Haag|accessdate=2019-08-19|title=Woman Tried to Dupe Washington Post With False Claim About Roy Moore, Paper Says|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/us/washington-post-roy-moore-project-veritas.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 November 2017|issn=0362-4331|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/a-woman-approached-the-post-with-dramatic--and-false--tale-about-roy-moore-sje-appears-to-be-part-of-undercover-sting-operation/2017/11/27/0c2e335a-cfb6-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html|website=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-19|title=Project Veritas head mocks Washington Post's handling of hoax|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/project-veritas-washington-post-founder-james-okeefe/|website=www.cbsnews.com}}</ref><ref name=GuardianFakeNews /> O'Keefe and Project Veritas have been sued for defamation repeatedly, at least one of those suits leading to an apology and $100,000 damages.<ref name=AtlanticConor>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/andrew-breitbart-and-james-okeefe-ruined-him-and-now-he-gets-100-000/273841/ |title=Andrew Breitbart and James O'Keefe Ruined Him, and Now He Gets $100,000 |last=Friedersdorf |first=Conor |date=March 8, 2013 |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Folk">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/03/14/134525412/Segments-Of-NPR-Gotcha-Video-Taken-Out-Of-Context |title=Elements of NPR Gotcha Video Taken out of Context |last=Folkenflik |first=David |date=March 14, 2011 |website=[[NPR]] |access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Twisty">{{cite magazine |url=http://entertainment.time.com/2011/03/13/the-twisty-bent-truth-of-the-npr-sting-video |title=The Twisty, Bent Truth of the NPR-Sting Video |last=Poniewozik |first=James |date=March 13, 2011 |magazine=[[TIME]] |access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref> O'Keefe has been barred from fundraising for Project Veritas in Florida and other states because of his federal criminal record for entering a federal building under fraudulent pretenses.<ref name=WaPoFraud>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/florida-bars-project-veritas-founder-james-okeefe-from-fundraising-due-to-criminal-conviction/2017/12/08/f20a05c4-dc41-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html?utm_term=.0a1ae52949b8 |title=Florida bars Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe from fundraising due to criminal conviction |last=Boburg |first=Shawn |date=December 8, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Washington|last1=Post|accessdate=2019-08-19|title=Project Veritas leader James O'Keefe barred from fundraising in Florida|url=http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2017/12/09/project-veritas-leader-james-okeefe-barred-from-fundraising-in-florida/|website=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref>


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Project Veritas is an American right-wing activist group.[1][2][3][4] It was founded in 2010 by James O'Keefe. The group's productions have been widely criticized and dismissed as misleading, fabricated or taken out of context⁠.[5][2][6] In 2017, it was caught in a failed attempt to trick the The Washington Post into posting a fabricated story about Roy Moore.[3][7][8][2] O'Keefe and Project Veritas have been sued for defamation repeatedly, at least one of those suits leading to an apology and $100,000 damages.[9][10][11] O'Keefe has been barred from fundraising for Project Veritas in Florida and other states because of his federal criminal record for entering a federal building under fraudulent pretenses.[12][13]

Funding

Much of the funding for Project Veritas comes from anonymous donations through Donors Trust, a conservative, American nonprofit donor-advised fund, which according to its promotional materials, says that it will "keep your charitable giving private, especially gifts funding sensitive or controversial issues."[14] Prominent donors include the Trump Foundation, which, in May 2015, donated $10,000.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ N Carolina woman sues Project Veritas, founder for libel. Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press, May 21, 2019
  2. ^ a b c Ed, Pilkington (November 29, 2017). "Project Veritas: how fake news prize went to rightwing group beloved by Trump". The Guardian. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Haag, Matthew (27 November 2017). "Woman Tried to Dupe Washington Post With False Claim About Roy Moore, Paper Says". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-19 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ Biddle, Sam (June 11, 2019). "Right-Wing sting group Project Veritas is breaking Facebook's "authentic behavior" rule. Now what?". The Intercept. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  5. ^ Newton, Casey (27 June 2019). "Project Veritas' YouTube sting was deeply misleading — and successful". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  6. ^ "Project Veritas' Election 2016 'Rigging' Videos". Snopes.com. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  7. ^ "A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation". Washington Post.
  8. ^ "Project Veritas head mocks Washington Post's handling of hoax". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  9. ^ Friedersdorf, Conor (March 8, 2013). "Andrew Breitbart and James O'Keefe Ruined Him, and Now He Gets $100,000". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  10. ^ Folkenflik, David (March 14, 2011). "Elements of NPR Gotcha Video Taken out of Context". NPR. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  11. ^ Poniewozik, James (March 13, 2011). "The Twisty, Bent Truth of the NPR-Sting Video". TIME. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  12. ^ Boburg, Shawn (December 8, 2017). "Florida bars Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe from fundraising due to criminal conviction". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  13. ^ Post, Washington. "Project Veritas leader James O'Keefe barred from fundraising in Florida". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  14. ^ Mayer, Jane (May 20, 2016). "Sting of Myself". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  15. ^ Israel, Josh (October 20, 2016). "Trump used his foundation to fund guerrilla filmmaker James O'Keefe". ThinkProgress. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  16. ^ Caldwell, Leigh Ann (October 21, 2016). "Trump Foundation paid filmmaker who claims Clinton paid to incite violence at Trump rally". CNBC. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
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