23rd July 2010, 12:41 PM
It was staged in that the video only showed the very few Acorn offices that actually helped the two people, not any of the others that refused them... and that only very low level people gave them any kind of assistance, not anyone with authority... that the tapes were edited to make it look as bad as possible for the ACORN employees, while the truth (and the complete videos) was much less clear... and of course in that its goal was not exposing anything, but destroying an organization dedicated to helping poor people, the kind of people who Republicans dislike the most. Republicans think that you should only help the rich, not the poor. That in this case they actually succeeded is incredibly tragic for all the poor people who now will suffer because that agency is gone... yes, ACORN obviously had some issues, but the good they did was certainly much, much more.
See this for an even description of the whole thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACORN_2009_...ontroversy
See this for an even description of the whole thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACORN_2009_...ontroversy
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