American Pravda

My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News

James O'Keefe

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781250154651
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Political Propaganda
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The one real difference between the American press and the Soviet state newspaper Pravda was that the Russian people knew they were being lied to. To expose the lies our media tell us today, controversial journalist James O'Keefe created Project Veritas, an independent news organization whose reporters go where traditional journalists dare not. Their investigative work–equal parts James Bond, Mike Wallace, and Saul Alinsky—has had a consistent and powerful impact on its targets.In American Pravda, the reader is invited to go undercover with these intrepid journalists as they infiltrate political campaigns, unmask dishonest officials and expose voter fraud. A rollicking adventure story on one level, the book also serves as a treatise on modern media, arguing that establishment journalists have a vested interest in keeping the powerful comfortable and the people misinformed.The book not only contests the false narratives frequently put forth by corporate media, it documents the consequences of telling the truth in a world that does not necessarily want to hear it. O'Keefe's enemies attack with lawsuits, smear campaigns, political prosecutions, and false charges in an effort to shut down Project Veritas. For O'Keefe, every one of these attacks is a sign of success. American Pravda puts the myths and misconceptions surrounding O'Keefe's activities to rest and will make you rethink every word you hear and read in the so-called mainstream press.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Notice
• Dedication
• Epigraphs
• Meeting Citizen Trump
• Defining the Veritas Journalist
• Crossing Borders
• Honoring a Tradition—The History of Journalism and Its Demise
• Swilling Chardonnay
• Practicing Magic
• Meeting Candidate Trump
• Recognizing Propaganda
• Meeting Alan Schulkin
• Channeling Chicago
• Working Our Way In
• Going Deep
• Pulling Back the Curtain
• Counting Down
• Always Be Closing
• Banned from Twitter
• Closing Up Shop
• Spiking the News
• Breaking Through
• Weaponized Autism
• Going Viral in Vegas
• Anticipating Hillary
• Fleeing Philly
• Making History
• Targeting the Media
• Manufacturing Consent
• Freezing the “Anti-Fascist” Fascists
• Disrupting the Disruption
• Backtracking in Wisconsin
• Editing the News
• Attacking Fox
• American Pravda
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index
• About the Author
• Newsletter Sign-Up
• Contents
• Copyright