Original sentence: After indicating to journalists that he had the videos in his possession, he would usually agree to provide them in exchange for money – Idema often took advantage this relationship with the media as a source of revenue.Idema and Scurka again worked together as consultants for the 48 hours story about a highly decorated special forces operative accused and convicted of murdering his wife.Idema had some success presenting himself to the media as a terrorism expert, and seemed to have little trouble finding media outlets willing to believe him.Idema sought to show that he had inside knowledge of Al Qaeda's collaboration with state governments, although his statements would not be considered particularly insightful or original.Now the outlets available to Idema are a few pro-Idema blogs and niche websites such as superpatriots.Some major outlets, including "NBC Nightly news" and CNN declined to broadcast the tapes because of the credibility issue.The lack of credit given to Idema prompted Scurka and Caraballo to begin making a documentary film with the working title, Any Lesser Man: The Keith Idema Story.This allowed him to secure interviews and in some instances get his "terrorism videos" broadcast on television
Edited sentence: After indicating to journalists that he had the videos in possession, he would usually agree to provide these videos in exchange for money – indeed, Idema often exploited this relationship with the media as a source of revenue.Idema and Gary Scurka worked together as consultants for the 48 hours story about a highly decorated special forces operative accused and convicted of murdering his wife.Idema had some success for a while presenting himself to the media as a terrorism expert, and seemed to have little trouble finding media outlets that believed him.Idema sought to demonstrate that he had inside knowledge of Al Qaeda's collaboration with state governments, although his statements would not be considered particularly insightful or original.Now the outlets available to Idema are a few anonymous, pro-Idema blogs and niche websites such as superpatriots.Some major outlets, including "NBC Nightly news" and CNN, refused to broadcast the tapes because of Idema's lack of credibility.The lack of credit given to Idema prompted Scurka and Edward Caraballo to begin making a documentary film with the working title, Any Lesser Man: The Keith Idema Story.This allowed him to secure interviews and in some cases get his so-called "terrorism videos" broadcast on television