New Section   As stated above by Chris in the Conason OpEd section BigGov is offering an ACORN tract that shows its own participation with NBC in an undercover video sting operation BigGov is calling foul on the idea that NBCACORN were not cited as unethical as per this operation and it seems that Chris is suggesting we add this to the article However BigGovs argument is fallacious and adding it would only weigh down this article with a point that would by necessity negate itself  While the legal case with Baltimore ACORN involves local wiretapping laws the majority of the valid criticism directed against Giles and OKeefe has less to do with wiretapping or lying to prospective sources and more to do with their excessive editing their release methods and their deliberate inaccessibility to newsgroups which they characterize as their enemies their words not mine  For example in the Oct  interview with Carol Leonnig by Greta van Susteren the major criticism offered isnt wiretapping which both journalists dismiss Rather its the heavily edited content the hoakie excuse that the battery died the police report which contradicts the BigGov narrative and the posture contrived through the late release of a video whose unedited presentation Philly ACORN has been asking for already httpmediamattersorgmmtv  The Columbia Journalism Review criticizes Breitbart Giles and OKeefe for blackmailing the attorney general to meet their demands not for wiretapping Greg Marx points out that if Breitbart has crucial info and Breitbart claims to have evidence of real criminal activities then he should forthrightly produce it and not play some weird game with the AG Holderhttpwwwcjrorgthekickerwellitmaydeserveanawardiphppageallprinttrue  Alexandra Fenwick points out that Giles in her interview with Sean Hannity admits to not really knowing what ACORN actually did before she decided to expose them However commendable Giless work may be by taking that approach Giles represents shadows of journalisms muckraking past httpwwwcjrorgbehindthenewsacornsfamilytreephp  So the majority of the criticism of Giless work has very little to do with wiretapping even as per the woebegone Conason quote The issues with Giless videos are that they misrepresent and manipulate information for political purposes and her neglect of regional wiretapping laws dont form the meat of the arguments against her work  From the very beginning of this issue Breitbart has repeatedly stated that his videorelease method was contrived as an attack against what he calls the liberal democratic media complex see his Sept  articles in the Wall Street Journal and in the Washington Times This aspect of The BigGovcom agenda saturates the entire video scandal in terms of its execution its release and of the whole fictitious narrative that BigGov has contrived to frame this story ie Breitbart says that the standard newsgroups were ignoring him Hannah  James while in fact all  actively refused opportunities that were offered to share their stories with those same newsgroups This is thoroughly documented in the ACORN Video Controversy entry This places BigGovs video work in a completely different category than the work conducted by NBCACORN  I have read the source material BigGov offers concerning NBC and their comparison to their own position No where in the case citied by BigGov do we see ACORN or NBC claiming that because of this sting all taxagents ought to be defunded or investigated as BigGov does with ACORN No where do they claim that HR Block should be shut down since it is part of a larger ideological complex that the operation was meant to attack as Breitbart does with ACORN We dont have NBC slowly dragging out the release of the story in order to inflict maximum damage to their enemies as Giles  OKeefe do We dont have ACORN or NBC trying to blackmail the Attorney General into catering a witchhunt at their behest as Breitbart most recently did or threatening to release a torrent of damaging videos just before the next election cycle if they are not thus indulged again Breitbarts latest stunt NBCs undercover work with ACORN is of an entirely different order than the politically saturated openly hostile and allencompassing attack which BigGov is staging That very big difference is what makes Giless work unethical  Even if one chooses to indulge the argument about undercover work I am  certain that NBC fully obliged the ethical and legal standards of wiretapping in their targetted area as any professional organization would before embarking on that operation If you have ever engaged in qualitative data gathering wheth