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by ehsankia 2200 days ago
I'm sorry but no. I'm all for looking at all sides, but Project Veritas is not that. They have done extremely shady things such as intentionally sending a fake victim to WP [0], as well as editing/slicing sentences (which they recorded without consent) to create an entirely different narrative, different from what the person was originally trying to convey [1].

Even a single one of these incidents is enough to completely throw every thing you've done and said into doubt, let alone the half a dozen that PV has behind it. There is absolutely no way you can take anything they say or do serious after they've been caught times and times again lying and misleading.

It has absolutely nothing to do with how outlanding their views are, and everything to do with the fact that what they say or do cannot be trusted. I used to in the beginning, but they are way past being given a "fair look".

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42150322

[1] https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/6/27/18760463/projec...