American Pravda: My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News

James O'Keefe

St. Martin's Publishing Group, Jan 16, 2018 - Biography & Autobiography - 314 pages

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.

Contents

• Meeting Citizen Trump: 1
• Defining the Veritas Journalist: 9
• Swilling Chardonnay: 54
• Pulling Back the Curtain: 120
• Always Be Closing: 129
• Banned from Twitter: 137
• Making History: 201
• Targeting the Media: 208
• Manufacturing Consent: 214
• Freezing the AntiFascist Fascists: 224
• Disrupting the Disruption: 230
• Backtracking in Wisconsin: 237
• American Pravda: 255
• Acknowledgments: 279

About the author

James O'Keefe is an award-winning journalist and the author of the New York Times bestseller Breakthrough. He is the founder and President of Project Veritas and Project Veritas Action, non-profit organizations dedicated to investigating corruption, dishonesty, waste and fraud in both public and private institutions. O'Keefe's investigations have led directly to the passage of new legislation, federal and state investigations, congressional inquiries, the defunding of taxpayer-funded groups, resignations, firings, restrainings and arrests.

Bibliographic information

• Title: American Pravda: My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News
• Author: James O'Keefe
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018
• ISBN: 1250154642, 9781250154644
• Length: 314 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism; Political Science / Propaganda; Social Science / Media Studies