CANNES
-- In a blockbuster new video, Project Veritas has exposed the truth
about the dark funding behind Hollywood's anti-fracking messaging
machine.
New York Times Bestselling Author and Project Veritas
founder and president James O'Keefe debuted the latest investigation at a
"premiere" in Cannes, France on Wednesday.
In the
investigation, an undercover journalist from Project Veritas posed as a
member of a Middle Eastern oil dynasty and offered $9 million in funding
to American filmmakers to fund an anti-fracking movie.
In video
from a meeting with Ed Begley Jr., Mariel Hemingway and Josh Tickell, a
Project Veritas investigator disguised as "Muhammed" offered $9 million
for an anti-fracking film. "Muhammad" clearly states: "If Washington
DC continues fracking, America will be energy efficient, and then they
won't need my oil anymore."
In the same conversation, Begley and
Hemingway accept the funding and agree to hide the source of funds for
the anti-fracking movie. Hemingway agreeing that those who will know
the source of the funding are "only at this table."
Ed Begley
Jr. is an outspoken environmental activist and current Governor on the
board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (the
organization that brings us the OSCARS every year.)
Mariel Hemingway is a Golden Globe- and Oscar-nominated actress.
Josh
Tickell is a Sundance Film Festival Winner and the director of
environmental message movies "Fuel", "The Big Fix" and "PUMP".
Team
Begley even submitted a video of Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo
offering his unwavering support for the fictitious anti-fracking film
project.
The meeting came about after a series of discussions
with Josh and Rebecca Tickell. A Project Veritas journalist posed as an
ad executive seeking to broker a deal for his client ("Muhammed") to
fund an American-made anti-fracking film.
In a phone
call to Tickell, the ad executive states: "My client's interest is to
end American energy independence; your interest is to end fracking. And
you guys understand that?"
Tickell's response: "Correct. Yes, super clear."
Tickell
makes it clear on the tape that revealing the source of funding for an
activist film can undermine its credibility. Tickell notes that the
movie "Promised Land" undermined its own message because it was labeled
as being funded by Image Nation Abu Dhabi. His advice: "So rather than
putting that [the source of funding] up front, don't mention that."
In
a follow-up call with Josh and Rebecca Tickell, Rebecca Tickell assures
our investigator: "We would never tell about where the funding is
coming from. That would be really awkward for us."
Josh
Tickell: "We're confident that we can keep this zip locked, you know
tight, air-tight forever. If we don't protect who is kind of funding
this thing, if we have to disclose that or that becomes a necessary part
of it, the whole enterprise will not work."
Project Veritas founder and president James O'Keefe stated Wednesday:
"This
latest investigation shows the dark side of Hollywood's environmental
movement. Hollywood is willing to take and conceal money from Middle
Eastern oil interests in order to advance their cause of destroying
American energy independence."
The raw video can be found at
http://Youtube.com/VeritasVisuals
Project
Veritas is non-partisan and does not advocate for political candidates
or parties. The purpose of Project Veritas' investigations is to expose
waste, fraud, dishonesty and self-dealing.
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NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.
Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:
Rich Valdés (as "Muhammad")
Chris Heneghan
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