James O’Keefe, NPR-Slayer: What Kind of Journalist is This?

The devil offspring of Johnny Knoxville and Glenn Beck is remarkably effective at achieving his political agenda. But is it all just childish pranks?

James O'Keefe, the man who slew ACORN and on Wednesday toppled the CEO of NPR, is some new kind of journalist – Johnny Knoxville meets Glenn Beck in Michael Cera's body.

His critics call him a sneaky little punk who cheats context to destroy careers and lives.

His supporters, including his media mentor, Andrew Breitbart, call him the right wing's answer to a long line of left-leaning "hybrid troublemakers who get put on the cover of Rolling Stone, like Paul Krassner and Abbie Hoffman."

Also read: 'Republicans: NPR's Ousting of CEO, Fundraising Chief Not Enough'

With Vivian Schiller, the CEO of O'Keefe's latest target, National Public Radio, resigning Wednesday following yet another O'Keefe hidden-camera sting, everyone can agree that the 26-year-old conservative activist is real good at achieving his political agenda.

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