ACORN "deeply disturbed" by videos

As well they should be. Here is the CNN article which reports this disturbed feeling. It's amazing what two young intrepid individuals can do with a little gumption and a hidden camera. The fact that this has occurred at four different ACORN offices in four different cities shows that there is a systemic issue within ACORN and not a case of a bad apple here or there.

While before ACORN had decried the videos as doctored and threatened lawsuits (even though it fired four of the employees appearing in the videos) it has now announced a hiring freeze, an immediate training program for all front-line staff and selection of an independent auditor. What it should do is announce the dismantling of its operations, but never will. No amount of training can teach people to be ethical and no amount of auditing can keep them that way. Rot like this starts at the top and permeates down throughout an organization and I am sure there are too many interests involved.

Links to all four of the videos in this previous post.

Also, the Power Line Blog guys are posting that there will be another video tomorrow from the San Diego ACORN office.