When two young conservatives posed as a pimp and a prostitute in a sting to expose ACORN's business practices, it was a harbinger of the current political climate of fake news and intractable partisanship in politics.
The ensuing political drama spawned the now-omnipresent Breitbart Media, drove an even deeper wedge between Democrats and Republicans, and served as a prescient foreshadowing for much of today’s political climate.