Cenk Uygur
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Pat Robertson Diamond Mine Revealed | Scummy Details
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September 7, 2013
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6:16Now Playing"The bulk of the thousands of doctors and nurses struggling to save lives -- as about 40,000 people died of cholera -- were volunteers for the international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The Bible readers were hired by the American televangelist and former religious right presidential candidate, Pat Robertson, and his aid organisation, Operation Blessing International.
But on Robertson's US television station, the Christian Broadcasting Network, that reality was reversed, as he raised millions of dollars from loyal followers by claiming Operation Blessing was at the forefront of the international response to the biggest refugee crisis of the decade. It's a claim he continues to make, even though an official investigation into Robertson's operation in Virginia accused him of "fraudulent and deceptive" claims when he was running an almost non-existent aid operation."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur and Eboni K Williams break it down.
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