Danny Ferris

If journalism is about impact, it's been a good two weeks for twentysomething filmmakers James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles.

The now famous pair -- depending on your choice of media outlet -- posed as a pimp and a prostitute and, with hidden camera at the ready, sought help setting up a brothel from ACORN, the taxpayer-supported community organizing group. ACORN traditionally backs voter registration drives, affordable housing and minimum-wage increases. Turns out some of its staff are also open to prostitution, sex trafficking in minors, tax fraud and money laundering.