Conservative activist James O'Keefe (above) has released what he says are 119 hours of raw audio secretly recorded inside CNN's Atlanta headquarters in 2009

Conservative activist James O'Keefe has released what he says are 119 hours of raw audio secretly recorded inside CNN's Atlanta headquarters in 2009.

The audio was recorded by what O'Keefe's website, Project Veritas, describes as an anonymous source identified only as 'Miss X.'

O'Keefe says the tapes show that CNN did not include a particular poll in its reporting; however, it is common for news organizations to be discerning about which polls they choose to report on.

CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, O'Keefe announced his plans to release the recordings.

He said he is targeting CNN specifically because it 'has a very important role as an arbiter of news.'

O'Keefe also tweeted on Thursday that he was offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who could produce video footage of malfeasance in a newsroom.

'I want to start exposing the media and their flaws,' he tweeted.

O'Keefe also tweeted on Thursday that he was offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who could produce video footage of malfeasance in a newsroom

'I want to start exposing the media and their flaws,' he tweeted. 'This is the beginning of the end for the MSM. And it starts today'

'If you are an employee in a newsroom and hear or see something unethical, record it,' O'Keefe writes. 'If it's good enough, I'll pay you $10k'

In a Facebook post a short time later, O'Keefe's Project Veritas said that the White House called to congratulate him on the CNN leaks

'This is the beginning of the end for the MSM. And it starts today.'

He ended the tweet with the handle @CNN.

'If you are an employee in a newsroom and hear or see something unethical, record it,' O'Keefe writes. 'If it's good enough, I'll pay you $10k.'

'If you have hidden audio recordings, videotapes or documents inside of a newsroom or media institution, and the material is good enough, I will pay you $10,000,' O'Keefe says in a video released on the Project Veritas website.

In a Facebook post a short time later, O'Keefe's Project Veritas said that the White House called to congratulate him on the CNN leaks.

O'Keefe also released snippets of the raw audio that he says was obtained secretly from CNN in 2009

In one clip, a CNN journalist is said to be overheard making a 'mock crying' sound when discussing a news interview with an Iranian girl

'The White House just called to say that the CNN audio we just released "is so cool",' the Facebook post read.

Some of O'Keefe's previous leaks have resulted in legal actions.

In 2010, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of entering federal property under false pretenses after trying to tamper with the phones in Louisiana Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu's office.

He called that episode a 'huge misunderstanding' and defended his tactics, saying investigative reporters have been using hidden cameras for years.

The year before, he became notorious for his selectively edited videos about ACORN, the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, which backed efforts to register voters in urban and other poor areas of the country.

He used a hidden camera to record as he brought a young woman posing as a prostitute to the group's offices.

The widely aired footage and the resulting outrage led to ACORN disbanding.

O'Keefe agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit based on the ACORN incident.

Though he has said he has no formal training as a journalist, O'Keefe helped found a conservative monthly journal called The Centurion as an undergraduate at Rutgers University.

After graduating in 2006, O'Keefe was paid to set up magazines and newspapers on university campuses for the Leadership Institute, which recruits potential conservative public policy and media stars.