Veteran reporter resigns from CBS over liberal bias.
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UPDATED: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 20:08
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"Miss Attkisson had grown frustrated at CBS with what she saw as liberal bias, as well as “an outsized influence by the network’s corporate partners and a lack of dedication to investigative reporting,” several sources told Politico."
liberal bias
outsized influence by the network’s corporate partners
lack of dedication to investigative reporting
Pretty bland description of what she was claiming. She claims her work AND PERSONAL (at home) computers were hacked. “There were just signs of unusual happenings for many months, odd behavior like the computers just turning themselves on at night and then turning themselves back off again,” she said. ... “I think I know. But I’m just not prepared to go into that. We’re continuing our investigations. There are multifaceted looks at what to do next… Let me just say, whoever did it, to come into a private citizen’s home, whether I’m a journalist or not, and look in my family’s computer and look into my work computer… Well, it’s outrageous.”
Do I think the government is beyond that? Not in the least. Do I think they'd be so clumsy as to have the computers turn themselves on and off in the middle of the night for anyone to notice? No, not really.
Looking at her stories, I find most of her stories during the Bush years to NOT be directed at the president, during an administration that was prime territory for investigative reporting. Her 'zeal' to uncover the 'truth' didn't extend in that direction at the time. No, her anti-administration campaign began during the Obama administration.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharyl_Attkisson#2010s
2000s
2001 - Firestone Tire Fiasco
2002 - American Red Cross
2009 - TARP and the bank bailout
2010s
2010 - waste of tax dollars
2011 - investigations into Congressional travel to the Copenhagen climate summit, and aid to Haiti earthquake victims
2012 - ATF's Fast and Furious
So, her political outrage looks distinctly partisan.
I think Attkison's grudge match against the Obama administration was uncomfortable for the corporation. (Just as it would have been if she focused her ire on Bush earlier. But she didn't.) Meanwhile, the corporation, being a corporation, didn't want anything to get in the way of profits smoothly rolling in.
Unbiased truth teller? She's hardly that. CBS downplaying her because it's a 'liberal' organization? Not that either.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
W didn't do what Barry did. Not even close . That's what you fail to comprehend
"Barry" didn't do what you claim he did, either. Not even close.
That's what you utterly fail to comprehend.
Hell, even Darrell Issa has admitted as much.
Yeah he did, and I really don't give two flips what you think Issa said.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
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You're right. GWB just started two very useless and very expensive wars which managed to kill at least 100,000 people, renditioned detainees to Guantanamo and Bagram AFB and black sites all over the world where they were tortured, sometimes to death, began warrantless wiretapping at the AT&T server station in SF, and racked up a huge deficit including Medicare PartD. Obama just followed in his footsteps and added a new wrinkle with drones.
Wow, which is worse??? It's hard to say!
I wonder why Ms. Atkisson never felt the need to report on any of those stories, or to dig into them to uncover the *real* stories through that kind of hard investigative reporting she claims to be so enamored of.
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Quote:It's amazing, isn't it? ALL mainstream media was fellating Bush throughout the war. The reporting was mostly about how awesome our weapons were. It was as if they had a vested interest in lying right along with Bush, and being a megaphone for our war-for-profit industries.
Originally posted by ElvisChrist:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
You're right. GWB just started two very useless and very expensive wars which managed to kill at least 100,000 people, renditioned detainees to Guantanamo and Bagram AFB and black sites all over the world where they were tortured, sometimes to death, began warrantless wiretapping at the AT&T server station in SF, and racked up a huge deficit including Medicare PartD. Obama just followed in his footsteps and added a new wrinkle with drones.
Wow, which is worse??? It's hard to say!
I wonder why Ms. Atkisson never felt the need to report on any of those stories, or to dig into them to uncover the *real* stories through that kind of hard investigative reporting she claims to be so enamored of.
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She also claims her computers were "hacked" - and she posted a video of it happening!
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/10/busted-sharyl-attkissons-hacked-vide
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Too bad the video was shot nearly a year after the alleged "hack" she claims happened.
I wonder if she really resigned, or if CBS parted ways with her because this is the level of investigative journalism she engaged in while employed there.
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Title should have said " ultra extreme far Left wing Liberal bias " , to reflect clarity and accuracy in meaning.
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She wasn't "hacked" - she *IS* a hack.
Which of course is why conservatards love her.
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She wasn't "hacked" - she *IS* a hack.
Which of course is why conservatards love her.
cites ?
And she's not the only one this administration has tried to bully.
CNN Anchor: Obama Administration Threatens Reporter’s Jobs
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/cnn-anchor-obama-administration-threa
tens-reporters-jobs/
NY Times Reporter Facing Jail Sentence Warns of Obama’s Tyranny (and We Should Listen) - http://www.tpnn.com/2014/08/18/ny-times-reporter-facing-jail-sentence-
warns-of-obamas-tyranny-and-we-should-listen/
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All these breathless claims. She's a Koch whore. It's that simple.
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