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Sharyl Attkisson says reporters intimidated into ignoring IRS scandal
Posted on 6/20/14 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 6/20/14 at 4:22 pm
Yeah, I know, WND. But I checked; the NY Times didn't have this story.
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The Obama administration has been awash with scandals – some that have been said to surpass Watergate – and yet America’s mainstream press has apparently forgotten its role as watchdog, claims Fox Business News’ Lou Dobbs, and his award-winning journalist guest has a theory as to why.
Emmy-winning investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson appeared on the June 19 “Lou Dobbs Tonight” program and explained the media isn’t digging into allegations the White House used the power of the IRS to target tea-party groups because “propaganda interests” have intimidated reporters so severely, they’re afraid if they cover the administration’s scandals, they’ll be seen as a “right-wing nut.”
“Whether it’s Fast and Furious, whether it is spying on a journalist, whether it’s IRS targeting, Benghazi, the list goes on and on and on,” Dobbs posited to Attkisson. “Yet the national liberal media, as I often style it, simply will not rise up to the level of a watchdog for the state. Instead they are behaving much more like lap dogs. It is, to me, mind boggling.”
Attkisson suggested some reporters may simply not be that interested in these scandal stories, but she also suggested there may be more nefarious forces at work.
“I think to some degree they have been played by propaganda interests who suggest that if these stories are covered, they are simply phony scandals and Republican generated. Which they’re not, in my opinion,” she said. “From a neutral viewpoint there are many important questions to be asked and implications here. But the propaganda campaign says that if you’re interested in the story you’re a conservative and a right-wing nut.
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Posted on 6/20/14 at 4:42 pm to L.A.
That makes total sense to me. They don't want to offend BHO. He might take away WH press privileges!
That and they may look bad from whoring for him since 2004 and then admitting they were wrong. He IS incompetent and not capable of being a decent President.
That and they may look bad from whoring for him since 2004 and then admitting they were wrong. He IS incompetent and not capable of being a decent President.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 4:45 pm to L.A.
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Lou Dobbs
is a BAWSS.
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Sharyl Attkisson
is an amazing investigative reporter.
Therefore, they are correct.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:12 pm to L.A.
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“From a neutral viewpoint there are many important questions to be asked and implications here. But the propaganda campaign says that if you’re interested in the story you’re a conservative and a right-wing nut.
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RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
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RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 5:59 pm to L.A.
I do not know why the Republicans do not do an all out assault on how bias the media is. They should name names and point out all the examples of bias.
They have nothing to lose by doing this..
They have nothing to lose by doing this..
Posted on 6/20/14 at 10:47 pm to L.A.
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Sharyl Attkisson
She's starting to have a certain Je ne sais quoi...
Posted on 6/21/14 at 3:09 am to L.A.
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“Whether it’s Fast and Furious, whether it is spying on a journalist, whether it’s IRS targeting, Benghazi, the list goes on and on and on,” Dobbs posited to Attkisson. “Yet the national liberal media, as I often style it, simply will not rise up to the level of a watchdog for the state. Instead they are behaving much more like lap dogs. It is, to me, mind boggling.”
If she thinks this, then maybe she should partner up with Karl Rove and start a network news. I don't know... call it "fair and balanced" and focus on Benghazi and Fast & Furious and all of these many "scandals" that she claims the press doesn't focus on. Clearly there's a niche there.
Too late
Posted on 6/21/14 at 8:08 am to L.A.
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Yeah, I know, WND. But I checked; the NY Times didn't have this story.
That's because NYT doesn't classify several paragraphs on a talking head's opinion a "story".
WND is literally as bad as The National Enquirer. It exists solely to provide conservatives their daily outrage. Stop reading it. You're deliberately misinforming yourself.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 8:55 am to L.A.
Sharyl Attkisson is nothing more than a wannabe opportunist, who sees money in her future as the "stonewalled" ex-liberal journalist attempting to expose some truth, despite never having broken a major story in her life. She knows that sort of apostate stuff (see Dick Morris) plays well among eagerly gullible Fox viewers.
So, she's afraid of being considered a right wing nut, but interviews with WND? Pretty laughable.
Here's a challenge for you, Ms. Attkisson... now that you're freed from the shackle of liberal media bosses let's see some amazing political revelations instead of all these whiney, blame-gamey excuses for your failures. I bet you can't.
So, she's afraid of being considered a right wing nut, but interviews with WND? Pretty laughable.
Here's a challenge for you, Ms. Attkisson... now that you're freed from the shackle of liberal media bosses let's see some amazing political revelations instead of all these whiney, blame-gamey excuses for your failures. I bet you can't.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 10:49 am to L.A.
Since when did right-wingers get the "nut" label? That was reserved for left-wingers for a long time.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 11:20 am to L.A.
quote:Reporters are attacked and ridiculed by politicians and public officials everywhere and at every level of government. If scandalous documents were handed out at the first request then we wouldn't need "investigative reporting".
Sharyl Attkisson says reporters intimidated into ignoring IRS scandal
the greatest allies of the crooked politicians are the members of the media (FOX News) and public (both right and left) who criticize the media at every opportunity.
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