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Sharyl Attkisson Pulls Back the Curtain
American Thinker.com ^ | October 17, 2017 | John Dietrich

Posted on 10/17/2017 8:47:33 AM PDT by Kaslin

Sharyl Attkisson’s The Smear gives insight to how news is made today. It goes a long way in convincing readers that they should believe only a small portion of what is released by the government and reported by the press. This leads to a very cynical view of the news and confirms Otto von Bismarck’s claim that "Nothing is proven until it is officially denied." Attkinsson gives an account of how massive the smear industry is. My only criticism of the book is her contention that, “the organized political smear entered the contemporary marketplace circe 1987.” Some of these smear techniques can probably be found in a study of politics in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur. The “scientific" smear might be traced back to George Creel’s World War I Committee on Public Information or Edward Bernays 1920s book Propaganda. She also appears to attribute the advice “Admit nothing” to the CIA. This is a classic Communist technique. Dozens of Communist spies had denied their connection to the Communist party and have been believed by the gullible for decades. She mentions the “infamous senator Joseph McCarthy.” who was the victim of an extremely effective smear campaign. She might benefit from reading M. Stanton Evans’ Blacklisted by History. Few people could survive the scrutiny and smear campaign Senator McCarthy was subjected to.

Her account of Larry Flynt’s reward for information on Congressional extramarital affairs was revealing. Just how many congressmen have nothing to hide and cannot be blackmailed? The government undoubtedly has an incredible amount of information on every American. We know the FBI spied on Martin Luther King. With the power of modern computers virtually everything can be recorded and stored in a database that is on a 1.5 million square foot facility in Utah.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: attkisson; blacklist; bookreview; liberalfascism; media; msm; partisanmedia; thesmear

1 posted on 10/17/2017 8:47:33 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
everything can be recorded and stored in a database that is on a 1.5 million square foot facility in Utah.

Duly noted by CW 2.0 target acquisition.


2 posted on 10/17/2017 8:52:21 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Kaslin

Sharyl needs to have a remote starter installed on her car. She needs to have a friend take it in to have the work done. And she needs to remote start it while standing behind a reinforced concrete shelter.

She also needs to watch for guys around her carrying umbrellas on a sunny day. Or a rainy day, for that matter.

It’s not paranoia if you know they are out to get you.


3 posted on 10/17/2017 8:52:39 AM PDT by henkster (The View: A psychiatric group therapy session where the shrink has stepped out of the room.)
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To: upchuck

Big Ping to Sharyl’s List Upchuck :)


4 posted on 10/17/2017 8:53:52 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: Kaslin

M. Stanton Evans’ Blacklisted by History is a great book!


5 posted on 10/17/2017 8:57:14 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Kaslin
This book (I finished on an audio cd) is AWESOME!!

The revelations she writes about are mind blowing. How the IRS/DOJ doesn't shut down some of these 'SMEAR' machines is really frustrating.

I'm now listening to Billionaire at the Barricades (Laura Ingraham's book) and it too is better (and beyond) any praise that it's currently receiving from anywhere.

6 posted on 10/17/2017 9:09:59 AM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Kaslin

If I ‘gave up’ a Congressional extramarital affair to Mr Flynt and it was a Democrat, would I get my postage back?


7 posted on 10/17/2017 9:11:27 AM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: Kaslin
I'm halfway through this book. I am disappointed by Atkinson's attempt to appear non-partisan. So when David Brock & Co. spread false information about Democrat opponents and then those opponents spread corrections, she considers each a "smear."

Vince Foster's death is called "mysterious" and that's all she says about it. Somehow most of the important disinformation put out on behalf of the Clinton machine isn't even mentioned.

I don't have the book right at hand right now but I'm pretty sure she is virtually silent about Ron Brown, TWA800, and the Waco massacre. Instead I think she talks about the Bimbo Eruptions which is pretty much what the Clinton Administration wanted the press to talk about.

ML/NJ

8 posted on 10/17/2017 9:20:53 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: KC_Lion

who has hte ping list? I’d like to be on it


9 posted on 10/17/2017 9:52:28 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434; upchuck
who has the ping list? I’d like to be on it

Upchuck has Sharyl Attkisson’s ping list

And he always does a great job. :)

10 posted on 10/17/2017 9:59:22 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: KC_Lion

thanks- I’ll ask him- love sharyl- she has guts


11 posted on 10/17/2017 10:02:54 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: KC_Lion

arrrrgh- says his account has been suspended?


12 posted on 10/17/2017 10:04:06 AM PDT by Bob434
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lol, click on “inforum” that must be left over from times past, he just posted things today. If he were really suspended you would be able to see his forum comments or send him Private Messages :)


13 posted on 10/17/2017 10:06:30 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: Kaslin

this book is a dry-as-dust compendium of a vast amount of publicly available information. there’s nothing new in this book if one has read most of the articles posted at FR for the last few years, plus a few good history books.

the book’s only virtue is that it does a good job in arranging all of this information in chronological order.

like all such books, it’s so dry and so boring, i managed to completely read only the couple of chapters on the 2016 primaries and 2016 general election.


14 posted on 10/17/2017 10:37:16 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: harpu

>> How the IRS/DOJ doesn’t shut down some of these ‘SMEAR’ machines is really frustrating.

Uhhh.... because they are participants?


15 posted on 10/17/2017 1:06:01 PM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Bob434; KC_Lion
arrrrgh- says his account has been suspended?

Things aren't always as they seem ;-)

You're added to to the Sharyl ping list Bob434.

KC, thanks for the nice compliment.

16 posted on 10/17/2017 6:01:05 PM PDT by upchuck (Looking for a new/different job? Try Genealogy. You can't get fired and you can't quit!)
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To: upchuck

thanks upchuck- I guess i shoulda just pinged you to the thread- I knew i’d seen your posts recently- didn’t understand why the page said banned-


17 posted on 10/17/2017 8:57:42 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: KC_Lion

[[he just posted things today.]]

That’s what i thought- or that he’d posted in recent past- didn’t understand hwy page said he was banned-

[[If he were really suspended you would be able to see his forum comments or send him Private Messages :)]]

I didn’t even think of checking those- doh- Well next time I’ll know if i run across that again- thanks


18 posted on 10/17/2017 9:00:29 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

The page says banned ‘cause I have a strange sense of humor :)


19 posted on 10/18/2017 5:51:32 AM PDT by upchuck (Looking for a new/different job? Try Genealogy. You can't get fired and you can't quit!)
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To: ml/nj
The corruption in Washington runs so deep it would take decades to uncover and prosecute all the criminal players.

I think that is the exact reason they haven't brought charges against Hillary. If any witnesses start singing to protect themselves the subsequent landslide would take down half the town.

20 posted on 10/18/2017 8:13:04 AM PDT by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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