Posted on 09/11/2024 7:26:51 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Sharyl Attkisson is a rare truth-teller in a profession filled with sycophants and liars.
It has been eleven years since investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson first revealed that Barack Obama’s government was illegally spying on her. Although she has pursued the matter doggedly in court, no high-ranking Obama administration officials have ever been held accountable. The incident remains remarkable not only because it laid bare another instance in which Obama’s administration engaged in unlawful, unconstitutional, and unethical conduct (remember when Attorney General Eric Holder got caught arming international drug cartels in Operation Fast and Furious for reasons that only he could justify?), but also because the silence from the American press corps was deafening.
There was some platitudinal outrage, to be sure, but if the pre-eminent news organs in the United States had truly wanted to defend free speech from government tyranny, they would have robustly condemned Obama for presiding over an administration at war with the First and Fourth Amendments. They would still be running stories to this day reminding Americans that nobody of consequence from the Obama government has been punished. And they would never stop pointing out that neither Obama nor his lieutenants have ever apologized for their impeachable offenses or naked betrayal of their constitutional oaths. Judged from their tepid response, it would appear that most corporate news reporters tacitly approved of Obama’s government conducting espionage operations against the press — at least so long as the “right kind” of reporters were the ones being targeted.
To the great consternation of the Obama regime and its praetorian press supporters, Sharyl Attkisson has always been an “old school” reporter — which is to say, she follows important news stories wherever they may take her and regardless of how her investigations may affect
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How many democRATs even know about the despicable things the 0bama regime did to Sharyl Attkisson and her family?
media is funded by cable subscriber fees and advertising
we are funding our own demise
Too late.
There is no journalism, only Propaganda.
Ya beat me to it!
Cable subscriber fees and advertising fund part of it. Most of it is funded by korporations and individuals who use the Propaganda Media for illegal political contributions-in-kind.
I personally don’t think the are “The Press”. I think they are a political operation and should have those rules applied to them. The FEC should clamp down on them and their political contributions of air time expense should not be allowed as legitimate deductions on their tax returns.
No cable or dish for us in over 30 years.
Dumped that a long time ago.
Was sick of paying for propaganda.
Excellent post. Every paragraph is worth reading.
BTTT
New York just committed $90 million to help save local journalism. Will it work?
in the movie DEADLINE,, bogart, aline goes....a journalist makes himself the hero of the story, a reporter just tells the facts
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too much journaling going on here!
Outstanding piece.
Beautifully written.
They’re not journalists, they’re activists posing as journalists.
Not the same thing (and no credible journalist would have overlooked the distinction).
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