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  • Fact-Checkers Are Used to Confuse the Public: Sharyl Attkisson

    01/23/2022 9:22:39 AM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 25 replies
    The Epoch Times ^ | January 23, 2022 | Masooma Haq and Jan Jekielek
    Five-time Emmy award-winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson said she has seen an increased effort to manipulate the public to appreciate censorship and disapprove of journalism. One of the strategies that has been employed is the use of third-party fact-checkers, she said.“Nearly every mode of information has been co-opted, if it can be co-opted by some group, [and] fact-checkers are no different,” Attkisson told EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders.”“Either they’ve been co-opted, in many instances, or created for the purpose of distributing narratives and propaganda,” said Attkisson. “This is all part of a very well-funded, well-organized landscape that dictates and slants the information...