Sharyl Attkisson’s principled quest to destroy what’s left of her credibility

[DonViejo]

Attkisson quit CBS over ideological interference, and ended up at Heritage's terrible new website

SIMON MALOY

Sharyl Attkisson has principles. The former CBS News investigative correspondent became a heroine to conservatives for her intense, unerring, borderline obsessive focus on Benghazi. She ended up resigning from the network in March, implying that her bosses were trying to censor her and infect her reporting with malicious political bias. With that act of career martyrdom she instantly became a candidate for canonization by right-wing pundits and activists, and an important figure in the ongoing Benghazi conspiracy, which assumes a certain amount of media complicity in covering up THE TRUTH.

Since then Attkisson has made the rounds with conservative journalists, helping to confirm their already firmly cemented belief that the mainstream media is infested with sneaky liberals who act on orders from the Obama White House. Meanwhile, the rest of us have been wondering where Attkisson would go to practice her brand of fiercely independent journalism – where she could be free from political influence and the corrupting forces of ideology.

Now we know. The Heritage Foundation.

The right-wing think tank debuted a brand new website yesterday called The Daily Signal, which, according to its founders, will offer “straight-down-the-middle journalism.” Attkisson has signed on to the site as a “senior independent contributor,” a title that has no actual meaning but does quite noticeably contain the word “independent.” The site’s launch featured an interview with Attkisson in which she decries the “tendency in the news media, on the part of some managers, to censor or block stories that don’t fall in line with the message they want sent to the viewers.”

Again, to escape ideological corruption, she went to the Heritage Foundation.

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[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Read the whole thing - apparently, Reagan was a fearless truth-seeker about Iran-Contra

according to a review of a book written by Reagan official David Abshire. The 'review' was the description written by the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress, headed by ... David Abshire, whom Reagan appointed to cover up Iran-Contra restore the American faith in the presidency. And that process of stonewalling, obfuscation and retroactive pardoning is what the 'Daily Signal' recommends should happen for Benghazi.

[closeupready]

2. lol, what a loser.

Oh, well, it would be one thing to resign from CBS in order to help build clean water facilities in Africa or help immunize the last few areas on Earth with polio outbreaks. Instead, she resigned and is now doing kinda sorta what she was doing at CBS, but for less money, less prestige, and without helping anyone but herself.

Great move. K&R