Sharyl Atkkisson Victim of ‘Liberal Bias’? It’s FALSE NEWS!

[DemocratsForProgress]

Sandy Todd: Sharyl Atkkisson Victim of ‘Liberal Bias’? It’s FALSE NEWS!

Sharyl Atkkisson has been portrayed by the conservative media as the “latest victim” in Obama’s “War on Freedom of the Press.” She recently resigned her position after complaining relentlessly to her superiors that she was stymied in her reporting, and that CBS has a “lack of dedication to investigative reporting.” That’s right. The home of 60 Minutes. The home of Harry Reasoner, Harold Dow, Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, Dan Rather, Roger Mudd and Charles Kuralt. The home of Walter Cronkite, for crying out loud. Sharyl Atkkisson would have us believe that the stalwart of American news is hurdling down the rabbit hole into a land of hippies and commies.

There is no question that Sharyl Atkkisson is an accomplished journalist. She has received some of the highest honors that journalism bestows on its colleagues, an Edward R Murrow Award, I.R.E. Award, an Investigative Emmy, several team Emmys, as well as several nominations.

She has also been responsible for more “False News” in the last 10 years than I would have thought possible from a CBS reporter. Her stories have run the gamut from Red Cross “mismanagement” to Solyndra to Benghazi to Fast & Furious. Notice a pattern?

It has been widely reported that Fox News viewers are less likely to have accurate information on the events of the day. I wonder how that survey would turn out if respondents were given the choice of individual journalists, rather than networks as a whole. I also wonder how surveys rate credible news. Do they take it at face value that green energy is “Going Red,” just because Sharyl Attkisson says so? Do they repeat her claim of an Administration “Information Clamp,” when she applies a White House press corps photojournalist complaint to the press corps as a whole? One only need remember the May 2009 cover of The Washingtonian to understand why this White House is a bit more controlling of photography than past administrations...

More at: http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2014/03/14/sharyl-atkkisson-victim-of-liberal-bias-its-false-news/

[Prophet 451]

1. Ever notice how...

...the right is all for journalistic freedom when it's a right-wing hack in the picture but wildly against it when it's, say, Martin Bashir?