Is CBS News Silencing Fast and Furious Reporter? -- Weekly Standard
Yesterday, CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson told radio show host Laura Ingraham that the White House yelled and swore at her over her reporting on the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal tied to the deaths of two U.S. law enforcement agents. Attkisson also revealed that she'd also been yelled at by the Justice Department.
Today, I called CBS News in an attempt to interview Attkisson. I was told by CBS News senior vice president of communications Sonya McNair that Attkisson would be unavailable for interviews all week. When I asked why Attkisson would be unavailable, McNair would not say.
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My Comment: By chance I had the opportunity to listen to Laura Ingraham's interview with Sharyl Attkisson, and I was shocked with what I was hearing. A CBS reporter was essentially telling everyone who was listening that the White House had not only "forcefully" indicated to her that she was out of line, but everyone else in the media were following the White House line that there was no story here (so much for independent journalism). What was worse .... Sharyl Attkisson in this interview also named those in the DoJ who were "screaming and yelling" at her .... something that even surprised Laura Ingraham. At the end of the interview, I could just see those same people going to their phones and calling the powers that be in CBS to shut up their reporter .... and fast.
Has Sharyl Attkisson been muzzled by CBS .... it definitely looks like it. Is the White House scared with where the "Fast and Furious" scandal is going .... it definitely looks like that also. But using the power of government to force a news agency to silence a reporter .... sighhh .... I saw this when I was living in the former Soviet Union .... are we becoming like that now?