Sharyl Attkisson Blames CBS News Anchor Scott Pelley For Killing Her Stories

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Source: TPM

Reporter Sharyl Attkisson elaborated during an interview that aired Monday on claims that CBS News suppressed her stories that were critical of President Obama, extending the blame to one of the biggest names at the network.

Attkisson has made a ton of noise since she left CBS earlier this year, repeatedly suggesting that her stories on the 2012 attack in Benghazi and the failed gun-running operation known as "Fast & Furious" were stymied by the network for political reasons.

If her interview Monday with NPR's David Folkenflik was any indication, Attkisson has no intention to pull back from the claims that have made her a rare journalistic hero among conservatives.

Attkisson blamed CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley and "two veteran producers" for keeping her stories off the air. Pelley took over as evening news anchor in 2011.

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[Zen Democrat]

1. Kudos to Scott Pelley.

[Spouting Horn]

2. Maybe

they deserved to be "killed?"

Who wants to hear about your non-stories, Sharyl?

[MynameisBlarney]

3. Meh...

Perhaps if she'd tried to introduce stories that weren't Koch Bros. approved talking points, then she may have gotten some of her stories aired.

[EC]

4. Yeah

the political reason of lying. News isn't storytelling unless you're on Fox.

[zeemike]

11. And I bet that is her destination.

But first make the rounds on right wing talk shows...then sign the big contract at Fox...she will have celebrity status by then.

[closeupready]

5. Oh, please, you hack. If Pelley is anything, he's right-wing; yet,

you complained CBS was biased liberally ... ? And that Pelley is the one who squelched your stories? Utter nonsense.

[KamaAina]

6. Poor Sharyl. Won't someone please call her a...

?

[catbyte]

7. Is she blonde or has she dyed her hair blonde to apply to Fox-PAC yet? With her whining victimhood,

she will fit right in.

[Blue Idaho]

8. I applaud anyone who will spare us the tantrums

of the tinfoil hat brigade. It's time news organizations stop inviting lunatics, science deniers, and conspiracy theorists to pollute the public airwaves with their hate speech and half baked insanity.

[cosmicone]

9. What about her story of

Witnessing President Obama's birth in Kenya?

[rocktivity]

10. Once upon a time, not so long ago, CBS got shafted by a story about

unauthenticated documents which cost anchor Dan Rather his job/reputation and helped cost John Kerry his presidency:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x856282
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1891719

If her Benghazi and F&F stories were based on Obama being responsible, I certainly cannot blame CBS for not being interested.


rocktivity

[Scarsdale]

12. Political

If CBS is pro Democratic, I do not see it. McCain and Graham are on practically EVERY Sunday, demeaning the President. Faux would be a much better fit for anyone who wants to insult the President on a regular basis, DAILY.

[Doctor_J]

13. The network that aired Lara Logan's pack of lies suppressed some other right wing

hit piece?

[quadrature]

14. so gunrunning is good or bad? ...nt

[blm]

16. Ask the guys who came up with the idea in 2006 and restarted it in 2009 before

the DoJ finally caught up with the operation in 2010.

[quadrature]

17. Holder et al, took the radio transmitters out of the guns

going over the border,
but kept sending guns

[blm]

18. "Holder et al"??? So you want to stick with the Moonie News version, eh?

Try selling it to someone who trusts Moonie News as much as you do.

[quadrature]

19. if you know what happened, please tell. thanks ..nt

[Javaman]

15. sounds like she's bucking for the Judith Miller award. nt