A veteran reporter discusses the state of investigative journalism and government.

[aristotle]

Sharyl Attkisson makes a lot of sense. Here is her recent interview on C-Span: QA Sharyl Attkisson | Video | C-SPAN.org

 

[Turtle]

Re: A veteran reporter discusses the state of investigative journalism and government

Fascinating interview, highly worth watching. She doesn't pull many punches, even against fellow reporters. And you'll certainly never look at MediaMatters, or any other Blog, liberal or conservative, in the same light. It's why all news, from every outlet, should be viewed with extreme skepticism.

Near the end of the interview she reveals where she gets her news. And it's exactly how people should be getting their news.

Here's another good read, a combination of a recent interview and a background story at the end.
What Really Happened to CBS News Investigative Reporter Sharyl Attkisson

 

[WanderngFool]

Re: A veteran reporter discusses the state of investigative journalism and government

I watched 1/2 of the interview last night and I really enjoyed it. Thanks for posting it. I'll watch the 2nd half soon.

She seems like a straight shooter and a very smart woman and I don't like the implications of the Obama administration stone-walling on freedom of information act requests. Don't like it at all.

After 6 years I think the conservatives might have finally found something they can use against Obama but they've been acting like hysterical children for so long that no one in their right mind listens to the wacko-squad at this point. It's really a shame because I can't see liberals making a very big stink out of this and somebody should - it sounds like a real problem.

Oh well, back to worrying about computer chips in the fluoride liberals dump in our water supply and how they're about to march us off the commune concentration camps and frogs in boiling water and computer chips inserted in our privates so big brother can identify us, and what else??? Someone needs to do a "best of" of the conservatives of the past 6 years. It's been epic.

 

[RLENT]

Re: A veteran reporter discusses the state of investigative journalism and government

Fascinating interview, highly worth watching. She doesn't pull many punches, even against fellow reporters. And you'll certainly never look at MediaMatters, or any other Blog, liberal or conservative, in the same light. It's why all news, from every outlet, should be viewed with extreme skepticism.

Here's a very good doc that I saw awhile back that addresses the same issue, also worth watching IMO. Saw it was still airing on LinkTV when I was flipping around the other night.

From the IMDB entry:

Shadows of Liberty presents the phenomenal true story of today's disintegrating freedoms within the U.S. media, and government, that they don't want you to see. The film takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global media conglomerates exercise extraordinary political, social, and economic power. The overwhelming collective power of these firms raises troubling questions about democracy. Highly revealing interviews, actuality, and archive material, tell insider accounts of a broken media system, where journalists are prevented from pursuing controversial news stories, people are censored for speaking out against abuses of government power, and individual lives are shattered as the arena for public expression has been turned into a private profit zone. Will the Internet remain free, or be controlled by a handful of powerful, monopolistic corporations? The media crisis is at the core of today's most troubling issues, and people ...