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Sharyl Attkinson will reveal how CBS News higher ups squashed stories that could potentially make the Obama admin look bad.
This comes as no surprise. The Main Stream Media has been pot committed to Obama since the day he announced his candidacy. No other US President has been so protected, coddled and permitted to simply walk away from any issue without so much as an "Mr President we'd like you to respond to..."
The attitude of the White House press secretaries has always been one where those on the WH Press corps are free to ask only the "right" questions. While those who seek information are given the impolite and even sometimes aggressive brushoff. Stories that may leave the administration or the POTUS himself are not permitted.
CBS honchos stuck their heads in the sand Monday rather than address a former veteran reporterâs memoir that revealed how the network routinely canned stories it perceived as anti-Obama.
Everyone from network CEO Les Moonves to âEvening Newsââ anchor Scott Pelley to former âEvening Newsââ Executive Producer Patricia Shevlin ignored repeated phone calls and e-mails from The Post seeking comment on the bombshell claim by ex-CBS investigative ace Sharyl Attkisson.
In her new book, âStonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obamaâs Washington,â Attkisson charges that CBS higher-ups quashed her reporting on the deadly attack on the US Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, as well as reports on the federal âFast and Furiousââ gun-running scandal and the presidentâs ObamaCare debacle.
Moonves failed to answer repeated phone calls or an e-mail seeking comment.
A secretary for David Rhodes, president of CBS News, immediately volleyed a Post reporterâs phone call to company spokeswoman Sonya McNail. Before the reporter could even ask a question, McNair curtly said, âWe decline to comment. Thank you. Bye.â
âEvening Newsâ anchor Scott Pelleyâs assistant did not respond to numerous e-mails, and he didnât return a call to his office.
Attkisson said in her book that under Pelleyâs leadership at âEvening News,â her investigative pieces began getting killed regularly.
Former âEvening Newsââ Executive Producer Patricia Shevlin, now a producer at â60 Minutes,â also didnât return a call, with the CBS operator saying the top exec was too busy to talk to The Post.
Attkisson has claimed that after she complained that the network shelved several of her reports on Solyndra â the Obama-supporting green-energy firm that went bankrupt despite hundreds of millions of dollars in government handouts â Shevlin replied, âWhatâs the matter, donât you support green energy?â
Attkisson, who worked at CBS for 20 years, finally quit the network in frustration earlier this year.
Attkissonâs publicist said she wonât be giving any interviews until next week, although sheâs staying busy on Twitter going off on the dangers of vaccinations.
âOne of the most instructive things at the time, for me, was when govt researchers told me that even though all the studies showed flu shots didnât work in the elderly, they figured the STUDIES were wrong because they âknewâ flu shots worked!ââ Attkisson tweeted.
âKind of reminds me of todayâs CDC that looks at all the scientific links between vaccines and autism but âknowsâ it canât be so, so it changes the study data or finds other explanations for why the data says what it says,â she wrote.
nypost.com
This comes as no surprise. The Main Stream Media has been pot committed to Obama since the day he announced his candidacy. No other US President has been so protected, coddled and permitted to simply walk away from any issue without so much as an "Mr President we'd like you to respond to..."
The attitude of the White House press secretaries has always been one where those on the WH Press corps are free to ask only the "right" questions. While those who seek information are given the impolite and even sometimes aggressive brushoff. Stories that may leave the administration or the POTUS himself are not permitted.
CBS honchos stuck their heads in the sand Monday rather than address a former veteran reporterâs memoir that revealed how the network routinely canned stories it perceived as anti-Obama.
Everyone from network CEO Les Moonves to âEvening Newsââ anchor Scott Pelley to former âEvening Newsââ Executive Producer Patricia Shevlin ignored repeated phone calls and e-mails from The Post seeking comment on the bombshell claim by ex-CBS investigative ace Sharyl Attkisson.
In her new book, âStonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obamaâs Washington,â Attkisson charges that CBS higher-ups quashed her reporting on the deadly attack on the US Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, as well as reports on the federal âFast and Furiousââ gun-running scandal and the presidentâs ObamaCare debacle.
Moonves failed to answer repeated phone calls or an e-mail seeking comment.
A secretary for David Rhodes, president of CBS News, immediately volleyed a Post reporterâs phone call to company spokeswoman Sonya McNail. Before the reporter could even ask a question, McNair curtly said, âWe decline to comment. Thank you. Bye.â
âEvening Newsâ anchor Scott Pelleyâs assistant did not respond to numerous e-mails, and he didnât return a call to his office.
Attkisson said in her book that under Pelleyâs leadership at âEvening News,â her investigative pieces began getting killed regularly.
Former âEvening Newsââ Executive Producer Patricia Shevlin, now a producer at â60 Minutes,â also didnât return a call, with the CBS operator saying the top exec was too busy to talk to The Post.
Attkisson has claimed that after she complained that the network shelved several of her reports on Solyndra â the Obama-supporting green-energy firm that went bankrupt despite hundreds of millions of dollars in government handouts â Shevlin replied, âWhatâs the matter, donât you support green energy?â
Attkisson, who worked at CBS for 20 years, finally quit the network in frustration earlier this year.
Attkissonâs publicist said she wonât be giving any interviews until next week, although sheâs staying busy on Twitter going off on the dangers of vaccinations.
âOne of the most instructive things at the time, for me, was when govt researchers told me that even though all the studies showed flu shots didnât work in the elderly, they figured the STUDIES were wrong because they âknewâ flu shots worked!ââ Attkisson tweeted.
âKind of reminds me of todayâs CDC that looks at all the scientific links between vaccines and autism but âknowsâ it canât be so, so it changes the study data or finds other explanations for why the data says what it says,â she wrote.
nypost.com
