Sharyl Attkisson resigns from CBS after months of talks

Washington Times ^ | Jessica Chasmar

[Enchante]

Miss Attkisson had grown frustrated at CBS with what she saw as liberal bias, as well as “an outsized influence by the network’s corporate partners and a lack of dedication to investigative reporting,” several sources told Politico.

[Enchante]

One of the only real reporters left in America, who pursued the Fast and Furious and also Benghazi scandals, has found bias at CBS to be too much too much.....

[LostInBayport]

The talks went like this.

SeeBS: We love Obama, don’t you? Let’s not cover stories that could harm his presidency and democrats in general.

Atkisson: I’m a journalist. I see the truth.

SeeBS: You’re being very difficult and inflexible. I think we’ve reached an impasse.

She will be hired by FOX by April.

[Enchante]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/03/sharyl-attkisson-to-leave-cbs-news-184836.html

[Mr. K]

If she is hired by FOX we KNOW the immediate response: “See?? we told you she was biased”

[Cicero]

Well, that’s too bad. I hope she has another job lined up somewhere. The big networks really don’t like news reporters who actually want to report the news, and I’m afraid that also applies to Fox, much of the time.

[Resolute Conservative]

Unless she can do puff pieces for Fox and Friends about Kilmeade wearing plaid or something what would she do? Fox is too busy ignoring most things.

[Political Junkie Too]

I love it when agenda-driven liberals dismiss non-agenda reporting as agenda-driven.

-PJ

[albie]

Months of talks!? What’d they talk about? “Do we have to kiss O’s ass everyday”? “Yes! He’s our king”! 2 seconds later...buh bye.

[sappy]

I’d like to see her finish her book in time for midterms.

[DBrow]

“She will be hired by FOX by April.”

That will depend on what she was forced to sign in the termination agreement.

[JoeProBono]

[3Fingas]

The network let her go because it only wants pretty, young, liberal female reporters. Female TV reporters have shelf-life. Being an impartial reporter and one who will not spout the party line considerably shortens that timeline.

Yes, Ms Attkison is still is very good looking woman, but she certainly looked better 20 years ago, as did most people who are her age.

[Lazamataz]

In a normal world, her skills and determination would make her a jewel in any news organization.

But in the world we live in, where there is NO journalistic integrity or investigion, in the propaganda organs that masquerade as 'news' organization, she is a pariah.

[Buckeye McFrog]

but they let Baba Wawa hang around network TV till she was, what, 81?

[CMailBag]

FOX has ONLY been hiring Obamatrons lately.

[tips up]

Investigative reporting is on hiatus as long as a Dem is in the white house.

[LostInBayport]

Sad to hear. I dropped cable two years ago, partly because FOX was the only thing that had content worth my time (not worth paying $$$ for one channel). Guess I made the right decision.

[Usagi_yo]

I don’t know. The older I get the Prettier Older women get.

Let’s hope she doesn’t end up at Al Jazeera. I would rather her become and investigative reporter for fox.

[3Fingas]

She was a liberal and some network executives that advanced her probably remembered her fondly.

[Timber Rattler]

Yes, Ms Attkison is still is very good looking woman, but she certainly looked better 20 years ago, as did most people who are her age.

Dunno about that.