CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson did Congress’s work for them last week by tweeting, the day before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Congressional testimony, an extensive list of unanswered questions about the deadly Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. Unfortunately, members of Congress chose to turn the event into a Hillary Clinton love-fest, making the chance of getting definitive answers from the Obama administration even more slim.
Benghazi: still many, many important questions relevant to future potential crises…
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
I can ask all the questions I want but since I've been told there will be no response, other ways must be figured out to get answers.
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
So, what’s the last real reporter in America supposed to cover in the meantime? Attkisson turned to Twitter for suggestions, and gave some of her own.
Hmm, biggest current stories? Generally I would say the upheavals around the world, resurgence of terrorism as it expands and takes hold
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
in new places. Also the drug wars in Mexico and their connections to terrorists, problems on our southern border…
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
Also — don't mistake this as any commentary on how I personally feel about green energy — but the tax dollars spent on green energy
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
companies that went belly up, partnered w/China or otherwise had problems is a giant ongoing story. Also the connections between the firms
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
that got the tax dollars and both Democrats and Republicans… so often, politically well-connected folks w/well placed lobbyists but
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
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not necessarily a good business plan
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
@SharylAttkisson Sometimes it seems to me that you are the only journalist who didn't get the 'we can be biased now' memo.
— Prof. Mark Youngkin (@mayoungkin) January 27, 2013
Illegal immigration remains a giant story…not sure anyone has "the" answer but the questions remain. And of course gun control issues.
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
another good story: exorbitant costs of college tuition (one follower suggested that) & college textbooks.. what's behind all that?
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
I see you all are thirsty for a lot of story coverage!
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 27, 2013
Indeed! It’s been quite a drought. There are plenty of “real journalists” on Twitter; would anyone like to pitch in so Attkisson doesn’t have to do all of the lifting herself?
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