Sharyl Attkisson was on ABC’s This Week discussing the sad state of journalism today.
Thank you to @ThisWeekABC for inviting me on. @MarthaRaddatz & great panel http://t.co/f4Bmt7nvX4http://t.co/zUWozPfyhu
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) August 10, 2014
Transcript:
ATTKISSON: I think that we’ve gone backwards since that time when we really felt empowered as journalists. And I like to think as what would happen today during a Nixon type scandal, Nixon would basically refuse to turn over tapes to congress, his aides would refuse to testify to congress or would take the fifth or would lie to congress with fair amount of impunity. Woodward and Bernstein will be controversialized on social media by special and political interests.
RADDATZ: Well, this is all very depressing–
ATTKISSON: — Facebook accounts. And then at the end, Nixon would go on a popular late night comedy show during which time he would humorously refer to his attackers as people that were political witch hunters who believe in Area 51 type conspiracies.
RADDATZ: Well, I am going to just hope that people like you will keep pounding investigative journalists and get something done.
Seems like a pretty accurate analysis.
Sharyl Attkisson: Journalism Has "Gone Backwards" Since Woodward And Bernstein http://t.co/B2T7MRB2JH via @rcpvideo
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) August 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/GOPcomedy/status/498607251566112769
Sharyl Attkisson: Journalists have "gone backwards" since Nixon resigned (VIDEO) http://t.co/OMofPyX5Zy pic.twitter.com/VcpjgOKE5A
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 10, 2014
Some left wingers chimed in to inadvertently prove Attkisson’s point.
Leave it to @thisweekabc to feature a disgraced journalist as the "voice of journalism". #SharylAttkisson http://t.co/GUjqgm8D20
— Jonathan Jewel (@jonathanjewel) August 10, 2014
You see, “disgraced” is liberal-ese for no longer toeing the Democrat line.
@JonathanJewel @Chernynkaya @ThisWeekABC Evident that Disney and #thisweek have turned news over to entertainment division, based on fiction
— Awakenings (@WilMadison) August 10, 2014
Contraversialized on social media? Check.
https://twitter.com/jessran1970/status/498577346920579072
Political witch hunters who believe in Area 51 type conspiracies? Check.
Sharyl Attkisson: Journalists have "gone backwards" since Nixon resigned (VIDEO) http://t.co/OMofPyX5Zy pic.twitter.com/VcpjgOKE5A
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 10, 2014
Some grudgingly conceded her point though.
@TPM Proving that even a broken clock is occasionally correct.
— ??????? ??????? (@rpachter) August 10, 2014
That’s a start.
No, they've gone missing. @TPM
— ramsey wiggins (@prewar41) August 10, 2014
Indeed.
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