Sharyl Attkisson has been reporting a good deal on the controversial notion that vaccines can cause autism. To be fair, there are many people who hear or read this topic and sort of just look the other way because it certainly can sound like a conspiracy theory. That being said, Sharyl has covered it with her usual sense of integrity and fact-based reporting, allowing the reader to make their own decisions based on her findings.
You know, like investigative journalists are supposed to.
Welp, for whatever reason, ‘tech editor’ for The Daily Beast, Will Sommer, decided to pick a fight with Sharyl.
Former CBS reporter turned right-wing kook Sharyl Atkisson is an anti-vaxxer now, and The Hill's op-ed section is running her vaccine fear-mongering. https://t.co/MbLGmVMsNg
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 16, 2019
Ain’t it hilarious when a left-wing kook tries to call someone else a kook?
Now, if Will had simply challenged her reporting and facts that would have been fair, but to smear her as an anti-vaxxer and a right-wing kook was such a weak-ass form of debate. He’s not looking for a discussion, he’s looking to shut her down.
Typical.
Sharyl responded.
Fortunately, ppl can make up their own mind as to whether a story on a pro-vaccine scientist who says vaccines can cause autism in exceptional cases is an example of "being a right-wing kook" or "anti-vaxxer." Seems your argument is with the facts; not me. https://t.co/wkoikalUWn https://t.co/weTLgT8jFO
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 17, 2019
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And if he had merely challenged the story we’d agree.
She went on …
But as I wrote in The Smear, the predictable propagandist tends to attack the reporter or person rather than debate the facts. #ProvingThePoint (Here is Dr. Zimmerman's affidavit for anyone who'd like to catch up and decide based on the facts.) https://t.co/OceaUKQlGE https://t.co/weTLgT8jFO
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 17, 2019
Bingo.
Will shared Zimmerman’s affidavit as well, but he biased the reader to see what he wanted them to see versus doing what Sharyl suggested and allowing people to make up their own minds.
Predictably, the doctor whose research Atkisson bases her anti-vaccine story on says Atkisson got his research all wrong. https://t.co/kcdxZRE2SX
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 16, 2019
FYI that’s not what the affidavit says but hey, Will was rolling.
Notice how, when some people can't argue with the facts they resort to name-calling, intended smears and insinuations. #WhoIsTheHack
— Ed LaRose (@metaphorsbwithu) January 17, 2019
Ooh, ooh, we know!
Usually means we're hovering over the target, I find. @willsommer https://t.co/Qq9KboiWIf
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) January 17, 2019
True dat.
You’re a “right-wing kook”?
?
Had no idea— Michael Doherty (@mgdmd1) January 17, 2019
Left-wing kooks doing everything they can to discredit and even silence people they fear.
And we thought 2018 was dumb.
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