Stonewalled, written by Sharyl Attkisson,published by Harper Collins, 2014.
Sharyl Attkisson is a journalist who actually lives up to the ethics of her profession even when it means being the target of unrelenting reprisals. Her stories on Green Energy fraud, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, and the Politics of Health Care resulted in her computer being repeatedly hacked by sophisticated operatives. And she's not just being paranoid … she has the evidence to prove it. Why was she a target? The best answer is because she stubbornly persisted in searching for the whole truth. For this she was maligned, misdirected, and vilified by those who aren't really interested in the debate, just the outcome.
Here's a great example. Sharyl, with the help of an associate,tracked down Nakoula Basseley Nakoula who was the Egyptian YouTube filmmaker blamed for inciting the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attack. Nakoula agreed to be interviewed but the interview had to be cancelled when Sharyl was denied the support she needed to conduct the interview on camera. She was told it was "old news." Not to Sharyl. What drives her in an era where propagandists endeavor to control the news is revealing "stories we're not supposed to tell."But that's not as easy as it sounds when the development and management of stories takes place within a media "system of presuppositions and principles that constitute an elite consensus."Sharyl's advice? "Do your own research. Consult those you trust. Make up your own mind. Think for yourself."
Sharyl Attkisson isn't the only one stifled by the powers that be. It happens to nearly everyone who tries to do the right thing in the face of powerful or political opposition. From what little you wrote, she appears to be one of these reporters trying to uncover conspiracies. Quite often I find that media is very active in creating conspiracies by chasing theories that are preposterous, at best. For some reason, when they are repeated often enough, people begin to believe them.
Perhaps she should get awards for her writing, or her contributions to the art of journalism, but I find that honorary doctorates are publicity getters for institutions. Having earned a doctorate the hard way by sidelining my career for three years to spend frustrating days in libraries not finding what I needed, I find someone who gets a "doctorate" because they are lucky, successful, or rich, not really deserving.
On the other hand, if she goes back to school for 3 to 4 years to get a doctorate, I won't mind. If she gets one on the Internet from a diploma mill, I will.
Inside the Methadone Clinic. Addiction to heroin, methadone, and other opiates. Destruction. The primal addiction" of the child, power and control over your own life, the institutions and the characters, the love between a mother and son. This book i
Perhaps she should get awards for her writing, or her contributions to the art of journalism, but I find that honorary doctorates are publicity getters for institutions. Having earned a doctorate the hard way by sidelining my career for three years to spend frustrating days in libraries not finding what I needed, I find someone who gets a "doctorate" because they are lucky, successful, or rich, not really deserving.
On the other hand, if she goes back to school for 3 to 4 years to get a doctorate, I won't mind. If she gets one on the Internet from a diploma mill, I will.
Ron