SHE GETS IT RIGHT AGAIN – AT 6:14 P.M. ET:   The great and very independent Sharyl Attkisson notes the curious behavior of many "journalists" in the face of disturbing information emerging from Washington investigations.  From RealClearPolitics: 

Investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson said she has never seen the number of supposed open government groups and journalists "so uncurious and begging" not to be told about alleged or supposed violations of citizens rights.

In an interview with Tucker Carlson on the Tuesday edition of his FOX News show, the veteran journalist said "propagandists" have been invited into newsrooms to dictate "talking points de jour," making it more difficult to do unbiased reporting.

Attkisson also talked about intelligence agencies introducing "bad evidence" to obtain a FISA warrant or using a "reverse engineering" method to surveil someone else who is not the target.

"Long before Trump announced running for president, I had intel sources, contacts, who I'm still in touch with, who have said that for a long time there has been presentation of bad evidence to the FISA court to justify warrants, that there has been sort of a reverse engineering when political figures want to target people illegally," Attkisson said.

"They find someone in their orbit that they can target and then capture them incidentally and then accidentally capture their data and unmask them acting surprised that that's who it was when that's the target that they intended to capture all along," she explained.

COMMENT:  Unfortunately, Attkisson is considered a pariah in parts of mainstream journalism because she's exposed the dry rot and corruption of the "profession."  I was struck by her accusation that "propagandists" have been invited into newsrooms to dictate talking points.  Isn't this charge worth a serious journalistic investigation?  I guess not. 

"Journalists" boast that they are the eyes and ears of the public.  They are not.  They are the eyes and ears only of themselves.  They claim they protect the Nation.  Well, if they're powerful enough to protect the Nation, they're powerful enough to destroy it.  As we've noted here before, they seem to be trying.

February 9, 2018