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By Dylan
Byers
Sharyl Attkisson has problems.
The Obama administration won’t answer the CBS News
correspondent’s questions because her investigations — into Benghazi, Fast and
Furious, Solyndra — often reflect negatively on it. Some colleagues at CBS
News, where she has worked for two decades and earned multiple Emmy awards, dismiss
her work because they perceive a political agenda. And now, she says, someone
may have hacked into her computers.
Attkisson’s one piece of solace may come from finally gaining
some like-minded colleagues in the media. For years, Attkisson has been one of
the few mainstream reporters pursuing critical stories about the Obama
administration. Today, as “scandal season” takes hold in Washington, she has
seen her longstanding skepticism of the White House and the Justice Department
become the conventional attitude among a formerly deferential Beltway press
corps.
Attkisson is a dogged reporter, driven by a strong skepticism of
government. Producers at CBS News once nicknamed her “Pit Bull,” a source said,
because she gets on a story and won’t let go. But that is seen as both a
strength and a weakness. Her drive can produce great journalism, but it can
also cause her to push stories to the point that colleagues, especially those
of a more progressive bent, suspect a political agenda.
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