Sharyl Attkisson Explains How Traditional Media Abandoned Fact-Based Reporting
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The mainstream media has sacrificed fact-based reporting in favor of promoting its own social and political agenda, says Sharyl Attkisson, author of the new book, \\u201cSLANTED: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism.\\u201d
Attkisson, host of the TV show "Full Measure\\u201d and a five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, joins the podcast to explain how the deterioration of fact-based journalism began. From reporting on Black Lives Matter to the 2020 election, media outlets have become consumed with promoting a specific narrative, even if it means censoring the truth.
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