Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington

In this New York Times bestseller, a CBS reporter reveals how the Obama Administration spied on her and offers a scathing critique of the media industry. Americans are at the mercy of powerful figures in business and government who are virtually unaccountable. The Obama Administration in particular has broken new ground in its monitoring of journalists, intimidation and harassment of opposition groups, and surveillance of private citizens. Five-time Emmy Award-winner Sharyl Attkisson has been a journalist for more than thirty years. During that time she has exposed scandals and covered controversies under both Republican and Democratic administrations. She has also seen the opponents of transparency go to ever greater lengths to discourage and obstruct legitimate reporting. Attkisson herself has been subjected to "opposition research" efforts and spin campaigns. These tactics increased their intensity as she relentlessly pursued stories that the Obama Administration dismissed. Stonewalled is the story of how her news reports were met with a barrage of PR warfare tactics, including online criticism, as well as emails and phone calls up the network chain of command in an effort to intimidate and discourage the next story. By recounting her personal tale, Attkisson sets it against the larger story of the decline of investigative journalism and unbiased truth telling in America today. "A chilling portrait of our times . . . astonishing." —New York Times–bestselling author David Kirby

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Release date

Ebook: 27 February 2024