Today while almost all the media was gushing over outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s theatrical and less than forthcoming Senate testimony about events in Libya, CBS News’ investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson tweeted out a penetrating series of unanswered questions that both the White House and its media minions will ensure are never answered.
Some examples:
The Obama Admin has indicated it will not be answering Benghazi questions we’ve been asking since Oct. I will list some of them.
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 22, 2013
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Who is the highest-ranking official who was aware of pre-911 security requests from US personnel in Libya?
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 22, 2013
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Who is/are the official(s) responsible for removing reference to al-Qaeda from the original CIA notes?
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 22, 2013
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What is your response to the President stating that on Sept. 12, he called 911 a terrorist attack, in light of his CBS interview…
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 22, 2013
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…on that date in which he answered that it was too early to know whether it was a terrorist attack?
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) January 22, 2013
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Twitchy has compiled the rest, and there are many more.
One honest reporter isn’t enough, unfortunately. Until the media as a whole makes the White House pay a political price for remaining silent, the White House will continue to remain silent. But in our present media atmosphere where 98% of so-called journalists in this country see it as their job to protect the White House from having to answer these questions, it’s just never going to happen.
That doesn’t mean, though, that we shouldn’t recognize, appreciate, and encourage Attkisson’s fine reporting.
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