Attkisson: Media Matters May Have Been Paid To Target Her

Sharyl Attkisson

In a detailed and thorough interview with Sharyl Attkisson, an investigative reporter who recently resigned from CBS News and has since accused the network of derailing her stories critical of the Obama administration, Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter on CNN pressed Attkisson on charges that her reporting has been inaccurate and biased, charges she refuted, according to Mediaite.

The most pointed responses came when Attkisson suggested Media Matters may have been encouraged to go after her by its contributors.

“It’s a far-left blog group that I think holds itself out to be sort of an independent media watchdog group,” Attkisson said. “They clearly targeted me at some point…When I persisted with Fast and Furious and some of the green energy stories I was doing, I clearly at some point became a target. I don’t know if someone paid them to do it or they just took it on their own.”

Stelter asked if she really thought it possible that Media Matters was paid off.

“Well, they get contributions,” Attkisson said. “That’s what some of these groups do, absolutely.”