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Emails Show WH Tried to Muzzle Sharyl Attkisson

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Emails Show WH Tried to Muzzle Sharyl Attkisson - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

Readers can thank Judicial Watch for prying the latest embarrassing documents out of the Obama administration, as part of its effort to uncover the full story behind Operation Fast & Furious. Last night’s document dump deals with a related matter — the attempt to keep the media at bay and spin the news to the best advantage of Barack Obama and outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder. The DoJ provided another set of documents, totaling more than 42,000 pages, under court order to JW on November 18th, and they make it clear that the White House took it upon themselves to pressure CBS into silencing Sharyl Attkisson: . . . .
 
how did the white house attempt to muzzle attkisson; what did they do which should be found inappropriate?
 
justabubba said:
how did the white house attempt to muzzle attkisson; what did they do which should be found inappropriate?
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Here's an example from the OP.

One of the documents provides smoking gun proof that the Obama White House and the Eric Holder Justice Department colluded to get CBS News to block reporter Sharyl Attkisson. Attkisson was one of the few mainstream media reporters who paid any attention to the deadly gun-running scandal.


In an email dated October 4, 2011, Attorney General Holder’s top press aide, Tracy Schmaler, called Attkisson “out of control.” Schmaler told White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz that he intended to call CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer to get the network to stop Attkisson.


Schultz replied, “Good. Her piece was really bad for the AG.”


Schultz also told Schmaler that he was working with reporter Susan Davis, then at the National Journal, to target Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA). Issa led the House investigation into Fast and Furious. Davis now works at USA Today. In the email chain, Schultz tells Schmaler that he would provide Davis with “leaks.”


Davis wrote a critical piece on Issa a few weeks later.
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Jack Hays said:
Here's an example from the OP.

One of the documents provides smoking gun proof that the Obama White House and the Eric Holder Justice Department colluded to get CBS News to block reporter Sharyl Attkisson. Attkisson was one of the few mainstream media reporters who paid any attention to the deadly gun-running scandal.


In an email dated October 4, 2011, Attorney General Holder’s top press aide, Tracy Schmaler, called Attkisson “out of control.” Schmaler told White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz that he intended to call CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer to get the network to stop Attkisson.


Schultz replied, “Good. Her piece was really bad for the AG.”


Schultz also told Schmaler that he was working with reporter Susan Davis, then at the National Journal, to target Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA). Issa led the House investigation into Fast and Furious. Davis now works at USA Today. In the email chain, Schultz tells Schmaler that he would provide Davis with “leaks.”


Davis wrote a critical piece on Issa a few weeks later.
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ok
but now please share with me how the white house attempted to muzzle reporter attkisson
nothing you have provided tells us that
 
justabubba said:
ok
but now please share with me how the white house attempted to muzzle reporter attkisson
nothing you have provided tells us that
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I'll bold the relevant text to help you.

One of the documents provides smoking gun proof that the Obama White House and the Eric Holder Justice Department colluded to get CBS News to block reporter Sharyl Attkisson. Attkisson was one of the few mainstream media reporters who paid any attention to the deadly gun-running scandal.


In an email dated October 4, 2011, Attorney General Holder’s top press aide, Tracy Schmaler, called Attkisson “out of control.” Schmaler told White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz that he intended to call CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer to get the network to stop Attkisson.


Schultz replied, “Good. Her piece was really bad for the AG.”


Schultz also told Schmaler that he was working with reporter Susan Davis, then at the National Journal, to target Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA). Issa led the House investigation into Fast and Furious. Davis now works at USA Today. In the email chain, Schultz tells Schmaler that he would provide Davis with “leaks.”


Davis wrote a critical piece on Issa a few weeks later.

​
 
Jack Hays said:
I'll bold the relevant text to help you.

One of the documents provides smoking gun proof that the Obama White House and the Eric Holder Justice Department colluded to get CBS News to block reporter Sharyl Attkisson. Attkisson was one of the few mainstream media reporters who paid any attention to the deadly gun-running scandal.


In an email dated October 4, 2011, Attorney General Holder’s top press aide, Tracy Schmaler, called Attkisson “out of control.” Schmaler told White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz that he intended to call CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer to get the network to stop Attkisson.


Schultz replied, “Good. Her piece was really bad for the AG.”


Schultz also told Schmaler that he was working with reporter Susan Davis, then at the National Journal, to target Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA). Issa led the House investigation into Fast and Furious. Davis now works at USA Today. In the email chain, Schultz tells Schmaler that he would provide Davis with “leaks.”


Davis wrote a critical piece on Issa a few weeks later.

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and none of that tells us how the white house attempted to muzzle reporter attkisson
 
Jack Hays said:
I'll bold the relevant text to help you.

One of the documents provides smoking gun proof that the Obama White House and the Eric Holder Justice Department colluded to get CBS News to block reporter Sharyl Attkisson. Attkisson was one of the few mainstream media reporters who paid any attention to the deadly gun-running scandal.


In an email dated October 4, 2011, Attorney General Holder’s top press aide, Tracy Schmaler, called Attkisson “out of control.” Schmaler told White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz that he intended to call CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer to get the network to stop Attkisson.


Schultz replied, “Good. Her piece was really bad for the AG.”


Schultz also told Schmaler that he was working with reporter Susan Davis, then at the National Journal, to target Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA). Issa led the House investigation into Fast and Furious. Davis now works at USA Today. In the email chain, Schultz tells Schmaler that he would provide Davis with “leaks.”


Davis wrote a critical piece on Issa a few weeks later.

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Can you read that October 4 email?
 
Jack Hays said:
Yes, it does.
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no
it doesn't
which is why i am asking you to show us what you are attempting to assert
thus far you have offered nothing substantive to show us how the white house tried to muzzle reporter attkisson
 
Jack Hays said:
It doesn't make any difference. I'm confident it says what is reported.
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Which is what?
Is it inappropriate for an administration to talk to the editor of a reporter?
 
justabubba said:
no
it doesn't
which is why i am asking you to show us what you are attempting to assert
thus far you have offered nothing substantive to show us how the white house tried to muzzle reporter attkisson
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Clearer than this it does not get.

White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz said that he intended to call CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer to get the network to stop Attkisson.
 
Jack Hays said:
Clearer than this it does not get.

White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz said that he intended to call CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer to get the network to stop Attkisson.
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to stop attkisson from what?
to place a muzzle on her?
 
justabubba said:
show us the contents of the purported email
until then you have nothing
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As you well know, the email itself is illegible for the present in this forum. That may be a paywall or legal issue, I don't know. Regardless, if you want to base your position on its unavailability for the moment then please go ahead. You will end up looking even more foolish than usual.
 
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