The vast majority of respondents believe not much if anything will come from the probe by U.S. Attorney John Durham. That's according to the latest unscientific poll of more than 840 people at SharylAttkisson.com. Durham is looking into the government's mishandling of the Trump-Russia probe. So far one FBI lawyer has pleaded guilty to doctoring […]
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Following the Money, Fraud and Corruption in Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Funds
Dozens of charges in corruption and fraud arrests among Puerto Rico officials and contractors after US taxpayers committed $91 billion to the hurricane relief effort.
Lucifer's Banker: Uncensored
Brad Birkenfeld is the most highly-punished and highly-paid whistleblower in American history. His new book Lucifer's Banker Uncensored reveals some still-lingering secrets from his work blowing the whistle on rich and powerful Americans who illegally hid their wealth in the Swiss bank where he worked as a private banker. Updated and Uncensored! As a private […]
More say they've become more likely to vote Trump than Biden in the past week
More respondents say they've become more likely to vote for Trump in the past week. That according to the latest unscientific poll of more than 1,370 people at SharylAttkisson.com. Thirty-five percent (35%) said they're more likely to vote for Trump now. One percent (1%) said they've become more likely to vote for Biden, Sixty-four percent […]
"The death of the news as we knew it" continues in 2020
The following is an excerpt from my latest analysis in The Hill. If there were any doubt left after 2016 as to what too much of the mainstream news media in America has become, it most certainly has been erased in 2020. Too often, many in my industry have revealed themselves as little more than […]
"Speaking for Myself," by Sarah Huckabee Sanders
A brief excerpt from the new book by former Trump Spokesman Sarah Huckabee Sanders: "Speaking for Myself" December 2018. Trump has made a surprise visit to American troops in Iraq for Christmas. It's just days after he's announced US forces would withdraw from Syria. We pick up the story there ... But as President Trump […]
Most do not consider 2020 polls to be generally accurate
As we approach election day, there is broad distrust of polls. That's according to the latest unscientific poll at SharylAttkisson.com. Eighty-eight percent (88%) of respondents say they do not consider 2020 polls to be generally accurate. Less than 1% said such polls are generally accurate. Nine percent (9%) said there's no way to know. Do […]
Journalism’s New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean its Opposite (a report by Glenn Greenwald)
The following is an excerpt from an article in The Intercept. Outlets claiming to have “confirmed” Jeffrey Goldberg’s story about Trump’s troops comments are again abusing that vital term. ONE OF THE MOST HUMILIATING journalism debacles of the Trump era played out on December 8, 2017, first on CNN and then on MSNBC. The spectacle kicked off on that Friday […]
