Sharyl Attkisson Biography
Sharyl Attkisson is a journalist and TV correspondent from the United States. She is the co-host of the Sinclair Broadcast Group television show Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson.
Sharyl Attkisson Age
Attkisson is 61 years old as of 2022. She was born on 26 January 1961 in Sarasota, Florida, United States.
Sharyl Attkisson Height
Attkisson stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.79 m).
Sharyl Attkisson Family
Attkisson was the youngest of seven children. Her father was a lawyer, but she grew up with her stepfather, an orthopedic surgeon.
Sharyl Attkisson Wife
Attkisson married James Attkisson, a sheriff’s deputy, in 1984, and they have one daughter.
Sharyl Attkisson Education
Attkisson went to Wilkinson Elementary School and Riverview High School. Attkisson graduated from the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications in 1982 with a degree in broadcast journalism.
Sharyl Attkisson Anti-vaccine
Attkisson has published stories attempting to link vaccines to autism, a position that the scientific community has rejected. For her coverage of vaccines and autism, Seth Mnookin, Professor of Science Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, called her “one of the least responsible mainstream journalists.” According to Snopes, in a January 2019 episode of her television show Full Measure, she mischaracterized the significance of statements made by medical expert Andrew Zimmerman about the vaccine-autism relationship made in 2007. David Gorski, a surgical oncologist, called her segment “nonsense” and a “conspiracy theory.”
Sharyl Attkisson Computer Hacking
While still employed by CBS, Attkisson claimed in May 2013 that her personal and work computers had been “compromised” for more than two years. According to an OIG report, there is no evidence that her computers were subjected to remote intrusions by the FBI, other government personnel, or others. In March 2015, she filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder, the US Postal Service, and unnamed US Department of Justice agents, alleging that they were subjected to illegal surveillance. Her case was eventually transferred to a Virginia federal court. Sharyl Attkisson filed an appeal with the U.S.
In 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of the case. Two of the three judges on the panel agreed that the dismissal was justified because the plaintiffs failed to identify specific agents accused of spying on them and “failed to act diligently” in pursuing that discovery. A dissenting judge wrote that the delays were not the fault of the plaintiffs, but rather of Justice Department lawyers purposefully delaying the process. A federal judge dismissed her lawsuit in 2021, ruling that Rosenstein was protected by qualified immunity.
Sharyl Attkisson Black Belt
Attkisson is a fifth-degree black belt master in tae kwon do.
Sharyl Attkisson Salary
Attkisson earns an annual salary of $800 thousand.
Sharyl Attkisson Net Worth
Attkisson has an estimated net worth of $ 1 Million.
Sharyl Attkisson Career
Attkisson was a CBS News correspondent who won Emmys for her coverage of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the bank bailout. She was a member of the CBS News team that received RTNDA-Edward R. Murrow Awards for Overall Excellence in 2005 and 2008. When she visited Bosnia in 2008, she contradicted Hillary Clinton’s account of sniper fire, claiming there were no bullets to dodge.
In 1982, Attkisson began her broadcast journalism career as a reporter at WUFT-TV, a PBS station in Gainesville, Florida. She later worked as an anchor and reporter at WTVX-TV Fort Pierce/West Palm Beach, Florida, from 1982 to 1985, WBNS-TV, Columbus, Ohio’s CBS affiliate, from 1985 to 1986, and WTVT in Tampa, Florida.
For her reporting on members of Congress and waste of tax dollars, Attkisson was nominated for two Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for her investigative reporting on Congressional travel to the Copenhagen climate summit, as well as issues with aid to Haiti earthquake victims. She resigned from CBS News on March 10, 2014, citing a “amicable” separation. According to CBS sources, there had been tensions that led to “months of hard-fought negotiations” – that she perceived the network’s liberal bias and lack of dedication to investigative reporting. Shussell’s first book was a New York Times best seller when it was released in 2014.
She accused CBS of shielding Barack Obama’s administration by failing to cover the Benghazi and Obamacare stories adequately. In 2017, Attkisson created a media bias chart, which was later repurposed by the right-wing blog PJ Media. This graph “labels anything that isn’t overtly conservative as ‘left.'” Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism, by Sharyl Attkisson, will be released in November 2020. She has published stories attempting to link vaccines to autism, a position that the scientific community has rejected. Professor of Science Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Seth Mnookin, described her as “one of the least responsible mainstream journalists covering vaccines and autism.”
