'It's a vicious group of people. It's very bad for our country,' the president saysUpdated: May 23, 2020 - 4:55pmPresident Trump says he is making inroads in taming Washington's permanent bureaucracy, which he likes to call the "deep state."“What am I doing? I'm fighting the deep state,” Trump said in an exclusive interview with Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson. “I'm fighting the swamp…If it keeps going the way it's going, I have a chance to break the deep state. It's a vicious group of people. It's very bad for our country.”In the wide-ranging interview with Full...…'It's a vicious group of people. It's very bad for our country,' the president saysUpdated: May 23, 2020 - 4:55pmPresident Trump says he is making inroads in taming Washington's permanent bureaucracy, which he likes to call the "deep state."“What am I doing? I'm fighting the deep state,” Trump said in an exclusive interview with Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson. “I'm fighting the swamp…If it keeps going the way it's going, I have a chance to break the deep state. It's a vicious group of people. It's very bad for our country.”In the wide-ranging interview with Full...WW…

Narrative engineering and censorship are among the reasons reliable information is in short supply.Updated: May 11, 2020 - 6:05pmAs health officials and the public have worked hard to sort fact from fiction during an emerging and new health crisis, it has become clear that they — and we — do not always have accurate information at hand. There are three big reasons for this.The first one is not that anybody is necessarily trying to mislead. But the nature of health information, not to mention information in general, is that it frequently changes as we learn more. What we think we know today...…Narrative engineering and censorship are among the reasons reliable information is in short supply.Updated: May 11, 2020 - 6:05pmAs health officials and the public have worked hard to sort fact from fiction during an emerging and new health crisis, it has become clear that they — and we — do not always have accurate information at hand. There are three big reasons for this.The first one is not that anybody is necessarily trying to mislead. But the nature of health information, not to mention information in general, is that it frequently changes as we learn more. What we think we know today...WW…

The first document is a 57-page summary of a three-day FBI interview in January 2017 with Christopher Steele's 'primary sub-source' in the anti-Trump allegations and 'dossier.' Document number two takes apart a New York Times article written by Michael Schmidt, Mark Mazzetti, and Matt Apuzzo.Updated: July 17, 2020 - 11:30pmSenate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has released two newly-declassified documents related to government surveillance abuses against the Trump campaign in 2016.The first document, withheld from public view until now, is a 57-page summary of a...…The first document is a 57-page summary of a three-day FBI interview in January 2017 with Christopher Steele's 'primary sub-source' in the anti-Trump allegations and 'dossier.' Document number two takes apart a New York Times article written by Michael Schmidt, Mark Mazzetti, and Matt Apuzzo.Updated: July 17, 2020 - 11:30pmSenate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has released two newly-declassified documents related to government surveillance abuses against the Trump campaign in 2016.The first document, withheld from public view until now, is a 57-page summary of a...WW…

The following is a reprint of my Aug. 2020 investigation for RealClearInvestigations.A growing response to today’s chaotic information landscape sounds inviting and elegantly simple: appoint experts to “fact-check” news stories, blogs, speeches, studies, opinions, and political ads. Information they deem to be false is corrected or even removed from public view, in the name of the public good.Since Donald Trump’s election these “fact-checkers” have gained increased prominence. Pressure has mounted for news outfits and big tech companies – including Google, Facebook, and Twitter – to police...…The following is a reprint of my Aug. 2020 investigation for RealClearInvestigations.A growing response to today’s chaotic information landscape sounds inviting and elegantly simple: appoint experts to “fact-check” news stories, blogs, speeches, studies, opinions, and political ads. Information they deem to be false is corrected or even removed from public view, in the name of the public good.Since Donald Trump’s election these “fact-checkers” have gained increased prominence. Pressure has mounted for news outfits and big tech companies – including Google, Facebook, and Twitter – to police...WW…

by Sharyl Attkisson, opinion contributor - 03/10/21 9:30 AM ETThe views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill✕Joe Biden isn’t a hologram. But the relative absence from the public stage of a newly elected U.S. president and leader of the free world is sparking no small amount of about the brave new world of possibilities offered by technological advancements and the unprecedented control over information on the internet.So far, under Biden, there have been to which we got accustomed under President Trump. No impromptu sessions with the media where he fields...…by Sharyl Attkisson, opinion contributor - 03/10/21 9:30 AM ETThe views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill✕Joe Biden isn’t a hologram. But the relative absence from the public stage of a newly elected U.S. president and leader of the free world is sparking no small amount of about the brave new world of possibilities offered by technological advancements and the unprecedented control over information on the internet.So far, under Biden, there have been to which we got accustomed under President Trump. No impromptu sessions with the media where he fields...WW…

ShareThe following is an excerpt from “” by Sharyl Attkisson.There’s no more exemplary sign of the death-of-the-news-as-we-once-knew-it than the public unraveling of the New York Times, once perhaps of the most well-respected news organizations on the planet. The newspaper’s series of unfortunate, self-inflicted events, highlighted in a disastrous summer of 2019, led one insider to refer to the publication as “The New Woke Times.” A leaked transcript of a staff meeting following a string of public embarrassments punctuated the point.I can’t help but think that the angst-filled...…ShareThe following is an excerpt from “” by Sharyl Attkisson.There’s no more exemplary sign of the death-of-the-news-as-we-once-knew-it than the public unraveling of the New York Times, once perhaps of the most well-respected news organizations on the planet. The newspaper’s series of unfortunate, self-inflicted events, highlighted in a disastrous summer of 2019, led one insider to refer to the publication as “The New Woke Times.” A leaked transcript of a staff meeting following a string of public embarrassments punctuated the point.I can’t help but think that the angst-filled...WW…

Follow Us   © 1996-2020 News CommunicationThe views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill © Getty ImagesIf 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 propaganda tools for dueling political sides, no longer reporting the way journalists once did. We compete for the latest anonymous “scoop,” scandalous rumor or unsupported accusation. We pounce on the supposed...…Follow Us   © 1996-2020 News CommunicationThe views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill © Getty ImagesIf 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 propaganda tools for dueling political sides, no longer reporting the way journalists once did. We compete for the latest anonymous “scoop,” scandalous rumor or unsupported accusation. We pounce on the supposed...WW…

by Sharyl Attkisson, opinion contributor - 09/26/20 12:00 PM ETThe views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill✕Less than six weeks before the election, one of the most profound disappointments among some of Joe Biden’s supporters is that he doesn’t even seem to be trying.If some Democrats are correct, crushing “The Donald” should have been easy. After all (according to them), President Trump is an impeached, sex-offending, tax-evading, white supremacist, coronavirus-mismanaging, sexist, racist, Islamophobic, homophobic, misogynistic, sexist liar who is wildly...…by Sharyl Attkisson, opinion contributor - 09/26/20 12:00 PM ETThe views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill✕Less than six weeks before the election, one of the most profound disappointments among some of Joe Biden’s supporters is that he doesn’t even seem to be trying.If some Democrats are correct, crushing “The Donald” should have been easy. After all (according to them), President Trump is an impeached, sex-offending, tax-evading, white supremacist, coronavirus-mismanaging, sexist, racist, Islamophobic, homophobic, misogynistic, sexist liar who is wildly...WW…