Sharyl Attkisson: ‘Fake News’ Is a ‘Propaganda Campaign’ Started By the Left
Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” while discussing the 2016 presidential election’s fake new controversy, “Full Measure” host Sharyl Attkisson said
fake news is a “propaganda campaign” to censor truth
started by politicians like President Barack Obama and Clinton ally the founder of Media Matters Democratic operative David Brock.
started by politicians like President Barack Obama and Clinton ally the founder of Media Matters Democratic operative David Brock.
Attkisson said, “Before about September 13, if you searched the news you won’t find many or any mentions of fake news. But as soon as there was, in my view, a propaganda campaign to put this on the plate of the American public, the news media and politicians including President Obama went hog wild with the term and it started making headlines every day. It wasn’t a new invention.”
“And yes, fake news exists but the idea that there is this huge campaign behind it to controversialize certain reports and censor, in my view, certain views is a propaganda campaign,” she continued. “And I think
when David Brock, Hillary Clinton’s ally from Media Matters, announced that he would be the arbitrator, or help be the arbitrator, of so called fake news, that sort of
sealed the deal that the whole thing is a propaganda effort and a political effort,
not really an honest effort to seek out facts, but more
to determine for other people what truth they should hear.”
sealed the deal that the whole thing is a propaganda effort and a political effort,
not really an honest effort to seek out facts, but more
to determine for other people what truth they should hear.”
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