CBS Reporter Pulls Out of CPAC Awards Ceremony After She ‘Reconfirmed’
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Sharyl Attkisson (Image source: CBS News)
CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson did not attend an awards ceremony at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday as expected, despite reportedly confirming she would be there.
Attkisson, who has been covering the fallout from Operation Fast and Furious, was slated to accept an award from the conservative watchdog group Accuracy in Media. Instead, Accuracy in Media spokesman Logan Churchwell told Talking Points Memo Attkisson had been sent on an assignment out of town. CBS News’ Washington bureau chief Christopher Isham accepted it on her behalf.
When Accuracy in Media first announced its award recipients, Churchwell said Attkisson had “confirmed and reconfirmed” her attendance at CPAC to accept it in person.
But that changed when it came time to accept the award.
“Sharyl was very sorry not to be here today, she is traveling out of town on assignment, so I’m going to accept this award on her behalf, on behalf of CBS News,” Isham said, adding that Attkisson would be donating the proceeds from her award to the family of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.
As Politico noted, Attkisson was the first reporter from a non-conservative media outlet to receive an award from the group. A CBS News spokesperson, responding to the announcement at the time, said its journalists are “regularly honored by a broad spectrum of organizations.”
On her Twitter page, Attkisson re-tweeted two messages from other users about being on assignment for CBS and unable to accept the award in person. She responded to one message about donating her award money to the Terry family, saying: “I wish I could do more for Brian Terry!”
In October, Attkisson told radio host Laura Ingraham on her program that a White House official “screamed” and “cussed” at her over her Fast and Furious coverage.
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Comments (83)
EqualJustice
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 5:03pmSPEAKING of CPAC, did you all see how much they PAID the OCCUPY people for the day? $60. hahahaha http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/10/occupy-cpac-protesters-paid-60-for-the-day/
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 5:07pmI just thought of something.. I wonder if that is even “Minimum wage” for these out of work UNION guys and will they CLAIM it on their taxes? HAHAHAHAHAHA
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:20pm@ =Justice – great point – it isn’t union scale – so does that make the union leaders scab supporters. If it weren’t for double standards the left would have none
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 10:24pmSheryl didn’t want to be seen being nice to conservatives.
Report Post »Like garlic to a vampire, career killer.
CBS: “You got an award from C-PAC? You’re fired.”
timb58
Posted on February 12, 2012 at 1:53pmThat money comes out of all
Report Post »the members union dues,I know this for a fact.
Blazer123
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:49pmI don’t get the point of the story, who cares? maybe she likes doing real work as opposed to pompous ceremonies. I know that’s how I feel…
Report Post »txjb
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:57pmAgreed .
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:18pmI doubt it. She was probably threatened is more likely.
Report Post »Republic
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 9:33pmWhat I get out of it is that the “press”, which is supposedly politically neutral, has been very liberal for many years and since the power shift is moving from liberal to conservative the press is reflecting it and moving more conservative. That is if they want to make any money by people watching/reading their stories. I think the general public is obviously more conservative than liberal and the press want to make more money by having more followers. Look at how little MSLSD (MSNBC for the un-initiate) makes in $$$ compared to more conservative television. Follow the money gang!
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 12:05amIf you do not see the point… you are a liberal. Sorry.
Report Post »turnabout
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 12:43pmLove the name, WBC.
Report Post »David in MA
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 3:09pm“They”,
Report Post »her employer,
was scared to death to let her speak at such a gathering.
For fear of what she would devulge about Fast & Furious.
ambrosia
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:10pmCBS is really missing the big picture.
Atkisson’s journalistic integrity would tend to draw more viewers
to the CBS network, than any of the other Liberal Losers.
She is a win-win for CBS & they are too dumb to realize it.
You would think, they would have been delighted to learn of her award
& sent her to the CPAC Convention with bells, whistles & blessings.
Other than Jake tapper, she’s about the ONLY real journalist, out there-
Report Post »doing more, than Obama’s wimps & chimps,
like Brian Wiliams & Georgie Stephanopalooser.
encinom
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:23pmBeing associated with the CPAC Convention questions ones sanity and journalistic integrity.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:56pmFunny, no mention of the fact that the award was actually given by a group called (with much irony) Acuracy In Media (AIM), which is basically an anti-gay, birther, kill-the-gays in Uganda organization that makes this website look like the Rachel Maddow show. It’s kind of like accepting an award from the KKK.
Report Post »honestynow
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 6:03pmYou are correct!
Report Post »And I’m sure she had heavy pressure from CBS bosses to not attend or else!
Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 7:20pmThe left is too stupid and too corrupt to do the right thing or the wise thing in any situation. And ENICOM is a troll, so just ignore it.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 12:12amI am amazed that people still claim they voted for Obummer.
Love that guy’s cap at CPAC FIRE OBAMA
OMG in 2012
Report Post »stormcrow53
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 10:13am@JZS & Monicne: If that is true why did they not just decline the award? I think you must be mistaken re Uganda also as, just like Iran, they have no gays. Furthermore, even the Foreign Dictator is a birther because he said he was born in Asia. (He’s just the smartest man in all 58 states) And as history shows the Democrats are the true KKKers from its inception to the freedom deserts they created through the nanny state still force feeding the slaves on the Democrat plantations. Like ACORN they just changed their name to continue keeping the black man down. Keep it up! Both you and EncinoM are hilarious in your inadequacy.
Report Post »ccfonten
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 11:32amStormcrow: you said it just exactly correct. Then there is the other comment that the lefty loonies are too ideologically mired in their own stupidity to even begin to see reality and truth. I think that if any of them actually did see the truth for what it is about their beliefs, a whole lot of gore will be splattered around caused by their exploding heads. Such insanity, such stupidity.
Report Post »blackstone22
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:05pmSorry, not buying the cover story. She pulled out because it’s politically incorrect to receive an award from CPAC.
Report Post »She accepted and reconfirmed and then blows it off. Don’t be naive, see it for what it is. Even if she did some good work, she plays for the other team, and she knows where her bread is buttered. At CBS it’s all about ego and drinking from the same vat of koolaid, don’t be fooled, she’s no different.
Mtroom
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 4:31pmI think your wrong here…I think this was CBS shutting her up…How convenient for her to be out on assignment.(Syria?, Somalia? Mexican border?) Never get to hear her speak, and CBS got to plug a thanks for your support..Bet she has more to say, but the hush is on.
Report Post »ccfonten
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 11:34amI think the pressure from odumbo and thugs on CBS caused her to be “on assignment” elsewhere.
Report Post »You have to remember, most so-called journalists just love the attention of their peers! More face time means more money and plum jobs!
morerightrudder
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 3:58pmProbably both reasons.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:39pmThere is only one way to describe a conservative organisation like CPAC awarding a liberal journalist from a liberal network…….summary execution. She will either never be seen again, or she will be professionally destroyed to such a degree that she will basically not exist. Tragic? or just recompense….
Report Post »DanRShaw
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 1:30pmI think Fox News needs to find a place for this women…
Report Post »uffdaubet
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:35pmIt is obvious we can count on one hand, in fact one finger, the number of true reporter(s) working at CBS. That CBS used that one finger to accept and award from CPAC should not suprise anyone.
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:30pmAttkisson had been sent on an assignment out of town … perhaps her assignment is finding a new job.
Report Post »If not, I certainly would like to know what was so important/critical about this assignment that prevented her from accepting the award. I don’t imagine CBS is particularly pleased with her.
However, her next assignment might be with FOX news if she is blessed.
KevINtampa
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:51pmHaven’t seen what happened to Judge after his “What if the government wanted to…” list of things he did last week have you?
http://reason.com/blog/2012/02/09/fox-business-networks-cancels-judge-andr
Stop thinking Fox News is a conservative outlet. I‘m afraid it’s very clear that it’s a network designed to co-opt you, and your like minded conservative thinkers, into the political diatribe and debate the progressive machine wants you to place belief and passion in. The sooner you realize this, the quicker you will see through the obvious propaganda game being played. The discourse of the hosts might be genuine, but it is heavily tailored; those who refuse the game, end up like Beck and Napolitano.
Hey Beck, you going to hire Judge Napolitano on GBTV? I’d love to see him land there.
Report Post »stormcrow53
Posted on February 12, 2012 at 11:35amI don’t watch Fox, especially since Beck left.
Report Post »inexiletill2012
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:22pmShe is now covering the newly discovered lake under the glaciers in Antarctica
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:37pmHaHa
Report Post »db321
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:40pmShe might be sent to cover the new Sharia Constitution that is about to takes effect in Egypt soon. It takes guts to have moral and ethical values and still try to work for one of the State Run Media.
Report Post »Arc
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:17pmI contend Ms Atkisson was the recipient of CBS knuckling under to the White House.
Holder probably whined to Barry that Sharyl was making him very uncomfortable having to answer all those questions from Congress.
CBS probably sent her to cover the annual butterfly migration from Brazil.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:32pm…….One way……
Report Post »yiska8
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:05pmShe did her job too well. She produced. She just works for the wrong news network. CBS is long lost to left since 1968. Probably sent her to Syria even though zero journalists are allowed in. Obama probably pulled some strings just for her. Payback for F&F.
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:48pmHere’s my conspiracy theory.
She’s about to uncover why oil has floated around $100/barrel while we have had uprising after uprising in the Middle East; as well as the very real threat of all out war between Iran, along with her allies, and Israel, along with her allies.
It’s an interesting strategy, secretly introduce the Strategic US Oil Reserve to the oil supply, artificially driving up supply in the market to keep crude costs artificially deflated and the North American lifestyle almost stable.
Does anyone wonder how a Category 2 hurricane causes more speculation in the price of oil than the very vocal threats of Iran sea mining the Hormuz? Every time Iran makes a threat, and speculation threatens to raise the cost of crude, we open our reserve to compensate. It’s only a matter of time before the story breaks, the real question is: Will it break before the reserve runs dry?
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:10pmOh, and also consider the oil sanctions against Iran which should also be causing oil prices to rise. Interesting how the US is stating they will work with countries on finding new sources and new deals to replace the Iranian supply for those countries that purchase oil from Iran.Yet, oil still floats around $100/barrel, even after removing the Iranian supply from the market. Not only are we using our reserves, the likelihood of us currently selling it off is very real. We may soon find ourselves in a World War centered in the world’s largest oil field, with out a substantial reserve with which to fight the war.
Beck says imagine if oil hits $5/gallon, I say, imagine if the cost of oil were priceless to me and you because it all went to the allied war machine and there was NONE at your local Shell or Exxon station. Under these conditions, Americans would have no other options other than to fight the war, regardless of whether or not they agreed to it on principle. That, to me, is where we’re headed.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:48pm.
Report Post »She was last seen buying ‘Knee Pads” and Red Lip Stick…………
poster
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:52pm…while wearing a blue dress.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:42pmDon’t these eggheads ever find themselves looking at their faces in the mirror and then realizing, “What the hell am I doing???”
Doesn’t it occur to these people that by completely shutting off the other side of a debate, they are renouncing freedom of speech???
How can anybody be so obtuse??? I guess it takes that Baghdad Bob propaganda mentality that regardless of the evidence (right behind you), you continue to tow the company line. Amazing, if not pathetic.
Report Post »rich43068
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:42pmShe probably been assigned to cover a cartel in Mexico.
Report Post »TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:34pmWouldn’t it be wonderful if more reporters opened their eyes to the truth and were unafraid to actually report it?
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:29pmAhhh a CBS PR stunt!! Rather than make it a “personal award” it has been twisted to a “CBS award”??? Oh yeah “on assignment” or forced vacation????
Report Post »jacques.daspy
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:37pmAre you trying to insulate that you have detected a philosophy of principle at CBS? I was convinced the CBS was the brand name for either a waffle iron or a windshield wiper motor. I you know the truth, you should share?
Report Post »poster
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:56pmExactly. I can see the CBS News promo now…. “Why, even CPAC recognized CBS NEWS for its outstanding coverage of the Obama Administration.”
Why does CPAC even bother with the MSM? Screw ‘em.
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:28pmIs she headed to Tahrir Square for her insolence ?
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:26pmWhy do I have a feeling her new assignment is a seal farm in Alaska?
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:08pmTo be fair, a reporters job can change on a whim. They are always on call.
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:06pmProbably doesn’t want to be associated with conservatives. Oh, well, her loss.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:03pmThey spend our money fast and furious.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:00pm“…a White House official “screamed” and “cussed” at her over her Fast and Furious coverage”
Hopefully (someday soon) she’ll reveal who.
>The White House tried to HOLD ER back, eh?
Report Post »texasoysterman
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:49pmHere’s a story that names who “screamed and cussed” at her. Eric Schultz, White House Associate Communications Director.
Report Post »texasoysterman
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 8:50pmSorry, forgot the link. Duh.
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/middle-class-guy/2011/oct/5/fast-furious-cbs-sharyl-attkisson-brian-terry/
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 1:58pmThat WH just oozes class, don’t ya know! Their way or the highway, and that’s where CBS sent her (probably on orders from the WH) – on assignment.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:28pmYeah, the WH has been oozing now for 3 years – and of course it’s all LOW class!!!
Report Post »NewsStud
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 1:58pmC’mon Blaze! You’re not being fair. Your headline assumes Attkisson or CBS is slighting CPAC.
The news business (that is, the business of going out and getting the news… not the business of re-posting everybody else’s work and making snide comments) often demands us to change our life plans. I’ve missed birthdays, anniversaries and holidays. My family accepts this, because it pays the bills.
Perhaps for Attkison, getting out there and giving Terry’s family a voice was a bit more important than showing up to be fawned over.
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:03pmGullible, the brainwashing that happens from an early age from TV media is why people believe what the WH tells them to believe…don’t fall for it.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:08pmIn a small way CBS is likely dissing CPAC by following orders from the WH and shipping her off on “another story.” Sure, it’s not a big slap in the face, but the action reeks with the stench of one or WH hacks.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:12pmmore ^
Report Post »Wool-Free Vision
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 2:19pmCome on, Newsstud, all things considered, I don’t think it is beyond the pale to question the motives of CBS News. In fact, to pretend that they don’t constantly pander to the left while taking every opportunity to lash out at the right is downright disingenuous.
I’m not saying they are guilty in this instance, but to act like being suspicious of their intentions is somehow paranoid or judgmental is to discount everything we know about CBS News.
Report Post »NewsStud
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 3:17pm‘In a small way CBS is likely dissing CPAC by following orders from the WH and shipping her off on “another story.” ‘
If that *were* the case, I would think Attkisson wouldn’t go for it. She’s being honored for her credibility by the same folks that trash CBS as much as they can (perhaps deservedly so) over a perceived lack of credibility. Why would she impugn herself or allow herself to be impugned?
If CBS were pressuring her. She’d probably be the first to spill guts about it. She can’t be worried CBS would fire her for it. If they did fire her, she wins in the long run!
– She probably has a contract they would need to pay out. She’d get a hunk of a settlement.
– Another organization would hire her in a heartbeat, just to make press. She’d probably get a pay raise! Look at Juan Williams! Getting fired from NPR over his own honesty was the best thing that could have happened to him!
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 1:54pmMust have gotten another call from the White House ???
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