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As seen in: Full Measure, The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast, Apple Podcasts, The New York Times, CBS News, New York Post, Yahoo Finance, Substack, The Hill, Baltimore Sun, The Epoch Times, Blaze Media and
Covers:  Investigative, government accountability, waste fraud and abuse, national security, media misbehavior, whistleblowers.
Doesn't Cover: Ordinary fare, fluff, typical narratives.
Nonpartisan Investigative Journalist. 5 Emmys, Murrow. RTs may be interesting/silly/wrong. I follow facts, not the crowd. Order "Follow the Science" today.

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Sharyl Attkisson’s Biography

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Sharyl Attkisson is a five-time Emmy Award winner and recipient of the Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting. She is author of two New York Times best sellers: “The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think and How You Vote,” and “Stonewalled.” She is host of the Sunday morning national TV news program, Sinclair’s “Full Measure,” which focuses on investigative and accountability reporting.

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(WATCH) The Earhart Papers

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By Sharyl Attkisson Verified
| sharylattkisson.com
Original air date: October 26th 2025 President Trump recently promised to declassify all government records related to record-setting pilot Amelia Earhart. That after a delegate from the the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean told Trump that elderly residents had shared “credible, firsthand accounts” of seeing Earhart there. The official U.S. government position is that Earhart’s plane crashed into the Pacific after running out of fuel in 1937.
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Sharyl Attkisson

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By Sharyl Attkisson Verified
| sharylattkisson.com
Original air date: October 26th 2025 NGO’s, or non-governmental organizations, feed the hungry and provide medical care to victims of disasters in the US and around the world. but your tax dollars help fund them, and many use that to push political agendas. Scott Thuman investigates. The following is a transcript of a report from “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson.” Watch the video by clicking the link at the end of the page.
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Trump’s Nominee for CDC Director Calls mRNA Technology ‘Safe and Effective’

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By Sharyl Attkisson Verified, John Wear
| alethonews.com
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Univ. of Florida WRUF-AM/FM radio.

How is social media changing news?

Powerful corporate and political interests have learned how to co-opt social media to direct news narratives in an unnatural direction.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Depends on what kind of journalist. For news journalists, at least for me, it means seeking info & views others often don't want published.