When i sat down to talk to attkisson this week, it turns out she had a story to tell she had not told before. A new organization that she claimed will cave corporate interests and that political bias tell what stories have to air. I also told her important questions fox news had not asked her, about claims of accuracy and rigor in her own work. Listen to her story. Sharyl, thank you for joining me. You worked for 28 years for cbs. What led you to end it . There was a climbing requirement for reporting of the kind i was offering, and it came to a point where it didnt seem like there was much left to do. You said there wasnt much of an appetite for your kind . I think in general the correspondence will tell you at cbs and other places as well that there is a declining appetite for this on the broadcasts. And in some cases, i think its seen maybe as too much trouble because of the pushback and the organized campaigns that come to bear on us when were working on these stories and afterward
anybody. it seems as though some of them were sensible about any story that might appear as though it criticizes the government. a couple news story about your resignation cited. is that an example of someone you felt had this idealogical stand and was uncomfortable with stories about the administration that were unflattering. pat scheffler was the executive producer of the evening news, and i think there s no secret that there were a number of people at cbs news that had serious issues, but serious issues. what do you mean? there were discussions about certain types of stories that got on the air, there were discussions about the heavy-handed editing. in other words, we had not experienced at least i had not experienced and some of them said they had not experienced the extent to which some of the editing went on. that may not be just her. there are certainly a group of managers in what they call the fishbowl of new york who are responsible, so it s hard to say it s all at