Veteran investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson shows how astroturf or propaganda movements are funded by political, corporate, or other special interests very effectively.
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Sharyl Attkisson is an investigative journalist based in Washington D.C. She has writen a book entitled Stonewalled, which addresses the unseen influences of corporations and special interests on the information and images the public receives every day in the "main media". For twenty years Attkisson was a correspondent for CBS News. In 2013, she received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism. She also received Emmy nominations in 2013 for Benghazi: Dying for Security and Green Energy Going Red. Additionally, Attkisson received a 2013 Daytime Emmy Award as part of the CBS Sunday Morning team’s entry for Outstanding Morning Program. Attkisson also received an Emmy for Oustanding Investigative Journalism. She received the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting. Attkisson received an Investigative Emmy Award in 2009 for her exclusive investigations into TARP and the bank bailout. She received an Investigative Emmy Award in 2002 for her series of exclusive reports about mismanagement at the Red Cross.