Obama administration treats journalists as ‘enemies of the state’

‘The Obama administration treats journalists that “cross this administration” as “enemies of the state” who “will be attacked and punished,” according to a former CBS News investigative journalist.

Sharyl Attkisson, who resigned from CBS News in March, 2014 after 21 years with the network, lashed out at the White House and Justice Department on Thursday for blocking her various attempts to report on the activities of the US government.

“If you cross this administration with perfectly accurate reporting they don’t like, you will be attacked and punished,” Attkisson testified at the Senate confirmation hearing for US Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch.’

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