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[[File:AttkissonB52.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Sharyl Attkisson reporting from a combat mission over [[Kosovo]].]]
[[File:AttkissonB52.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Sharyl Attkisson reporting from a combat mission over [[Kosovo]].]]
'''Sharyl Attkisson''' (born 26 January 1961) is an [[America]]n commentator, investigative reporter and Emmy Award-winning news anchor for [[CBS News]]. After twenty-one years with that network, she resigned on March 10, 2014,<ref name=Macneal-resignation>{{cite news|last=Macneal|first=Caitlin|title=CBS Investigative Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Resigns From Network|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sharyl-attkisson-cbs-resigns|accessdate=|newspaper=Talking Points Memo|date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> this after CBS refused to take seriously certain conclusions she had reached in her reporting on the [[Benghazi massacre]].
'''Sharyl Attkisson''' (born 26 January 1961) is an [[America]]n commentator, investigative reporter and 5-time Emmy Award-winning news anchor for [[CBS News]], recipient of the [[Edward R. Murrow]] award for investigative reporting, and author of two ''New York Times'' bestsellers: ''The Smea'' and ''Stonewalled''.
After twenty-one years with that network, she resigned on March 10, 2014,<ref name=Macneal-resignation>{{cite news|last=Macneal|first=Caitlin|title=CBS Investigative Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Resigns From Network|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sharyl-attkisson-cbs-resigns|accessdate=|newspaper=Talking Points Memo|date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> this after CBS refused to take seriously certain conclusions she had reached in her reporting on the [[Benghazi massacre]].
Attkisson is a recipient the ''Edward R. Murrow Award'', named for the journalist who challenger Sen. [[Joseph McCarthy]]. Attkisson reported on the Obama administration's sales of illegal guns to Mexican drug cartels used to kill US Immigration Enforcement officers.
Attkisson is a recipient the ''Edward R. Murrow Award'', named for the journalist who challenger Sen. [[Joseph McCarthy]]. Attkisson reported on the Obama administration's sales of illegal guns to Mexican drug cartels used to kill US Immigration Enforcement officers.