Sharyl Attkisson

They would never say there was anything wrong with the story.

Quite the opposite.

They would say, this is a brilliant story.

This is a great story.

We're going to save it for next week.

Just do this, do that.

And it would never air.

And that was the story of people.

I don't know if it was people connected at a higher level that didn't want these stories to air.

You know, there were outside the lobbying CBS.

No, I don't.

I believe that most likely, based on my experience, they were trying to make the stories more balanced and fair.

And the culture among some at CBS, and I think it's gotten worse since I left, was not to do so.

And I think they don't understand or came to not understand the very basic tenets of journalism, which I worked really hard.

Not that I always understood this, but I really tried to grow and understand and listen to criticism over the years.

Showing the other side of a story, even if you strongly believe in one side you're telling, does not weaken the story.

It strengthens the story.

Even if you're a liberal and you're telling a liberal perspective, the liberals in the audience actually appreciate knowing what the other side of the argument is.

And I think Barry Weiss is simply trying to tug CBS News back a little bit closer to the center.

But the inmates have been running that asylum for a long time, and they're not going to go down quietly down this new path.