Thursday, December 22, 2022

Journalism Has Bottomed Out in America

Editor's note: Pay anyone enough money and you can get almost anything you want done including having a "journalist" write hit pieces on politicians. That is what journalism has reduced itself to in America today. They are scum. There is no other definition that is appropriate to describe journalism in the mainstream media today. This also demonstrates again to keep your eyes off politicians. They mean nothing and are insignificant in the overall flow of money. It is not about politics. This is about money, power and greed. This story is peanuts but illustrates what goes on at hire levels of the media and probably 100 times worse.
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Source: New York Post

ABC reporter Kristen Hentschel was paid thousands by lobbying firm to make hit pieces on politicians: report

By Katherine Donlevy | December 21, 2022

An ABC producer used her credentials to create fake hit pieces on local politicians in Florida while pocketing thousands from a political lobbying firm, a report said.

Freelance producer Kristen Hentschel — who mostly worked for "Good Morning America" — was paid at least $14,350 by Alabama-based political consulting firm Matrix LLC to sandbag the environmentally friendly politicians with bogus questions, according to a report released Wednesday by NPR and Floodlight, an "environmental news collaborative."

Hentschel claimed to be working for ABC while filming the hit piece. The company said she had not been assigned to the story.

"Kristen Hentschel was a freelance daily hire who never worked for ABC News on the political stories referenced in the NPR article," the network said in a statement.

Hentschel, who has been fired from the network, primarily did freelance work for "Good Morning America," the same show plagued by rumors of an affair between hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes.
Kristen Hentschel reportedly used her ABC credentials to carry out work on behalf of lobbying firms. Kristyn Caddel/Facebook

According to the report, Hentschel began her political espionage on behalf of Matrix in 2016. She was hired by ABC News as a freelance news reporter a few weeks later.

In July 2018, she asked then-candidate for Florida House of Representatives Toby Overdorf about the alleged discovery of 20 gopher tortoises, an endangered species, found dead at a nearby construction site. Hentschel showed him an ABC business card.

Please go to New York Post to read more.
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