CBS News refuses to find fault with its Libya clip
CBS News continues to defend its reporting on Benghazi despite a controversy over a much-talked-about “60 Minutes” clip of President Obama discussing whether the Benghazi assault was a terrorist act. That video hit the Internet on Sunday, under circumstances that Fox News’s Bret Baier considered suspect. …
In other words, CBS News sunk immeasurable resources into the Benghazi story. It did solid reporting. It did an excellent timeline. And to judge from its official statements, it doesn’t believe it erred in handling the “60 Minutes” video.
Take at face value the network’s protestations about enterprise reporting. Yet consider, too, that the network would have done more to enhance the public’s understanding of White House actions if it had foregone some of that enterprise in favor of simply highlighting the Kroft-Obama exchange when it was most relevant. Right after the town-hall debate, that is.
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And the Germans living a few hundred yards from Dachau never suspected that the camp might not have been a balloon factory.
Bishop on November 7, 2012 at 5:47 PM
May they suffocate from Obama’s sh*t, not Beluga caviar.
Schadenfreude on November 7, 2012 at 5:51 PM
Oh stop reporting on these boring stories about the media protecting Obama. He’s black they have to protect him. No one cares about Benghazi and dead Americans its so depressing. Lets just talk about how awesome Obama is. That never gets old.
Say that gives me an idea. We’ve all been trying to figure out how to woo the hispanic vote and I think I have it. We should sell high powered weapons to Mexican Drug cartels. No one cares about dead Mexicans and it can really get out the vote. Dead Mexicans gets the hispanic vote and dead babies on demand for the women. Problem solved.
magicbeans on November 7, 2012 at 6:08 PM
Liars.
Anti-Control on November 7, 2012 at 6:25 PM
haha of course the obama-loving msm pretends to be completely innocent and unbiased. of course.
well you know what? conservatives aren’t going to let this issue go. we will keep talking about it. we will defend those four heroes who died. they deserve answers.
Sachiko on November 7, 2012 at 6:36 PM