Without real journalism, "you're on your own"

The absence of journalistic curiosity following the Benghazi attack stands out as an extraordinary case of media malpractice. We think of journalists as skeptics, but where could one find a more credulous lot?

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They took, at face value, the contention that a low-budget movie trailer on YouTube had spontaneously caused a coordinated ground and mortar attack by at least five dozen well-armed militants on an obscure American diplomatic facility. …

“You’re on your own” is a phrase that Obama frequently invoked during the last campaign to describe the cartoonish version of laissez faire anarchism that would supposedly result in America if he were not re-elected. …

But the phrase applies equally to the media and where they left the public on Benghazi — on their own. You’re on your own finding the truth when news organs decide to stop asking serious questions and impose a blackout on a major story.

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