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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLara Logan Apologizes For Botched '60 Minutes' Benghazi Report
Lara Logan Apologizes For Botched '60 Minutes' Benghazi Report, Says Show Will Issue CorrectionBy Jack Mirkinson
11/08/2013
In a humiliating retreat from a piece she had staunchly defended, "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan admitted on Friday morning that she and the news magazine had made a "mistake" in their reporting of a controversial story about the Benghazi attacks. She apologized to viewers and said "60 Minutes" will issue a correction about the reliability of one of her key sources, security contractor Dylan Davies, on its next program.
"We were wrong to put him on air," she said, adding, "We will apologize to our viewers and we will correct the record on our broadcast on Sunday night."
It emerged on Thursday that Davies, who gave Logan a hair-raising, detailed account of his actions during the 2012 attack, had previously told the FBI that he hadn't even gone to the site where it took place. This was the second occasion where Davies had been recorded as saying that he wasn't at the scene of the crime. He had already admitted to doing so once, but CBS and Logan had firmly backed him, saying that he had lied to his employer to protect himself.
Lying to the FBI, however, is a different matter, and "60 Minutes" pulled the report and said it was "reviewing" the new information to determine whether it had been misled.
read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/08/lara-logan-apologizes-60-minutes-benghazi-correction_n_4239046.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D403032
Hey, CBS, bring back a real journalist, Dan Rather!
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Lara Logan Apologizes For Botched '60 Minutes' Benghazi Report (Original Post)
napkinz
Nov 2013
OP
She should ask Dan Rather how well apologizing for attacking a sitting president works ...
zbdent
Nov 2013
#1
and she'll get to use scotty pelley for a week. He's good at faking disgust.
russspeakeasy
Nov 2013
#3
zbdent
(35,392 posts)1. She should ask Dan Rather how well apologizing for attacking a sitting president works ...
oh, wait ... that was a Republican sitting president.
She'll get promoted.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)2. She belongs on FOX
In the real world that would be a demotion, but in her eyes it might be a promotion.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)3. and she'll get to use scotty pelley for a week. He's good at faking disgust.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)4. Al Sharpton covering the story right now on MSNBC
Politics Nation, interviewing David Brock
napkinz
(17,199 posts)5. now being covered by Chris Hayes!
See "All In" right now
malaise
(268,693 posts)6. Great coverage
They are shameless RW tools at CBS