60 Minutes......Ouch !!!

[marmar]

As if things weren't bad enough for "60 Minutes," the newsmagazine has now been given a prize nobody wants: Poynter's "Error of the Year" award, which it won for its disastrously botched story on the Benghazi attacks.

Craig Silverman, the media world's top error maven, wrote that "60 Minutes" took home the prize partly "because of the mistake itself, and partly because of the mistake’s fallout."

Silverman would probably not find disagreement in too many corners for his choice. "60 Minutes" seemed to mess up at every turn, from relying on a known liar as its main source; to failing to disclose its corporate ties to the book the source was writing; to stonewalling the media when questions were raised about the source's veracity; to giving an apology that few felt was sufficient. ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/18/60-minutes-benghazi-error-of-the-year_n_4465483.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037&ir=Politics

[Turbineguy]

1. Proving the contention

that if you want to go down that conservative path, you have to be a skilled liar. And it takes time to learn. The 10,000 Hour Rule.

[xchrom]

2. du rec.

[lpbk2713]

3. I'm glad Don Hewitt isn't around to see this.

And to see what 60 Minutes has become.

Logan and the rest of the current 60 Minutes gang of idiots
worked hard for this award and they truly deserve it.

[MindPilot]

4. 60 Minutes used to set the standard for investigative journalism.

Then all they did was rich-people-with-problems kinds of stories. Now they are just another corpoganda mouthpiece.

[lpbk2713]

5. Now they're just a poor copy of Faux Snooze

I don't even watch any more to see how truly bad they are.

I never would have thought 60 Minutes would turn into a laughing stock.

[90-percent]

7. To paraphrase Harry Truman

If it's a choice between a genuine Conservative propaganda cable network , and a formerly proud network TV news magazine, the people will choose the genuine article, every time;

Nice work, 60 Minutes. You are dead to me now. That NSA piece may be the last time in my life I watch that claptrap.

-90% Jimmy

[Stuart G]

9. 60 Minutes is Dead...You are Correct!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Little Star]

6. I can't wait to show this to my RW SIL!! Thanks. k&r

[Botany]

8. It is no longer the show that had Harry, Mike, and Hugh Hewitt as a producer

[boomersense]

12. Seeing that picture almost made me cry. What we have lost...

...60 minutes is just the tip of the iceberg. It's all gone. And there is no where to hide. I spend every day calling all over the world where I have contacts looking for a place my wife and I can move to. Same story everywhere: "Yes, this part of the city is nice--but stay away from there, and positively do not go out at night! Be very careful of buying property. The deals are not always legit and you may end up with nothing. Bring a lot of money--but don't carry it with you! I remember a far different world, one where even early 60 minutes was a might alarming. What have we done?

Sorry for my momentary loss of control.

[Stainless]

10. I made it a point to watch 60 Minutes.....

.....for many years. Now, I make it a point not to watch it. Most Network News is populated by corrupt, narcissistic ideologues. I stay informed by watching a lot of Cable News, surfing the internet and by reading my local newspaper. Most local TV news programming is aimed at people with a Sunday School education and contains a lot of gibberish and pablum with very little hard news and no editorial content.

[BlueJazz]

19. "TV news programming is aimed at people with a Sunday School education"

Boy...isn't that the truth? I've noticed that stations, like ours here in the Tampa bay area, have started having News about
such exciting topics as "Walmart plans an extension of the gandy rd. store in 2015" (Ah...yeah, and I should care why??) or
"Dog and Cat Care during the Holiday Season"...for 11 minutes. (I didn't know my Dog requires different care during the holidays??????)

[mountain grammy]

11. Anyone who doesn't think the corporations set the media agenda

needs to look at the evolution of "60 Minutes."

[Corruption Inc]

13. Rec'd, "relying on a known liar as its main source" is all the MSMedia does

WMD lies and setting up torture camps made it obvious that the MSMedia in incapable of telling the truth and incapable of exhibiting anything resembling human consciousness -- all they do is lie for money.

[fbc]

14. It wasn't really an error... It was dishonest propaganda

Errors are a mistake. 60 minutes, like Fox News, is intentionally misleading.

[Enthusiast]

16. You are exactly correct.

It was entirely premeditated dishonesty.

[Doctor_J]

17. Yeah, I wish the apologists would stop calling it an error

it was a deliberate smear, something worthy of Fox "News"

[Voice for Peace]

15. it's enough to make you wonder if the producers are from the Office of Special Plans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Special_Plans
Implications of the Name
Within the United States Department of Defense, "special plans" is obscure counterintelligence and psychological warfare parlance for perception management and deception.[3]

[Berlum]

18. 60 Minutes (R) has devolved to become right-wing trash TV, with propaganda sprinkles

Unworthy of public trust.