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Thu Dec 26, 2013, 07:22 PM Dec 2013

CBS "news" misinformer of the year at Media Matters...

This year they deserve the award.

Misinformer Of The Year: CBS News

"It is, to put it mildly, surprising that 60 Minutes did not check this discrepancy before broadcast" -- former Meet The Press host Marvin Kalb.

Even now, nearly two months after it aired, almost nothing about CBS News' "exclusive" (and infamous) 60 Minutes report on Benghazi makes sense. From conception, to execution, to the network's stubborn claims that the report met its high standards even as it publicly dissolved, the story on the Benghazi terror attack of 2012 quickly became a case study in how not to practice journalism on the national stage. And in how dangerous it is to lose sight of fair play and common sense when wielding the power and prestige of the country's most-watched news program.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/12/26/misinformer-of-the-year-cbs-news/197323

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CBS "news" misinformer of the year at Media Matters... (Original Post) Archae Dec 2013 OP
good call mm spanone Dec 2013 #1
Ye-ah! And, they have mediawhores Cha Dec 2013 #2

spanone

(135,830 posts)
1. good call mm
Thu Dec 26, 2013, 08:38 PM
Dec 2013

k&r...

faux 'news' was calling cbs their validation for all their benghazi bullshit...

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