# Guess what 60 Minutes decided to do last night? (Answer: Benghazi) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429 "2013-10-28T09:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/301 "2013-11-08T17:31:56Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I am on the edge of my seat waiting for **adaher** ’s post explaining how the retraction is terrible news for Obama. Study it out… just study it out. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/302 "2013-11-08T17:32:33Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > “60 Minutes” apologizes for Benghazi report > [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50158736n](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50158736n) Give the network credit for that and the show they will have this Sunday as a follow-up. One thing Faux News generally does not do, and one thing Faux never does. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/303 "2013-11-08T17:35:22Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I honestly can’t tell what is conservative delusion and what is mocking of conservative delusion any more. I’d just chalk it up to Drunky’s delerium tremens. Impressive how he doesn’t let them slow ( Or add interest to) his postings. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/304 "2013-11-08T17:43:24Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > “60 Minutes” apologizes for Benghazi report > [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50158736n](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50158736n) Well, that was painful to watch; apparently they spent a year on that report, so it couldn’t have been pleasant to find out your main witness is less than reliable. Practically speaking though, what significance does this have on their report? I didn’t watch the broadcast, but I’m guessing this revelation casts into doubt the claim that there was a list of three targets with the first two checked off? As for the “well, they should have been prepared” crowd, it seems to have slipped their minds that this happened on 9/11. From an intelligence standpoint, do you know how _noisy_ the data must be on that anniversary? Every single US outpost on the face of the planet was probably dealing with some level of rumored threat. Blend that with reduced spending on embassy security and it’s a no-win situation. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/305 "2013-11-08T18:04:18Z")
The report basically consisted of narratives from two people, so having to disavow one of them is a pretty big blow. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/306 "2013-11-08T18:13:46Z")
The video froze up for me at the point that Lara Logan started to explain the vetting process. I’m very interested to hear how this one guy, who used a fake name for their report, duped them during a year long preparation. This is especially because his account included some obvious self-aggrandizement and some eyebrow raising accounts. One would have thought he was the world’s foremost expert on security matters, and his description of his nearly unique and devastating assessment of the preparation evident at the compound should have been taken with a grain of salt by anybody who is not **adaher**. His account of the risks he took and extremes he went to just get a look at the ambassador’s body had me raising an eyebrow as well. This action hero security expert should have gotten some scrutiny. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/307 "2013-11-08T18:30:34Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I honestly can’t tell what is conservative delusion and what is mocking of conservative delusion any more. Oh, good point, I might have been whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/308 "2013-11-08T18:48:16Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > I’m very interested to hear how this one guy, who used a fake name for their report, duped them during a year long preparation. This is especially because his account included some obvious self-aggrandizement and some eyebrow raising accounts. It’s not like [it hasn’t happened before](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Chalabi). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/309 "2013-11-08T20:22:06Z")
This thread is hilarious. I’m beginning to think that adaher is so wrong that if he hits on something right, some sort of quantum fluctuation changes the past to guarantee he’s still wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/310 "2013-11-08T20:55:15Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > This thread is hilarious. I’m beginning to think that adaher is so wrong that if he hits on something right, some sort of quantum fluctuation changes the past to guarantee he’s still wrong. I think I read about that theory in _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Being a Dumbass_. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/311 "2013-11-08T21:41:51Z")
_Daily Kos_ and _Media Matters:_ > [@](#): > > The morning after the 60 Minutes report aired, Fox News hit the ground running promoting it. Over the course of Monday, October 28, Fox would devote more than 13 segments over 11 different shows to the CBS report, totaling more than 47 minutes of coverage. > > Much of Fox’s coverage was self-congratulatory, claiming the CBS report had corroborated their network’s coverage of Benghazi. Bret Baier, host of Fox’s flagship news show Special Report, told viewers that “[l]ast night, one of journalism’s heavy hitters reaffirmed what we knew and had reported on.” _Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy praised CBS for “finally catching up” to conservative media on the story and proclaimed, “60 Minutes doesn’t cover phony scandals.”_ (emphasis gleefully added) > [@](#): > > …Fox has gone silent. As of 1:45pm [ET], the network still has not told its viewers that the 60 Minutes report has been retracted… From _Talking Points Memo_ [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/) > [@](#): > > Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was hogwild about the now-discredited 60 Minutes blockbuster in which fabricator-security contractor Dylan Davies recounted his nonexistent exploits the night of the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi more than a year ago. But after CBS finally retracted the story this morning (after dragging its collective heels for a week), Graham is now declining to discuss the story. I guess maybe at least he won’t be demanding Benghazi witnesses and stuff before he will stop obstructing Obama’s court nominees. Oh, and, same source: > [@](#): > > Publication has been halted for a disputed book about the attack last year on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. - ThinkProgress:\* > [@](#): > > After a week of defending their reporting, CBS News’ Lara Logan on Friday morning made a stunning apology to her viewers for a much-hyped story about the Benghazi attack, based on an interview with a security contractor that directly contradicts what he told the FBI. > > “We were wrong to put him on air and we apologize to our viewers,” Logan said on the CBS’ This Morning on Friday. “We will apologize to our viewers and we will correct the record on our broadcast on Sunday night,” she added… However… > [@](#): > > …Graham is still keeping his holds in place. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/312 "2013-11-08T21:49:37Z")
[In other news:](http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/11/simon-schuster-pulling-benghazi-book-177108.html) > [@](#): > > The publisher for Dylan Davies, the source of “60 Minutes” controversial Benghazi report, announced on Friday that they are pulling his book “in light of information” brought to their attention since its publication. > > Threshold Editions, a subsidiary of Simon & Schuster, which is owned by CBS, said in a statement they are notifying stores that copies of the book, titled “The Embassy House,” can be returned to the publisher. The book was released last week on Oct. 29. > > “In light of information that has been brought to our attention since the initial publication of The Embassy House, we have withdrawn from publication and sale all formats of this book, and are recommending that booksellers do the same,” Threshold Edition spokesperson Jennifer Robinson said in a statement. “We also are notifying accounts that they may return the book to us.” First time I’ve ever heard of a recall on a book. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/313 "2013-11-08T22:19:11Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [In other news:](http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/11/simon-schuster-pulling-benghazi-book-177108.html) > > First time I’ve ever heard of a recall on a book. Satan’s court jester for the GOP, David Barton, is someone else who had a [book](http://www.worldmag.com/2012/08/lost_confidence) pulled for “telling the truth” about Thomas Jefferson back in 2012. _Sigh_ Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/314 "2013-11-08T22:20:42Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > First time I’ve ever heard of a recall on a book. Probably because of catastrophic butt failure in the event of a low-speed collision. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/315 "2013-11-08T22:53:17Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Satan’s court jester for the GOP, David Barton, is someone else who had a [book](http://www.worldmag.com/2012/08/lost_confidence) pulled for “telling the truth” about Thomas Jefferson back in 2012. > > _Sigh_ > > Carry on. Thomas Nelson just stopped selling the book; they did not offer to **buy back any copies already sold!** ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/316 "2013-11-09T03:46:50Z")
**adaher** , will you please start a thread titled, “BlackKnight will definitely NOT win the lottery”? Pretty please? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/317 "2013-11-09T04:29:00Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Why wouldn’t 60 Minutes run the piece? The election is safely in the past, Obama does not need their assistance any more (and won’t again). > > Plus they don’t even need a forger. > > Regards, > Sho-damned > [@Revtim](#): > > “60 Minutes” apologizes for Benghazi report > [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50158736n](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50158736n) Yeah, I guess technically you’re right, **Shodan** ; there was no forger involved. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/318 "2013-11-09T04:47:59Z")
Hoo boy. Well, um, I have someplace I urgently need to be. Bye!! ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/319 "2013-11-09T05:07:12Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Hoo boy. Well, um, I have someplace I urgently need to be. Bye!! This right here is why I like Adaher better than Bricker. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/320 "2013-11-09T05:12:22Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Hoo boy. Well, um, I have someplace I urgently need to be. Bye!! Is it a consulate? I bet it’s a consulate. It needs protecting. Run, dude! Protect that consulate! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429.md?page=17)