# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/321 "2013-11-09T05:37:41Z")
I’ll give CBS credit for coming out and apologizing. I’m reminded of season 2 of _The Newsroom_. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/322 "2013-11-09T05:45:25Z")
Well, OK, they apologized, but did they fire Dan Rather? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/323 "2013-11-09T05:58:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, OK, they apologized, but did they fire Dan Rather? They fired Andy Rooney posthumously. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/324 "2013-11-09T07:24:48Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > **adaher** , will you please start a thread titled, “BlackKnight will definitely NOT win the lottery”? Pretty please? As long as you’re claiming the lottery, I call dibs on **adaher** starting the “ **42fish** will absolutely not have a passionate, sweaty affair with Brad Pitt–no way, no how” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/325 "2013-11-09T07:41:33Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Hoo boy. Well, um, I have someplace I urgently need to be. Bye!! [When I read that, this is what I hear.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaop6e17aRs#t=08s) > [@Lobohan](#): > > This right here is why I like Adaher better than Bricker. That’s like saying you like a gallon of horseshit better than ten gallons of horseshit. ---
**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 9, 2013, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/326 "2013-11-09T09:21:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Thomas Nelson just stopped selling the book; they did not offer to **buy back any copies already sold!** That’s because Glenn Beck’s involvement. Hard to believe, but TN found the following to be too controversial. There’s a section in the book that talks about the dark side of Glenn Beck during the Jefferson’s first term. The story goes like this: in Jefferson’s diary he talks about Glenn Beck not getting Washington’s Birthday off at Monticello and being pissed “as a Hessian.” After consuming vast quantities of hard cider, Mr. Beck allegedly attacked, raped, and dismembered Sally Hemmings sister, Cecilia, with a frozen kidney pie early on the morning of January 14th, 1802. I found this to be laughably absurd and misogynistic, but it then finally dawned on me that David Barton is quite the card: the title, “The Jefferson Lies,” is meant to be a double entendre. It talks not only about lies told about Jefferson, but the lies told by Jefferson. Beck loved the story so much, he wrote the forward. Shit’s true, homie; I’d swear on a stack of Barton Bibles®. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/327 "2013-11-09T12:08:05Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Hoo boy. Well, um, I have someplace I urgently need to be. Bye!! Mighty Props To Adaher!! Ha-ha-ha!!! ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/328 "2013-11-09T12:59:15Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Hoo boy. Well, um, I have someplace I urgently need to be. Bye!! _Wow_. This is pure comedy gold right here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/329 "2013-11-09T14:34:59Z")
> [@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. As I observed when it came out, “Q.R. Markham”;s spy thriller **assassin of Secrets** (which was plagiarized, line by line, from other spy novels) was pulled from bookstores after the charges of plagiarism were made public. [http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204554204577026450743281494](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204554204577026450743281494) Oddly, though, I see you can once again buy it from places like Amazon online. Although the reviewers warn you about the plagiarism and give it the lowest rating. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/330 "2013-11-09T22:45:42Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Hoo boy. Well, um, I have someplace I urgently need to be. Bye!! Wait Ads, we need a ruling! Was that a safety, a two point conversion, a sack…? Did you spike the ball and dance? When do you start the rubbing into peoples faces part? ---
**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 9, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/331 "2013-11-09T22:53:53Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Mighty Props To Adaher!! Ha-ha-ha!!! Totally agree. He could have just never posted in the thread again, like most do in this situation, but instead came in with good humor. Nice one. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/332 "2013-11-09T23:16:44Z")
Yeah, if I were a better person, I wouldn’t give him any shit. Maybe someday. Probably not. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/333 "2013-11-10T00:57:49Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > **adaher** , will you please start a thread titled, “BlackKnight will definitely NOT win the lottery”? Pretty please? > [@42fish](#): > > As long as you’re claiming the lottery, I call dibs on **adaher** starting the “ **42fish** will absolutely not have a passionate, sweaty affair with Brad Pitt–no way, no how” thread. No,no,no he must start a thread: “Foggy will not acquire God like powers next Wednesday at 9am PST” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/334 "2013-11-10T01:15:04Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Totally agree. He could have just never posted in the thread again, like most do in this situation, but instead came in with good humor. Nice one. Yes, if you’re going to weasel out on a thread you started, it’s only polite to let everyone know. That’s what separates us from animals. Even the weasel. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/335 "2013-11-10T05:38:35Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Hoo boy. Well, um, I have someplace I urgently need to be. Bye!! Love it! Don’t stay away too long this time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/336 "2013-11-10T06:18:06Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Yes, if you’re going to weasel out on a thread you started, it’s only polite to let everyone know. That’s what separates us from animals. Even the weasel. At least he’s not stubbornly insisting that just because a source didn’t pan out, doesn’t mean that the story isn’t true and that this is missing the real point of BENGHAZI!!! ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/337 "2013-11-10T12:39:22Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Is it a consulate? I bet it’s a consulate. It needs protecting. Run, dude! Protect that consulate! Nah, I’m pretty sure **adaher** is just checking in at one of those other messageboards that he’s told about where he’s a greatly respected poster. Then he’s off to make out with his Canadian girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/338 "2013-11-10T13:05:53Z")
I’m still here, I’m just hiding. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/339 "2013-11-10T13:27:45Z")
> [@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. I propose a pool on how long until Fox News cries, “CENSORSHIP!” ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/340 "2013-11-10T13:27:52Z")
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