# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/481 "2013-11-19T13:53:59Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Where is it enshrined that the right to free speech is in proportion to your personal wealth? I’m in favor of the Koch Brothers and George Soros not being able to buy elections. You’re just fine with the wealthy buying elections because you love to carry water for them. Where is it enshrined that the government shall limit the speech rights of the wealthy in order to make it “fairer”? Do you know what freedom of the press means? It means that those with access to a printing press get to use it. And again, the 1st amendment is crystal clear and the history of 1st amendment jurisprudence is also clear. You can’t limit individual political speech. Corporate speech, yes, under some circumstances, but if the Koch Bros and Soros And Sheldon Adelson want to spend their own money to advocate, they have an absolute right to do so. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/482 "2013-11-19T14:10:54Z")
Getting back on subject… Was there anything new and substantive that actually proved to be true in the 60 Minutes Benghazi report? ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/483 "2013-11-19T14:25:52Z")
Nothing new, although it’s still true that the administration knew the attack was organized very early but stuck to the video story. ---
**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 19, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/484 "2013-11-19T14:28:10Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Was there anything new and substantive that actually proved to be true in the 60 Minutes Benghazi report? I didn’t know that the beautiful Lara Logan existed before this. That was new to me, and she’s still beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/485 "2013-11-19T14:48:11Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If Revtim remains upright for 4 hours or more, seek help from a physician. > [@Revtim](#): > > I didn’t know that the beautiful Lara Logan existed before this. That was new to me, and she’s still beautiful. Should we start the 4-hour countdown, Revtim? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/486 "2013-11-19T14:56:12Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Nothing new, although it’s still true that the administration knew the attack was organized very early but stuck to the video story. This is inaccurate and has been debunked often enough now that it’s approaching “pants-on-fire” territory. The administration did no such thing. They mentioned the video as a possible catalyst, but stressed that it was early and we didn’t know everything yet. How many times do we have to go over the damn CIA memo? Is there any number that will get you to stop telling lies and half-truths? I ask out of curiosity even though I suspect I know the answer. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/487 "2013-11-19T16:56:01Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Nothing new, although it’s still true that the administration knew the attack was organized very early but stuck to the video story. No, this is not known. You don’t know what the administration “knew”- all we know is what they did. Even if certain intelligence personnel thought they knew the right answer, that doesn’t mean the whole administration did. ---
**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 20, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/488 "2013-11-20T11:24:03Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > No, this is not known. You don’t know what the administration “knew”- all we know is what they did. Even if certain intelligence personnel thought they knew the right answer, that doesn’t mean the whole administration did. Yes, but as head of the Executive Branch Obama should have a psychic link to every single employee in that branch which tells him everything they know as soon as they know it. The fact that he hasn’t gotten the implants sorted out yet is just another example of what an incompetent administrator he is. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/489 "2013-11-26T19:32:54Z")
Just as an update, Lara Logan and her producer will take a [leave of absence from CBS](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lara-logan-taking-leave-of-absence-from-60-minutes). Not sure how long, or if it’s paid, but it’s something. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/490 "2013-11-26T20:41:28Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I must say, you are consistently amusing and those reflex reactions are in fine shape, indeed. Yes sir, God intended for corporate power to decide elections. Obviously. Didn’t you get the memo? :dubious: Letting The People vote and possibly decide their own fate is Commie or something. Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers know what is best for us. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/491 "2013-11-26T20:42:32Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > Just as an update, Lara Logan and her producer will take a [leave of absence from CBS](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lara-logan-taking-leave-of-absence-from-60-minutes). > > Not sure how long, or if it’s paid, but it’s something. Well … bye. 😃 ---
**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 27, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/492 "2013-11-27T00:35:30Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Nothing new, although it’s still true that the administration knew the attack was organized very early but stuck to the video story. I love adaher’s ability to show a self-deprecating sense of humor while acknowledging his error. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/493 "2013-11-27T01:07:05Z")
He and **Magiver**. It must be nice to have the Godlike power to create one’s own universe, because these jokers sure don’t live in the regular one. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/494 "2013-11-27T01:53:22Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > If CBS was interested in firing her, they wouldn’t have put her on TV to deliver her minimally acceptable apology. > > She’s not going anywhere. In light of the new news about the leave of absence, I’d just like to say, how does that crow taste? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/495 "2013-11-27T02:04:28Z")
That might just be as far as it gets. Bit of a spanking for Ms Logan. And if you’re thinking what I think you’re thinking, shame on you! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/496 "2013-11-27T08:26:44Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > In light of the new news about the leave of absence, I’d just like to say, how does that crow taste? To be fair to **MODALIZE** , I think he could very well have been right about what CBS wanted to do at the time, and that they just changed their minds under pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/497 "2013-11-27T13:45:59Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > To be fair to **MODALIZE** , I think he could very well have been right about what CBS wanted to do at the time, and that they just changed their minds under pressure. I guess I should feel free to make any prediction at all, then (“She’s not going anywhere”) and if they don’t turn out correct, then I can claim that things changed between the time I made the prediction and the time I was proven wrong? Okay, then. Bernie Sanders is going to be the next president of the United States. You heard it here first. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/498 "2013-11-27T16:18:40Z")
And last, most likely. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/499 "2013-11-27T16:38:17Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > That might just be as far as it gets. Bit of a spanking for Ms Logan. And if you’re thinking what I think you’re thinking, shame on you! What I’m thinking is that the reason she’s getting a better deal than Dan Rather did is precisely because she inspires such thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/500 "2013-11-27T16:50:48Z")
A willingness to report stories critical of the current administration with full knowledge they’re false? A think Fox News has a new rising star! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429.md?page=26)