# 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:** 9
**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 1, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/161 "2013-11-01T20:33:45Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > [Whoops!](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/01/report-benghazi-witness-was-nowhere-near-diplomatic-compound-during-terrorist-attack/) > > CBS’s main Benghazi witness filed a report that said he was nowhere near the diplomatic compound on the night of the attack. > Journalism has fallen very far indeed in the last forty or so years. Ruh roh radaher. Does this change your mind in any way whatsoever? I’m guessing no, but I’m ready to be pleasantly surprised. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/162 "2013-11-02T03:26:47Z")
No question about, in light of this most recent revelation, Dan Rather must be fired. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/163 "2013-11-02T03:43:11Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > No question about, in light of this most recent revelation, Dan Rather must be fired. What is the frequency, Kenneth? ---
**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 2, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/164 "2013-11-02T05:33:32Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > [Whoops!](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/01/report-benghazi-witness-was-nowhere-near-diplomatic-compound-during-terrorist-attack/) > > CBS’s main Benghazi witness filed a report that said he was nowhere near the diplomatic compound on the night of the attack. > Journalism has fallen very far indeed in the last forty or so years. That is _not_ the break the McCain campaign has been waiting for. ☹ ---
**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 2, 2013, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/165 "2013-11-02T09:31:37Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > [Whoops!](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/01/report-benghazi-witness-was-nowhere-near-diplomatic-compound-during-terrorist-attack/) > > CBS’s main Benghazi witness filed a report that said he was nowhere near the diplomatic compound on the night of the attack. > Journalism has fallen very far indeed in the last forty or so years. **adaher** : Really? Worst thread you ever saw…Well, my next one will be better. Hello? Hello? ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/166 "2013-11-02T11:34:44Z")
Spiking the ball when you haven’t scored yet is so unbecoming. 60 Minutes stands by their report, and while the discrepancy between what he told his employer and what he told 60 Minutes is something that needs to be straightened out, it does not debunk their story, which in any case relied on a lot more people involved with what happened that day than him. But I’ll humor you for now. What did he say that you believe to be untrue about what happened that day, aside from his being there? Did he say anything particularly damning? or are you using him to distract from the other truly damning things that were revealed by 60 Minutes? ---
**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 2, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/167 "2013-11-02T11:36:54Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > No question about, in light of this most recent revelation, Dan Rather must be fired. Lara! No! What have you done? I’ve been decieved by a beautiful woman. I feel like… every guy in the history of ever. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/168 "2013-11-02T11:48:42Z")
Ah, I get it. The President gets the benefit of the doubt because the American people didn’t read the fine print on his promise, but Lara is a liar because one of her sources wasn’t on the up and up. ---
**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 2, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/169 "2013-11-02T11:57:54Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Ah, I get it. The President gets the benefit of the doubt because the American people didn’t read the fine print on his promise, but Lara is a liar because one of her sources wasn’t on the up and up. The only thing these two stories have in common is you. It wouldn’t be fair to hold that against either story because you’re just a fucking moron. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/170 "2013-11-02T12:01:27Z")
That’s because you need to defend your double standard. A lie is a lie. In one case, a person said something they knew was not true, in another case, a person was misled by a bad source. So defend your double standard, rather than evading the issue. ---
**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 2, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/171 "2013-11-02T12:05:23Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > That’s because you need to defend your double standard. A lie is a lie. In one case, a person said something they knew was not true, in another case, a person was misled by a bad source. > > So defend your double standard, rather than evading the issue. Ironically, you’re the very kind of person liberals end up having to save from the consequences of his own cognitive impairments. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/172 "2013-11-02T12:32:28Z")
And they’ll do it by any means necessary, as we’ve seen. ---
**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 2, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/173 "2013-11-02T12:37:25Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > And they’ll do it by any means necessary, as we’ve seen. I suppose sometimes the ends don’t justify the means. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/174 "2013-11-02T13:19:31Z")
_snip_ > [@adaher](#): > > Spiking the ball when you haven’t scored yet is so unbecoming. Scored? From what I’ve seen, that pretty much sums up everything anyone needs to know about your motivation in any discourse Ads. Screw truth and common sense. You continually vomit forth these selectively ingested pieces of garbage in the slight hope someone from “the other side” slips on it. Ever occur to you we’re all on the same “team” ? Ah… that would involve having an actual independent thought process, not a prepackaged, mad hatter talking point. Forgive me, I ask too much. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/175 "2013-11-02T15:15:08Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Lara! No! What have you done? > > I’ve been decieved by a beautiful woman. I feel like… every guy in the history of ever. Being deceived by a homely one isn’t any better. All Ms Logan needs is guidance and direction from someone of mature judgement and a generous nature. Happily, these are qualities I have in abundance. So, dibs. Rachel Maddow will get over it. Besides, she’s a lesbian, so I can save money on all that surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/176 "2013-11-02T15:50:07Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > That’s because you need to defend your double standard. A lie is a lie. In one case, a person said something they knew was not true, in another case, a person was misled by a bad source. > > So defend your double standard, rather than evading the issue. Don’t think I saw you respond \*in any way \*to the ‘list of embassy attacks and lives lost under the Bush Presidency’ post. (#86) How many under Bush, and how many under Obama? Or didn’t you pay attention to this vital issue when Bush was Prez? And why not? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/177 "2013-11-02T16:00:26Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Don’t think I saw you respond \*in any way \*to the ‘list of embassy attacks and lives lost under the Bush Presidency’ post. (#86) > How many under Bush, and how many under Obama? Or didn’t you pay attention to this vital issue when Bush was Prez? And why not? There are two chances that adaher will respond to this post, slim and fat. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/178 "2013-11-02T16:09:29Z")
Oh, I think he might _respond_. He just won’t likely address it with any integrity. It bugs me when I see a good post like **Elvis** ’s ignored. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/179 "2013-11-02T17:00:02Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Oh, I think he might _respond_. He just won’t likely address it with any integrity. It bugs me when I see a good post like **Elvis** ’s ignored. Ad’s interest lies in stirring up shit clouds, not answers. He may occasionally try and fake some integrity, but if he can’t slant it or obfuscate it, he really has no interest. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429/180 "2013-11-02T22:09:23Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > It bugs me when I see a good post like **Elvis** ’s ignored. After all these years, I finally have a sig line! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-60-minutes-decided-to-do-last-night-answer-benghazi/672429.md?page=10)