# With trepidation, Benghazi

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-trepidation-benghazi/687535>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 2, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-trepidation-benghazi/687535 "2014-05-02T20:30:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-trepidation-benghazi/687535/941 "2014-11-22T22:08:52Z")

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> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#):
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> I guarantee they will still be screaming about “Benghazi!!!” right up until election night 2016 if Hillary is the nominee.

[Fox News story on House Benghazi report ignores the entire report](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/22/1346743/-Fox-News-story-on-House-Benghazi-report-ignores-the-entire-report)

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> You can read the whole Fox story for yourselves. Nowhere in it does it say anything about the report’s main findings regarding a lack of wrongdoing by the Administration or the State Department, as reported not only by the AP but by NPR, (“House Panel Finds ‘No Intelligence Failure’ Before Benghazi Attack”), CNN (“Republican-led report debunks Benghazi theories and accusations”), the Wall Street Journal (“House Report Finds No Attempt to Mislead Public Over Benghazi”), and every other article on the report I could find. Oh, and Fox News’ TV coverage of the report also ignored the report, unsurprisingly.
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> If this isn’t journalistic malpractice by Fox News, I don’t know what is. Furthermore, this is just another example of how Fox News viewers come to believe lies to be the truth.

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**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-trepidation-benghazi/687535/942 "2014-11-22T23:24:40Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> [Fox News story on House Benghazi report ignores the entire report](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/22/1346743/-Fox-News-story-on-House-Benghazi-report-ignores-the-entire-report)

Dang, I lost my bet. I predicted they wouldn’t mention the report at all.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-trepidation-benghazi/687535/943 "2014-11-23T19:16:58Z")

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[Sen. Lindsey Graham: GOP-led Benghazi report is ‘full of crap’](http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/23/politics/lindsey-graham-benghazi-report/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)

Of course, Tea Party United calls House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) a RINO.

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**Author:** ![Donald\_Rump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Donald\_Rump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donald_Rump)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-trepidation-benghazi/687535/944 "2014-11-25T14:10:02Z")

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Uh-oh. The intrepid reporters at [World News Daily](http://www.wnd.com/2014/11/5-significant-problems-with-gops-new-benghazi-report/) have uncovered not one, not two, but _five_ “significant problems” with the House Intelligence Committee report. Namely:

1. The House report calls the facility a “Temporary Mission Facility,” whereas it was previously labeled a “U.S. Special Mission.” Benghazi!
2. The House report mentions the Chris Stevens was to attend a ceremony in Benghazi establishing a new American Corner at a local Benghazi school. But this was not previously reported. Benghazi!

And on and on.

Hopefully Howdy Gowdy will get to the bottom of it post haste. Benghazi!

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**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 26, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-trepidation-benghazi/687535/945 "2014-11-26T19:52:50Z")

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> [@C3](#):
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> No worries! The article says this was the seventh investigation and an eighth is scheduled for May! Phew! They’ll get to the bottom of this right up until November 8, 2016!

They should just save themselves a little time and go ahead and schedule nine, ten, eleven, twelve, and thirteen right now.

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**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:** [January 3, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-trepidation-benghazi/687535/946 "2019-01-03T22:16:46Z")

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[Trey Gowdy leaves Congress a miserable failure, a man who left no legacy, accomplished nothing, and will be forgotten as soon as we can wash his stink out of his old office.](https://twitter.com/PietroPaparella/status/1080950617240088576)

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