2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDavid Brock Calls On CBS To Retract Faulty Benghazi Story
Following the revelation that a key "witness" featured in this week's CBS 60 Minutes report on Benghazi previously claimed that he never got near the besieged diplomatic compound on the night of the attacks, Media Matters chairman David Brock is calling on CBS to retract its story.
On October 27, CBS aired a report on the Benghazi attacks that featured the claims of a supposed eyewitness using the pseudonym "Morgan Jones." Today, the Washington Post revealed that Jones, whose real name is Dylan Davies, previously filed a report with his security contractor employer saying that he "could not get anywhere near" the compound the night of the attack.
The flawed CBS report has since been trumpeted by conservative media and Republican politicians.
In his letter to CBS executives, Brock writes that the story should be "immediately retracted and an independent investigative committee needs to probe all aspects of how the story was reported."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/01/david-brock-calls-on-cbs-to-retract-faulty-beng/196716
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,975 posts)Don't take no shit off nobody! Dig in yer heels & stand by yer story - even while the rest of the planet knows you didn't do anything resembling due diligence before running that specimen of a 'report.' That'll show 'em!
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)and got inside the compound - while an attack and battle was going on ... and further got back out again ... I thought..."Wait a minute - is he superman?"
.... fantasy journalism. What a shameful stunt from a formerly very much respected show.
recommended!!
Justice
(7,188 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts).....hey,....I can dream, can't I?
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)havent already. Faux News makes no attempt to be fair and balanced. They lie daily and dont care if they get caught. It's an, "in your face" attitude. I think the major corp-media will soon be their.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)a kennedy
(29,706 posts)UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Whatever happened to accurate reporting by News agencies and journalists in these United States?