Oh look, a fake Benghazi prop! What a surprise...

Verifying sources and fact checking is learned the first month in journalism school

Once upon a time, 60 Minutes used to be a reputable news show. Based on that hard-fought reputation of accurate reporting and highlighting of issues, it's clear some group has cleverly infiltrated CBS's most accurate news show, and is using that reputation to spread lies. Most Americans will believe those lies because they've trusted 60 Minutes for decades. This is what's really alarming to me.

Whenever I talk to people, I warn them about the infiltration of moneyed RWNJs posing as Libertarians (Koch Bros) of our media. I tell them that they shouldn't believe everything they hear or see on television - especially against President Obama and Democrats, which appears to be a concerted effort - but to do their own research online (Media Matters, DU, Huffington Post comments section, PoliticusUSA, and other Progressive political sites) and then make up their minds on the issues.

I honestly believe that the reason why the Democratic Party is winning huge majorities these days, is because young and youngish Latinos, Blacks, Whites, and Asians don't watch the syndicated broadcasts or listen to well-funded, corporate-backed HateRadio. That's because each demographic has its own news source which is fairer in reporting than our Corporate Media. It's why NewsCorps launched a Spanish-language broadcast.

You are not the only one to feel that way. What was making my stomach really churn when I saw the advertisement for the show was the near certainty it was going to be false. I didn't even bother to watch.

and it's especially relevant, coming as it does from respected veteran journalists.

and getting fired for it...

Not to mention that Dan Rather was set up in a Rovian sting operation that served as the proverbial turd in the punchbowl in obfuscating the truth.

Even if there were some there there, which there isn't, how many Americans are going to give a shit about something that happened in an embassy halfway around the world?

has been flapping their gums for many months about Benghazi, which is probably why 60 Minutes went there.

They don't seem to be getting any traction, except among the backwash who want to believe any bullshit that's fed them about this Administration.

address any other issues? They're a one-trick pony? And they got traction-from 60 Minutes. Too bad it went horribly wrong.

There's no picture of their star witness in the Benghazi story, no mention of the story, NADA.

It's as if they want this whole mess to go away.

Same thing with their hit piece on the disabled.
Lots of pictures of Dick Cheney on their page however.

the last comment they cite will agree or support their position as a means to obfuscate their negligence.

Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.

They'd done a smear job on MOMA, believe it or not. Said the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art had not done due diligence when buying a painting, at auction, which 60 minutes "proved" was a forgery.

The problem was, PBS also did a report on the painting, in depth and thorough, proving the painting to be authentic beyond any reasonable doubt. 60 Minutes never responded, nor did the boobs running 60 Minutes ever apologize to the curator of the museum, whose reputation they had dragged unfairly through the mud.

It will be interesting to see whether anyone at 60 Minutes now feels compelled to step forward and admit they screwed up -- and maybe fire the parties responsible for going with this lying s.o.b.s story when just a little bit of due diligence (!!) would have raised questions about his honesty.