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“60 Minutes” and the Benghazi Scandal Trap
The New Yorker
November 12,…
“60 Minutes” and the Benghazi Scandal Trap
The New Yorker
November 12, 2013
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What is your opinion about the issue, and what caused you to form that opinion?
- Lara Logan of CBS trusted the word of someone without completely fact checking for accuracy all avenues beforehand
- 60 Minutes was eager to put out a story as it took a year to develop.
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Play devils advocate, what opposing view could be expressed
- Sometimes, any publicity is good publicity. The audience can decipher what was inaccurate with their own common sense
- Nobody 100% knew the complete story. This 60 Minutes story should provide some clarity to what actually did or didn't happen
- It takes these situations happening to make future stories more accurate. I'm sure Lara Logan and CBS was an example for other outlets to follow better procedures when putting together stories.
How could using a balance in research and reporting tactics have made a difference in the outcome of what was reported
- The story definitely would've been more accurate instead of fabricated. That led to the entire story being removed.
- Dylan Davies may have been given the opportunity to revise the misleading information
- Asking more for descriptive details to include for validity or some type of resource to uphold the version of the details provided.