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"60 Minutes" And The Benghazi Scandal Trap
Sorkin, Amy D.
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"60 Minutes" And The Benghazi Scandal Trap
Sorkin, Amy D.
November 12, 2013
Published: The New Yorker
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How could using a balance in research and reporting tactics have made a difference in the outcome of what was reported
- Checking with multiple sources to ensure accuracy.
- Make interviewee sign a waiver making him responsible for everything they say during the interview.
- Check the story with the FBI. They are the ones handing the legal investigation, if there is a disconnection, let the FBI investigate and wait until the truth is discovered.
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Play devils advocate, what opposing view could be expressed
- Maybe 60 minutes viewed the FBI report as false and were trying to break the "real" story
- 60 minutes shouldn't have to issue an apology for something they didn't report. The interviewee was the one who made the false claim, they should be held for purgery.
- FBI Investigations miss things all the time, this could be another side of the story that the FBI failed to cover, choose to look the other way, or chose to alter to fit their storyline.
What is your opinion about the issue, and what caused you to form that opinion
- I thought 60 minutes was really low for not offering a correction. Removing it from their site doesn't fix the wrong, it looks the other way as if nothing happened.
- I thought airing the interviewee's real name was such sleezy journalism. It's as if they are pointing the finger at the interviewee for giving fake answers.
- 60 minutes is too reputable to have such poor reporting. Perhaps there is a conspiracy behind the true events that occurred.
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