The Propaganda Files60 Minutes' Benghazi 'Eyewitness' Wasn't There
60 Minutes presented a British security contractor, called 'Morgan Jones,' as an eyewitness who scaled the compound wall during the Benghazi attack and later saw Ambassador Stevens' body.
The segment bolstered criticism of the Obama administration's handling of Benghazi.
What was reported
60 Minutes presented a British security contractor, called 'Morgan Jones,' as an eyewitness who scaled the compound wall during the Benghazi attack and later saw Ambassador Stevens' body.
What actually happened
The contractor, Dylan Davies, had told his employer in an incident report that he never reached the compound that night, and had told the FBI a different account than he gave CBS. Lara Logan apologized on air, CBS said it was misled, and an internal review put Logan and her producer on leave. CBS also had not disclosed that Davies' book was published by a CBS-owned imprint.
The proof
Davies' employer incident report and his FBI account contradicted his 60 Minutes story; CBS retracted and apologized.
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60 Minutes' Benghazi 'Eyewitness' Wasn't There — Retracted. Davies' employer incident report and his FBI account contradicted his 60 Minutes story; CBS retracted and apologized. Full file: https://www.thepropagandafiles.com/case/cbs-60-minutes-benghazi-davies-2013/
Original reporting
- TheBlaze (secondary): 60 Minutes Benghazi reporthttps://www.theblaze.com/news/2013/10/27/60-minutes-benghazi-report-blames-white-house-was-planned-sophisticated-attack-on-barely-protected-american-compound
Corrections, findings & records
- CBS News: 60 Minutes apologizes for Benghazi reporthttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-apologizes-for-benghazi-report/
- Mediaite: Read the full CBS internal review of the Benghazi reporthttps://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/read-the-full-cbs-internal-review-of-lara-logans-discredited-benghazi-report/
Archived copies
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- Archived copy: TheBlaze (secondary): 60 Minutes Benghazi reporthttps://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.theblaze.com/news/2013/10/27/60-minutes-benghazi-report-blames-white-house-was-planned-sophisticated-attack-on-barely-protected-american-compound