False Reports

I recently watched an interesting 60 minutes episode about the Benghazi attack. As it turns out its almost entirely untrue. The report comes from one of the most insightful and throughly watched news programs in the country. How could the this professional staff allow a falsified story to make the headlines? It baffles me that CBS would allow this? It also raises many questions on how many times something is presented to sway us as checked facts bur reality an untruthful story on a news program.

Dylan Davies was the witness interviewed on 60 minutes, he told the story of being present in the embassy when the Benghazi attack occurred. He explained to the news program how he "heroically recounted how he climbed the compound’s 12 foot wall and clocked a terrorist with the butt of his rifle, and how he personally witnessed the charred remains of US Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was killed in the attack." Glued to my television I listened intently to his unbelievable and very heroic tale, which is perfect for a news program like 60 minutes who prides itself with uncovering stories no one else can attain. Unfortunately this gentleman and the book just about to be released was a complete fabrication, which leaves me questioning what sources and information where accumulated before he was interviewed...Lora Logan, the reporter that did the story was brought on to CBS news to explain there misstep in their prior show here. She gets interrogated by her own station in this interview, which i believe really shows the embarrassment and humiliation the news program has to deal with especially making Lora Logan the scapegoat  for Davies.

It also raises questions for me about how many times a news program gets the story wrong, or fabrication find their way "in" to make the tale more exciting and watchable. If the American public can not truly trust news stations and television that present us with fact based programs giving us the real story who are we to believe? We are not talking about a reality show this is supposed to be confirmed reporting of thoroughly checked information.

"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true."

Soren Kierkegaard