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applegrove

(118,830 posts)
2. Thanks. One would think they would
Sat Nov 9, 2013, 03:35 AM
Nov 2013

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have used more than one source to confirm the story.

Trekologer

(998 posts)
6. The fact that he admitted lying about one of the stories should have been a red flag
Sat Nov 9, 2013, 10:04 AM
Nov 2013

The question that "60 Minutes" didn't answer was which story was the lie? They accepted the liar's tale that the story he was giving him wasn't the lie, which was another lie.

Moral of the story: lying liars lie. And lying liars lie about lying.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
3. I just don't get how they can call themselves "journalists"...
Sat Nov 9, 2013, 08:48 AM
Nov 2013

If they rely on reading third-party, outside sources instead of actually INVESTIGATING! It appears as if the depth of their "reporting" was to have some guy sit and tell them a story.

Remember the old days of 60 Minutes when Mike Wallace and a camera crew would show up at a crook's door with proof that he was a crook, and put his feet to the fire? Now they just do fluffy human interest stories and cross-promotional deals for books and movies they're hawking.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
4. the big liar was OUR Gov. contractor, so perhaps the liar should lose all his contracts.
Sat Nov 9, 2013, 08:58 AM
Nov 2013

The USA doesn't need people like that working in other countries. Who knows he could have been behind the small attack and fire at that building. The fire that gave the ambassador smoke inhalation that killed him.

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