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Fox Buries News That Their Latest Benghazi 'Witness' Credibility Has Been Destroyed

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on November 08, 2013 · Flag

Considering how much Fox loves the Benghazi "scandal," you'd think it would be big news that their latest "revelation," a supposed eyewitness featured in a 60 Minutes story late last month, has completely fallen apart. But while Fox can't stop demanding President Obama provide "accountability" for his broken promise about Americans being able to keep their health insurance, the "fair and balanced" network doesn't seem to feel the need to do the same over their own false information.

In a stunning development, CBS has retracted and apologized for an October 27 report on 60 Minutes that included supposedly new revelations from an eyewitness to the attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi. Media Matters has the timeline of the story's trainwreck. 

Not surprisingly, Fox News ignored the questions about the witness' credibility and promoted them as part of their insatiable appetite for the Benghazi "scandal." In fact, Fox considers Benghazi such a big deal that the network interrupted a speech by President Obama to interview Republican Senator Lindsey Graham about Benghazi.

So you'd think the CBS retraction would be a big deal, right? I mean, Fox couldn't stop talking about it when Dan Rather's report about President Bush getting preferential treatment to get into the Texas Air National Guard fell apart.

But I've been watching Fox News for more than 90 minutes as I write this - and nada. I took a visit to FoxNews.com and while the CBS retraction is there, you have to look hard for it. In fact, I had to use my "find" tool to see it. A search of "Benghazi" on Fox Nation turned up no results.

Nothing here, at the top of the FoxNews.com home page:

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If I didn't circle the story, in the middle of the FoxNews.com home page, do you think you'd find it?

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Daniel Celmer commented 2013-11-08 21:13:30 -0500 · Flag
this just proves that fox was never a real news organization
Aria Prescott commented 2013-11-08 17:34:52 -0500 · Flag
This guy tried to scam Fox News in 2012, until Adam Housley exposed him. No one could help but notice that after he outed the guy on the air to Jenna Lee, he was mysteriously absent from Fox News for almost two weeks, and his name was spoken like a disease when he got back.
truman commented 2013-11-08 14:30:12 -0500 · Flag
Fux Noise will conveniently ignore this as a mere bump in the road to their 24/7 Benghazi hype. To counter this unfortunate setback, Greta Van Suckup can invite Ms. Lindsey Graham back so she can squeal ad nauseam about a “cover-up”.
NewsHounds posted about Fox Buries News That Their Latest Benghazi 'Witness' Credibility Has Been Destroyed on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2013-11-08 13:55:27 -0500
Given Fox's insatiable appetite for the Benghazi "scandal," this should be big news to them... just like when Dan Rather's report about George W. Bush's draft avoidance fell apart.








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