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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEarly Reports Raise Questions About CNN's Upcoming Benghazi Special
CNN's initial reporting on its Benghazi special raises serious questions about the integrity of the special, as factual inaccuracies and uncritical reporting privileges the conservative witch hunt.
At 10 PM on August 6, CNN's Erin Burnett will host an hour-long special, The Truth About Benghazi. To preview the special, Burnett appeared on The Situation Room. When asked by host Wolf Blitzer, "What's the biggest takeaway that you take yourself from this documentary?" Burnett responded, "Among our conclusions, Wolf, is that the administration was focused foremost on re-election. It's a painful truth, but it appears to be the case."
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If that is one of Burnett's biggest takeaways from her special, it does not bode well for the factual accuracy of the upcoming report. The day following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, President Obama addressed the nation in the Rose Garden where he referred to the attack as an "act of terror." Obama then referred to the attack as an "act of terror" twice on September 13, 2012, once in Colorado and once in Nevada.
Furthermore, on October 4, 2012, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton convened an Accountability Review Board "to examine the facts and circumstances of the attacks." Additionally, the FBI began its investigation in the first days following the attack.
full: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/08/06/teaser-for-cnns-benghazi-special-gets-facts-wro/195260
Burnett has always been a right wing drone whether with CNBC or CNN. For example she trashed Occupy Wall Street:
And she promoted the "Democrat War on Women" right wing meme on her CNN show after the Limbaugh/Fluke controversy:
pkdu
(3,977 posts)diary or journal ....they were pounded by the Admin for doing that and it became personal , IMHO , for the Producers.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)where future Fox asshats like Lou Dobbs and the "journalist" in question here hone their craft.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)hay rick
(7,522 posts)They're scrounging for table scraps from Fox's teabagger banquet.
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(19,768 posts)the attack was due to some obscure video on Youtube. That was the spin for weeks. That happened. Not saying it doesn't make it not so. The question is - why? Why mislead the people and the world over that detail? I think that is a question that deserves an answer. I also want to know if requests for help that was available were denied, and if so, why? That question deserves an answer as well.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)Skip Intro
(19,768 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)does your post deserve better? nope.
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(19,768 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)you have no room to criticize my posts.
i didn't pretend to be someone else while alerting on my own thread to stop it from being locked.
and then make up some story about your drunk friend actually sending the alert about me when they don't even know DU.
but go ahead, make a point of criticizing my posts.
burnodo
(2,017 posts)and allow the Puke Phlegmfest to go on!