CBS Recants Libya Story

US consulate in Benghazi, Libya which was destroyed by people angry over the role of the United States inside the country. Demonstrations were held at the same time in Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.

CBS recants Libya story

'60 Minutes' to apologize for its report on Sunday

By Duane Dudek of the Journal Sentinel
Nov. 8, 2013 7:17 p.m.

In a dramatic and unusual move by a network news division, CBS announced that "60 Minutes" will recant its Oct. 27 report on the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year, which was based on information from a security officer's account of events.

It was recently revealed that the account upon which reporter Lara Logan's story was based was different from the story he told the FBI.

Apology coming

Logan told "CBS Morning Show" anchors Norah O'Donnell and Jeff Glor that "60 Minutes" will apologize for the report Sunday.

"The most important thing to every person at '60 Minutes' is the truth, and today the truth is that we made a mistake," Logan said on the morning show. "That's very disappointing for any journalist. It's very disappointing for me. Nobody likes to admit that they made a mistake, but if you do, you have to stand up and take responsibility and you have to say that you were wrong.

"And in this case, we were wrong. We made a mistake. And how did this happen?

"Well, Dylan Davies worked for the State Department in Libya, was the manager of the local guard force at the Benghazi Special Mission compound.

"He described for us his actions the night of the attack, saying he had entered the compound and had a confrontation with one of the attackers, and that he had seen the body of Ambassador Chris Stevens in a local hospital.

"And after our report aired, questions were raised about whether his account was real, after an incident report surfaced that told a different story about what he'd done that night. He denied that report and said that he told the FBI the same story he told us. But what we now know is that he told the FBI a different story from what he told us.

"That's when we realized that we no longer had confidence in our source, and that we were wrong to put him on air, and we apologize to our viewers."

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