CBS Source: 60 Minutes’ Editorial Independence in Doubt After Benghazi Story

According to one anonymous CBS source, the barrier between 60 Minutes and the rest of the CBS News division is about to become more porous following the disintegration of the news magazine’s Benghazi story.

“They have always lived in their silo,” the source said, according to Capital New York’s Alex Welprin. “That is going to have to change. [CBS News reporters] could have helped them vet this story and prevented this fiasco.”

The 60 Minutes team has long maintained a high degree of independence from the main CBS News team—especially as its offices were across the street from the rest of the division, allowing the show to produce its stories in a “bubble.”

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But the legendary news magazine suffered a huge blow to its credibility last week, after its main source on its Benghazi report, on which the show had been working for a year, turned out to have misled them. Journalist Lara Logan apologized for the report on Friday, and the show issued an on-air apology Sunday night.

View Logan’s apology below, via CBS News:

[h/t Capital New York]

[Image via CBS]

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