USA Today - Roger Yu, 11/26/13
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2013 file photo, "60 Minutes" reporter Lara Logan takes part in a panel discussion at the Showtime Winter TCA Tour in Pasadena, Calif. CBS has ordered ì60 Minutesî correspondent Lara Logan and her producer to take a leave of absence following a critical internal review of their handling in the showís October story on the Benghazi raid. The show relied on an interview with a security contractor who said he was at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya the night it was attacked last year, but questions were raised about whether the source was lying. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) ORG XMIT: NYET251(Photo: Chris Pizzello Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
"There is a lot to learn from this mistake for the entire organization," Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of 60 Minutes, said in an email to CBS employees Tuesday. "As executive producer, I am responsible for what gets on the air. I pride myself in catching almost everything, but this deception got through, and it shouldn't have."
"It's possible that reporters and producers with better access to inside FBI sources could have found out that Davies had given varying and conflicting accounts of his story," Ortiz wrote in another internal memo obtained by USA TODAY.
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Now she'll spend the next 18
Now she'll spend the next 18 months in Remedial Corporate Reporting School where she'll have to take refresher courses in ''Lying To The Public More Effectively'' and ''How Not To Embarrass Your Bosses If You're Caught Lying To The Public'' and of course, ''Political Agendas: How To Make Them Seem Like Real News'' (ref- Benghazi).