Network makes first admission that it will probe more deeply after offering apology

CBS Conducting Review Of Controversial 60 Minutes Report | Variety

CBS News said it has begun a “journalistic review” of a controversial Oct. 27 report on “60 Minutes”  about last year’s attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, the first word that executives at one of the media’s most respected TV-news outlets are looking more deeply into an embarrassing misstep at the venerable newsmagazine.

“The moment we confirmed there was an issue in our story we began a journalistic review that is ongoing,” a “60 Minutes” spokesman said in a statement sent via email, confirming details posted earlier on Twitter by McClatchy journalist Nancy Youssef.

Word of the internal probe surfaces after “60 Minutes” correspondent offered a quick apology to viewers for relying on a primary source who, as it turned, out provided inaccurate statements about events taking place in Benghazi at the time of the attack. CBS did not say whether Logan’s work, or that of the producer of the segment, Max McLellan, was part of the evaluation.