…And why was 60 Minutes so hellbent on making that "mistake," Lara?

[MrScorpio]

Wanna explain that?

[Gman]

1. Lara Logan's history is full of risk taking

Sometimes it's served her well, at times it got her seriously assaulted by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In any event, she take risks. She took one with this story and she got burned. She should have known better. That's my take on this. There also may well be more sinister motives like panderng to the far right. We may never know for sure.

[spanone]

4. i doubt she has complete control over her content. i blame her, producers and the network.

the truth is not risky..her lies are.

[Gman]

9. I'm not so sure because

Few know the Middle East as well as she does. She has covered the ME for years. She knows many people connected with the ME and has relationships there.

Here's the thing. She was covering the ME when the neocons got us into Afghanistan and Iraq. Winger neocons where all over the policy making in the ME and some likely gave her some great leads and stories so there could be a right wing connection there.

But in all likelihood someone she knows from those days gave her the guys name. She got the name because these right wing bastards are all about selling something to make money off their ideology. And the guy has a book deal. So they know she's the kind that would run with a story like this. Facts matter not to the RW when there's money to be made. Somebody burned her, but she took the risk.

And because of her very extensive experience in the ME, I believe they let her have the control. And the higher ups got burned too.

[truebluegreen]

11. More info on Logan...

http://digbysblog.blogspot.mx/2013/11/lara-logan-in-her-own-words-10122012.html

[TwilightGardener]

2. CBS decided to go all-in for bagger viewership.

That's pretty much it.

[gopiscrap]

3. because CBS is nothing but a giant fucking corporation

whose sole purpose is to fuck people out of as much money as possible. Therefore to keep getting corporate welfare they need to suck up to the republican/teabag meme.

[Uncle Joe]

7. I believe you summed it up pretty well, gopiscrap. n/t

[gopiscrap]

8. thank you!

[Warpy]

5. It's not a mistake when you know it's a right wing lie

and they're trying gin it up to get Clinton out of the race before she even gets in.

The whole thing is shameful.

[slingsam]

6. Hell!

She started out by spelling her name wrong! Don't they use "U" in South Africa? (OK...OK>>>>Dimwit moment!)

[Snarkoleptic]

10. I read that the subject of the piece had a book being published by

a CBS-owned publisher that is linked to RW propagandist Mary Matalin.
So it seems to me they let their guard down as a IOKYAR nod and wink.