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Kirsten powers. i'm howard kurtz, and this is "media buzz." it was as big as any mistake in the history of "60 minutes" based on the bogus account of a security contractor who who claimed to have been at the u.s. compound the night of the attack in benghazi. cbs news chairman jeff factor took some of the blame this week after an internal inquiry saying in his other role as executive producer of "60 minutes," "i pride myself in catching almost everything, but this deception got through and it shouldn't have." he also put his star correspondent, lara logan, and her producers on what's been polit...

Taking a leave of absence along with her producer. their october 27th report featured a security contractor who claimed among other things that he tried to fight off the attackers from inside that embassy compound. the contractor's story was later discredited, and logan made an on-air apology. the benghazi assault happened back on september 11, 2012. it led to the deaths of four americans, including the u.s. ambassador chris stevens. and alec baldwin's show on the cable network msnbc is not coming back. this just one week after the network suspended the actor for a rant on a paparazzi. a ran...

Get $100 off any tablet. plus trade in your old tablet for up to $150 or more. that's powerful. verizon. can you move your beverage away from the keyboard? it's making me anxious. sure thing. welcome back to "the lead." in national news, there is a word to which most news people are almost pathologically averse. i'm not talking about allegedly. news would grind to a halt without that one. the word is sorry. both lara logan of cbs and alec baldwin formerly of msnbc have recently used the word. cbs announcing logan will be taking live of absence along with a producer from a story on october 27...

To the deaths of four americans, including the u.s. ambassador, christopher stevens. that particular "60 minutes" report fronted by correspondent laura logan, featured a security contractor who claimed among other things that he tried to fight off the attackers from inside that embassy compound. now, that contractor story was later questioned. laura logan ultimately made an on-air apology, and that brings us to today and these developments here from cbs. cnn's senior correspondent joins me here. first, welcome to the family. nice to have you on. >> thank you. good to be here. >> let's begin wi...

A security contractor claimed to have been dealing with benghazi. >> we end with a correction. on thursday night when we discovered the account given to the f.b.i. was different than what we were told, we realized we had been manage led and it was a mistake to include him in our report. for that, we are very sorry. the most important thing to every person at "630 -- "60 minutes," is the truth. >> while her apology was sincere, cbs left a pile of unanswered questions. how did they get duped? how carefully did the reporter and the producers vet the account by the contractor? did they try to figu...