Declassified Benghazi Transcripts Debunk Fox's Favorite Myths

Ishmael · 2014-01-15T15:37:12+00:00

Source: Media Matters Declassified transcripts from House Armed Services Committee hearings on the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attacks revealed Fox News' highly politicized Benghazi reporting rarely reflected the facts on the ground. Declassified Transcripts Of Benghazi Briefings Released: On January 13, Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) released formerly classified transcripts of committee hearings on the September 11, 2012 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya: The House Armed Services Committee today released a series of recently declassified transcripts of briefings on the September 11th 2012 attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya. The briefings were conducted by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations then chaired by Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), though they were open to all members of the Committee and attended by Members off the Committee. The briefings, which took place over the course of several months, were part of the Committee's examination of the actions of the military chain of command before, during, and after the attack. (Press Release, U.S. House Of Representatives, Armed Services Committee, 1/13/14) Fox's Jennifer Griffin Reports: The Declassified Transcripts Show A "Woefully Ill Prepared And Ill Postured Military." On the January 14 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom Fox national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reported that the declassified transcript of Benghazi hearings revealed that the military was "ill prepared" to respond to the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi. (Fox News, America's Newsroom, 1/14/14) Fox Host Kilmeade: "The U.S. Government Knew An Attack Was Imminent And Didn't Do A Thing About It." On the October 28 edition of Fox & Friends, host Brian Kilmeade claimed that "the U.S. government knew an attack was imminent and didn't do a thing about it." (Fox News, Fox & Friends, 10/28/13, via Media Matters) Read more: Declassified Benghazi Transcripts Debunk Fox's Favorite Myths | Research | Media Matters for America

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