CBS correspondent Lara Logan apologized on Friday for airing a condemning report about the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi after she realized her primary source was wrong, The Huffington Post reported.
"We were wrong to put him on air," Logan said, referring to security contractor Dylan Davies. "We will apologize to our viewers and we will correct the record on our broadcast on Sunday night."
Logan added that CBS would air corrections to the report on their next program.
On Thursday, she found out that Davies wasn't even at the site of the attack, making his entire account unreliable. In addition, the security contractor had previously stated that he was never there, though this time he said that was a lie to protect himself.
"The most important thing to every person at '60 Minutes' is the truth, and today the truth is that we made a mistake," she adedd, calling the situation very "disappointing."
When fellow CBS anchor Norah O'Donnell asked Logan, "Why would you stand by this report after Dylan Davies admitted lying to his own employer?" she responded that he portrayed himself as a patriotic, selfless worker who was truly trying to protect his co-workers.
Several news outlets, pundits, and social media users heavily criticized CBS for broadcasting the report on a false account and for fiercely defending the piece, before they realized Davies lied.
"Maybe I'm missing something. But if the 60 Minutes Benghazi guy was so concerned about his identity being exposed why did he go on camera?" tweeted Sam Stein of The Huffington Post.
Additionally, Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post reported on Friday that Simon and Schuster, which published a book on Davies' account, suspended all sales of his book from stores.
Some Twitter users claimed the report was done to overtly appeal to conservatives, who have repeatedly questioned the attack in Benghazi and questioned the Obama administration's handling of the situation.
