New York Times media columnist David Carr says a segment on the National Security Agency that ran on CBS’ “60 Minutes” earlier this month “scanned as a friendly infomercial” rather than the hardhitting journalism the show is known for. Carr gave his grim assessment of the show in a column published in Monday’s paper that also focused on “60 Minutes'” retracted October report about the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
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