CBS Has More Explaining to Do  To salvage its reputation, the
network needs better answers about its bungled Benghazi report.
FILE - This file photo taken Jan. 9, 2007 shows the CBS logo in
Las Vegas. CBS on Thursday, May 10, 2012 sued ABC to stop an
upcoming reality show that CBS claims is being developed in
violation of its copyrights and with secrets obtained from the
long-running reality show "Big Brother."  There are some tenets
of journalism that go beyond the basic directives of being
accurate and fair. One is to comfort the afflicted and afflict
the comforted. That means newspapers and broadcast are supposed
to be a voice for the people who otherwise won't be heard, and
to keep accountable those who already have power.
Unfortunately, that idea has been supplanted somewhat by the
goal of coming up with the snarkiest tweet of the day, but there
still endures the idea that journalists are supposed to hold
powerful people accountable for their actions. But what about
the accountability of a media organi