People aren't connecting the dots

That's the impression I get.

As a matter of review, let's look at how things developed with respect to Benghazi:

1. There was an apology of sorts for a video, rioters storm the Egyptian embassy
2. Romney issues a criticism of the apology
3. News comes out that the American Ambassador in Libya was killed
4. The media jump all over Romney for "jumping the gun" in order to score political points
5. The administration continues to blame the video for the "riots" in Libya that killed Amb. Stevens
6. News comes out that it was NOT a riot, but an act of terrorism instead.  The administration changes its tune.
7. Obama claimed in a debate that he called it terrorism from the start.  This was disingenuous.
8. Public interest in Benghazi was tepid, it was not a major factor in the outcome.
9. Romney took criticism against him seriously and toned down his response on Benghazi.

You take those facts and then correlate it with the Woodward flap after the election.  What it looks like to me is the administration was continually controlling the news flow and the media complied with the administration's wishes.  When Woodward went off the reservation, he pretty much exposed the administration for its intimidation and manipulation of the media.

So, with a big assist from the media, which he was manipulating, Obama was successful in marginalizing Benghazi as a campaign liability.  For Romney's part, he failed to follow up on his original criticism and appears to have been successfully silenced by the media which was being manipulated by Obama.

Now the media is fighting back?  Or is it a public relations gimmick in order to maintain some credibility?

The point is that there's a connection with what the media is doing and Obama is doing.  It will probably continue.  We will get political spin doctoring on this event as with all the others.  If the media goes all in on this, Obama may well get into big trouble yet.  But there are holdouts in the media.  In the end, they may well resort to the Big Lie.

So, the pattern remains.  The left is controlling the narrative and will continue to do so.  The only thing the opposition can do is to continue working it and hope that people will connect the dots.  They are being deceived by this administration.  But given the indifference that still remains, Obama may skate on all this yet.