A review into the editorial decision that left a 60 Minutes crew behind bars in a Beirut jail after a botched kidnapping attempt is underway as the Nine Network admits mistakes were made.
60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown has revealed she thought "reason would prevail" after she and her crew were detained for two weeks with Brisbane mum Sally Faulkner following a failed attempt to snatch back her children Lahela, 5, and Noah, 3, from their father Ali Elamine.
The actions of the crew, including Benjamin Williamson, David Ballment and Stephen Rice, in Beirut will also form part of the review, which began on Friday.
"I really thought we're journalists, we're doing our job, they will see reason, they'll understand that," Ms Brown said.
"That we are here just to do a story on a very, very desperate mother."
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60 Minutes reporter Michael Usher admitted on Sunday night "we made mistakes" and "it was a failure which ended very badly for everyone involved".
The 60 Minutes crew and Ms Faulkner were released from prison last week and have returned to Australia, but the man who arranged the kidnapping, Child Abduction and Recovery International head Adam Whittington, remains in a Beirut jail, angry at being left out of a release deal.
