“Lara Logan thought she was going to die in Tahrir Square when she was sexually assaulted by a mob on the night that Hosni Mubarak’s government fell in Cairo.
Ms. Logan, a CBS News correspondent, was in the square preparing a report for “60 Minutes” on Feb. 11 when the celebratory mood suddenly turned threatening. She was ripped away from her producer and bodyguard by a group of men who tore at her clothes and groped and beat her body. “For an extended period of time, they raped me with their hands,” Ms. Logan said in an interview with The New York Times. She estimated that the attack lasted for about 40 minutes and involved 200 to 300 men. Ms. Logan, who returned to work this month, is expected to speak at length about the assault on “60 Minutes” on Sunday night.”
“President Obama called Lara Logan today, an administration official says.”
“CBS’s Lara Logan is reportedly resting at home after being released from the hospital Tuesday night.”
What not to say about Lara Logan - Media Criticism - Salon.com
yeah that took about 10 seconds to go horribly wrong. which is not exactly surprising.
Matt Taibbi’s “Lara Logan, You Suck” Takedown
“Anyone who wants to know why network television news hasn’t mattered since the seventies just needs to check out this appearance by Logan. Here’s CBS’s chief foreign correspondent saying out loud on TV that when the man running a war that’s killing thousands of young men and women every year steps on his own dick in front of a journalist, that journalist is supposed to eat the story so as not to embarrass the flag. And the part that really gets me is Logan bitching about how Hastings was dishonest to use human warmth and charm to build up enough of a rapport with his sources that they felt comfortable running their mouths off in front of him….via huffingtonpost.comIf I’m hearing Logan correctly, what Hastings is supposed to have done in that situation is interrupt these drunken assholes and say, “Excuse me, fellas, I know we’re all having fun and all, but you’re saying things that may not be in your best interest! As a reporter, it is my duty to inform you that you may end up looking like insubordinate douche bags in front of two million Rolling Stone readers if you don’t shut your mouths this very instant!” I mean, where did Logan go to journalism school - the Burson-Marsteller agency?”
NOTE: Burson-Marsteller is one of the largest public relations agencies in the world.
It’s the Sunday morning chat shows mentality: never fact check, always let the guests say whatever they want, be thankful that they are on your show.
When comedy shows deliver the “news”, the journalistic depression continues….
