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2011-02-15 Africa North
CBS News' Lara Logan Assaulted During Egypt Protests
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Posted by gorb 2011-02-15 16:22|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top

#1 their security

Oxymoronically speaking, would their inpenetrable team be secured from among local guns for hire?
Posted by Fire and Ice 2011-02-15 19:03||   2011-02-15 19:03|| Front Page Top

#2 One of the things Mubarak did while he was clinging to power was release alot of violent criminals from jail. He was hoping the middle class would demand a return to "law and order."
Posted by Frozen Al 2011-02-15 19:17||   2011-02-15 19:17|| Front Page Top

#3 I like Laura Logan, her reporting from the front lines in Afghanistan was gritty to say the least. I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Posted by Cyber Sarge  2011-02-15 19:23||   2011-02-15 19:23|| Front Page Top

#4 The media has largely ignored the immediate collapse into lawlessness in Egypt.

It could well have been a deliberate tactic by Mubarack, but I was surprised how quickly and widespread it was.
Posted by phil_b 2011-02-15 20:36||   2011-02-15 20:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Stupid MSM execs. Hope she sues the hell out of CBS. Reporter after reporter, male and female, has been beaten by that mob. And then they send in an attractive female into the middle of 200 fanatics.

Stupidity.
Posted by Flarong Scourge of the Geats3943 2011-02-15 22:11||   2011-02-15 22:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Sexually assaulted...does that mean groped or something more invasive? Hopefully the former. Anyway, my wife was grabbed by an Egyptian youth (probably a wealthy kid since it happened at a pricey venue). I guess he thought an infidel woman can be assaulted without consquences, but when I found out and sought him out, the head slap he received he probably hasn't forgotten. Of course his adult entourage said "he's a good boy and wouldn't do such a thing".
Posted by Jack Salami 2011-02-15 22:22||   2011-02-15 22:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Im almost certain her contract by CBS is fairly airtight against her suing. Wouldn't she have already signed something that releases CBS from liability for death, accident or dismemberment? Being a reporter is as dangerous as being a soldier, and I know soldiers sign things and take out life insurance policies. Things happen. Can't blame CBS legally, but ethically you can, it was reckless to have her in that situation.
Posted by Fire and Ice 2011-02-15 22:24||   2011-02-15 22:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Jack, unfortunately from what I've read other places it looks like it was more than just a grope.

I hope she recovers quickly. I have no use for the Legacy Media but she did not deserve this.
Posted by Swamp Blondie 2011-02-15 22:32||   2011-02-15 22:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Jack, if it had been "just" a grope, they wouldn't have bothered to mention it.

I know what I would do if I were president of CBS in some alternate universe. With hundreds of witnesses and enough baksheesh, it shouldn't be too hard to identify at least some of the perps. With the help of some local desperadoes, possibly Bedouins, the said perps would then be found face down in the Nile with their genitals sewn into their mouths. It is important to speak to people in a language they understand.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2011-02-15 23:16||   2011-02-15 23:16|| Front Page Top

#10 The latest report I saw has her recovering in an American hospital. That sounds like considerably more than a misplaced grope, especially since it took twenty soldiers to extract her from the situation.

There have been reports indicating considerable lawlessness from the early days of the protests. Armed neighborhood watch groups blocking off their streets does not sound like things were peaceful and rosy beyond the media cameras... and the fact that there were few women seen at the protests after the first few days was a strong indicator as well.
Posted by trailing wife 2011-02-15 23:46||   2011-02-15 23:46|| Front Page Top

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