Update – Hazard Duty for Western Journoes: Some Egyptians Cut Off Their Nose To Spite Their Face To The World
(CBS's Lara Logan moments before being attacked)
UPDATE: A study in the left ... Apparently Mz. Logan's stellar war reportage has been just too damn much for some people. In light of the recent calls for 'civility' and less vitriolic rhetoric after the Tucson, AZ shootings I felt this bit of addendum to the story was quite interesting, to say the least: The reaction to Logan’s assault from a fellow at the NYU Center for Law and Security, Nir Rosen.
Isn't that special?
CBS's Lara Logan is no stranger to danger zones. She has covered both the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars for over ten years. She and her crew were part of a media round-up and detaining in Egypt during the protests ...
(CBSNews)
On Friday February 11, the day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a "60 Minutes" story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy.
In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers. She reconnected with the CBS team, returned to her hotel and returned to the United States on the first flight the next morning. She is currently in the hospital recovering.
There will be no further comment from CBS News and Correspondent Logan and her family respectfully request privacy at this time.
Journalist Greg Palkot and his cameraman Olaf Wiig of FOX News barely got out with their lives one night during the protests in Cairo. Palkot has also been in both Iraq and Afghanistan war theaters. Wigg was taken hostage in Gaza for two weeks (with FNC's Steve Centanni) in 2006.
We should really cheer for these people and democratic endeavors ..........
With a Nuke up their kazoo !
Savages !
Yet, the media pundits still cannot write who the bad guys are. Or tell the truth about the evil ideology of inspiration, or the truth about certain dictators with over a half century of blood on hands, including Israeli blood, Congo blood, and uncountable atrocities in Latin America. Oh but surely this was the crime of a ¨few¨ so move along, no story here...
If it wasn't clear before, it's now beyond obvious that female journalists should never be put (or put themselves) in this position in this sort of environment. If any other woman assumes this kind of risk, she'd better be prepared to deal with the potential consequences.
And where's Michelle O. and the whole feminist contingent on this "incident"?
Imagine this hypothetical scenario: a female journo is roughed up somewhat (nothing sexual) by some of "those people" during the unrest surrounding the Elian crisis in Miami. It's not ER-worthy, but she has a few visible minor boo-boos and, of course, she feels violated and abused by right-wing savages. How do you think the media and the liberal establishment would respond?