Tag: Laura Logan

Are Standards the Same When a Reporter is the Story?

   by Walter Brasch   walterbrasch@gmail.com   Lara Logan, CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent, was beaten and sexually assaulted, Feb. 11, while on assignment in Cairo to report on the revolution that concluded that day with Hosni Mubarak resigning as president.   Logan, according to an official CBS announcement, was attacked by a group of about 200…

CBS Journalist Assaulted in Cairo

CBS correspondent Lara Logan suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating while covering the celebration in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for “60 Minutes.” The assault occurred on Friday, February 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down. CBS News issued a statement regarding the incident on Tuesday, February 15. Logan became separated from…