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Was Lara Logan's Bravery Dangerous Bravado?
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyThere are risks to being an uppity woman. The down side of being a role model is that women who act like they own the place inevitably tick people off as much as they inspire. Lara Logan, the glamorous and seemingly fearless CBS Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent who was attacked last Friday in Cairo during the moments of chaos following President Hosni Mubarak's resignation, is the kind of woman who gets noticed. She has one of the hardest and most prestigious jobs in journalism and she got it in spite of, or because of, a habit of saying and doing whatever she wanted to. I don't know ...
In Defense of Sean Penn
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyThe outspoken director, actor and political activist Sean Penn is no stranger to controversy. Now, however, he's insulted the rectal cancer folks. At least, that's the conventional wisdom. But what did Penn actually say? In response to CBS reporter Lara Logan's question on how Penn felt about criticism of celebrities in Haiti, Penn replied, "Do I hope that those people die screaming of rectal cancer, yeah... But I'm not going to spend a lot of energy on it." ...
Bloggers Vs. Journalists
By David Knowles - Politics DailyA couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of traveling up to Washington DC to interview CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan. You can read the resulting article here. As one of the only foreign reporters inside of Baghdad during the "shock and awe" phase of the Iraq war, Logan has earned a reputation for fearlessness, and been compared to the legends of the business. Perhaps as a consequence of putting herself in harm's way in pursuit of a story, she does not look kindly at arm-chair bloggers. Atop that list is Michele Malkin, who once accused Logan of using unattributed al Qaeda ...
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