Welcome to what might be our harshest and most uncaring post in our 5-plus years and 3000 and then some posts... After hearing about CBS News Chief Foreign correspondent Lara Logan's assault during the 'celebration' in Cairo last Friday, we had one overwhelming thought..... This was no surprise. Not that we're going to say that she at all deserved what happened, but for nearly a decade, we've been convinced that she has a Death Wish. Or at least a dangerously high desire to need to 'prove herself'...
Yeah, she's pretty hot. And sometimes that causes people to overdo everything in their careers to show that they have the job because of their skills, not their ass or cleavage. Logan's list goes long: Afghanistan a couple times, Iraq, Egypt. Wherever bullets are flying, and a good story where it's likely someone will die is, Logan is the first one to volunteer. Reminds me of Matthew Broderick's character in Glory. How many times did he volunteer anyway? That's right: Twice...
It's pretty stupid of someone who is married with two small kids to jump into a mosh pit of a few hundred thousand 'celebrants' that have attacked 140 journalists in the past 2 1/2 weeks. But I forgot - she's bulletproof, and she had a couple security guards. Guess she forgot that she was still in the Middle East, where women are still considered second class citizens - even ones with media credentials. Even celebrations of freedom have the potential to turn violent and ugly. In short, it was incredibly stupid and reckless of her to go out into that insanity and expect that everything would be peachy...
You know, I never went down Oakland Avenue in Flotown after dark, Nor do I stray into Wyandanch at night - or anywhere in Brooklyn anytime. Why? Becuase, I have enough common sense to know where I can go, and where it's not safe. Thinking your invincible because you have a microphone and a camera isn't brave - it's stupid. Very , very stupid. I think she may have finally learned her lesson, but you never know. It's time to stop dodging bullets and landmines, and be normal. Yes, it's very boring - but at least her kids won't wonder what happened to her.....
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3 comments:
I think it's kinda stupid to think Logan enters these situations thinking everything is gonna be peachy. Yes, she's pretty damn hot. But Logan has also brought home some pretty damn good stories over the past several years. It's not like she was standing in that square in that dress from the photo. The stories I can recall her doing from the Middle East, unless she was on an American base, I'm pretty sure she was always observing the traditional head garb. In the pursuit at being the best we can in our professions, sometimes people put their own "welfare" on the line. Maybe it's not always physical danger, maybe it's financial or reputation (Atticus Finch, anyone?), but at some key points in time, most people will have to make those types of decisions. I'd like to think I've had a few and, so far, I think I've done well by the choices I've made.
But the bigger point is, Logan has a brain and wants to be an actual "journalist" in the true sense of the word, not just spitting out the narrative her network bosses want her to. I for one, will hold her in much higher regard than eye-candy mouthpieces like Megyn Kelly or Gretchen Carlson.
Welllll, blonde hair and blue eyes don't blend well with the Cairo crowd.
Mike you are ok on most of this. She certainly does have the right and it was a terrible thing. Personally I believe she was and Idiot to be where she was and if her company had any sense of reality and not just another network on the way out and down she would had not been there.
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