Image Credit: CBSCBS News announced Tuesday that correspondent Lara Logan — who was on location in Egypt covering the protests against now former President Hosni Mubarak – was beaten and sexually assaulted after being mobbed Feb. 11. According to CBS, after President Mubarak vacated his seat, Logan was separated from her crew when a group of over 200 protesters erupted into celebration. “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,” CBS News wrote on their website. The reporter returned to the U.S. the following day, and is currently recovering in a hospital. “There will be no further comment from CBS News and Correspondent Logan and her family respectfully request privacy at this time,” CBS News wrote.
Logan is not the only journalist to have been injured while in Egypt; during the protests, CNN’s Anderson Cooper was attacked by Mubarak supporters and Fox News correspondent Greg Palkot was hospitalized after he was severely beaten.
Read more:
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Egypt demonstrations: U.S. TV news comes under attack (a recap of the violence)
Egypt demonstrations: How CNN is handling the attacks on journalists
Katie Couric and Brian Williams leave Egypt
Anderson Cooper leaves Egypt
Anderson Cooper tells David Letterman about his ‘beating’ in Egypt
This is such a shame, I almost wish I didn’t know it happened. I applaud the restraint of CBS news by not milking this story to make a buck.
Just like the thousands of barbaric sexual assaults that happen within the US every year. This must mean that every American is evil. Ignorance is bliss I suppose.
Yes there are ‘barbaric’ and evil people in every society in every country.
Islam is about peace. Must have been Mossad Agents
Hi Shaul, There is no such thing as a any religion being about peace. Religion is all about power and control of the masses. You are just as ignorant as Luke with his prior jackass comment.
Ignorance, I think, would be not understanding an obvious joke . . . especially a pithy joke which makes roughly the same point you are attempting to make in your labored spiel.
Repugnant comment. How do you explain the videos of Egyptians attacking reporters? Not all Muslims follow the peaceful tenents of Islam just like every other religion.
Really! Maybe your information came from the moon!!!!
Obviously Shaul is being sarcastic as many (not all ) Islamists are violent people who think nothing of murdering people as well as themselves. Of course many in the middle east love to blame Israel for all of their problems perpetuated by their dictator run governments.
That’s what happens to uppity women in the muslim world. keep yr head covered ladies or you might get doused with acid or yr brother may have to kill you.
Luke, And non Arabs don’t behave this way? There are animals in every society. It’s not exclusive to Arabs.
Similar things have occurred in these great United States. I assume that makes us brutal, evil and barbaric, as well.
You are clearly an idiot!!!
I bet the ones who attacked her were from the Mubarack police. Most likely sending a message to the US for not supporting Hosni. Egyptian WOMEN and soldiers rescued her. Egyptians are a good people so don’t say they are all the same. These are an intelligent and proud people and hopefully will not come under the influence of the moslem brotherhood.
I work in California close to a state facility that houses 1200 of the Violent sex offender. Each of that facility’s resident has committed between 10 and 1000 illegal sexual act. That is only in one State. This may add a prespective into your statement.
The “sexual assault” was likely groping. Though this is unfortunate, don’t lose sleep thinking she was more seriously violated. As for the beating, every reporter knew those dangers going in. She’s ballsy, though.
Journalism is one of the most dangerous professions.
Sorry if she were just groped, she probably wouldn’t report it — I wouldn’t if I were in her shoes. I think it’s serious enough that she told the doctor and thus, had to report it.
You don’t get hospitalized for being groped. She was brutalized physically, and who’s to say she wasn’t actually assaulted sexually? Mubarak’s goons were doing anything possible to attack any journalist to shut them up, who’s to say they would stop before doing something truly heinous. Regardless, no one should speculate what constitutes an injustice, it’s pretty obvious what happened to her was far worse than Anderson Cooper being pushed around.
As Toni pointed out, you don’t wind up in the hospital after being groped. And please, can you ditch the quotes around the phrase sexual assault?
Being groped by a large group of men would be terrifying and does constitute sexual assault. I think it’s important to distinguish between the vague reports, which seem to conjure images of rape, and groping. However, the BEATING likely accounts for her being taken to the hospital. Don’t ignore this possibility.
It said she was sexually assaulted for a sustained period of time. To me that speaks of rape and molestation, even possible sodomy. I mean, I seriously hope you are correct Dee but I don’t think they’d even mention it (they would have ‘just’ said she was beaten or assaulted).
That must have been terrifying. I hope she gets PTSD counselling. She gave an interview about a week ago where she said she was returning to Egypt because this situation is going to go down in history like Tiannenmen Square. She was asked rather incredulously whether CBS has the ability to protect her and gain insurance clearance in case something were to happen and she said “oh, I never think about those things”. Sadly, now she will.
I’m curious about the wording as well. I don’t want to minimize what was certainly a horrible event. What exactly does ‘sexual assault’ mean? If it were rape/sodomy, wouldn’t they use those words?
Further, is CBS liable for allowing this? I saw this and wondered how? Really? Anderson Cooper gets his ass kicked TWICE, did some producer/exec approve of sending a blond western woman in there and see what happens? Doesn’t matter if it was Egypt, a Prison riot or a shopping mall, if violence is occurring regularly – why join that situation?
I would say probably not. They were obviously intentionally vague with “sexual assault” for the benefit of the woman. She might not even have told them exactly what happened after she was separated from her crew.
The news was reporting that she was was raped by at least 200 men, THAT IS NOT A GROPE. Give the woman some privacy and don’t ask for all the little details about a vicious attack on her. By the way, for all of you who are talking about how “Western” she is, she is originally from South Africa. I hope she gets the rehibilitation she will need after this attack and that she recovers soon.
Unless you know FOR SURE she suffered “only” groping you should have the decency to keep your thoughts to yourself. Also, I would guess that “only” groping would be extremely terrifying if you were also being beaten and afraid the groping could turn into full blown rape at any second. I can’t believe you or anyone with a shred of conscience could make such a statement.
The more I think about Dee’s comments, the angrier I get. This attitude is why women don’t report sexual assaults. Some numbskull who has NO IDEA what she’s talking about has already diminished the incident. It was probably just groping. So, Dee, if you find yourself groped, you won’t want it to be taken as seriously as someone who was physically raped? Is that what you are saying? You should be feeling ashamed of yourself for even putting your silly comment out there.
I’m fairly confused re your need to post such a comment. Like you are making a judgement on how much people should feel sorry for her.
Even if it was groping and not something even worse, I can’t begin to imagine her terror in that situation.
I’m just glad those women came to her aid (brave women too!), and the soldiers of course.
Let’s hope she gets the privacy every person has a right to have.
Are you an idiot? Who goes to the hospital for being groped?
Wow, new to the concept of empathy, huh?
Remember Luke, it was also Egyptians who saved her…Good and bad people are everywhere. Don’t give the evil people power by condemning an entire nation of people.
It is fair to condemn a doctrine for its advocacy and slavery over the infidel (sexual and otherwise) has been institutionalized in words. The texts of the doctrine cannot be denied. Go to quranonline.net and read surah 47 for yourself, that muhammad named after himself, where he advocates persistent militancy. Or go to wikipedia and look up persecution of zoroastrians by arabs and see read the words where it is stated that arabs were instructed by the very mouth of their prophet to relentlessly subjugate everyone to their cultural hegemony. Or read about the ummayyad and their racial decrees that qurayshism was the religion for the arab aristocracy. The qurayn was written for the quraysh and it applies nowhere else than within the city state of hejaz. And yet it can be read where muhammad breaks treaty of peace and directs war, and tells the quraysh to go out and defeat others. The most foolish thing that one can do is ignore the strong anthropic principle and neglect to preserve their own genetic identity. Another foolish thing that one can do is remain objective while also remaining ignorant of fictional ishmealism.
Monk-eYe. Please read the Old Testament, or other Christian doctrines. There are many peaceful religions but the big ones (save Buddhism) make for great control mechanisms of the masses, excuses for distribution of wealth UPWARDS, and violence towards perceived threats.
Women came to the rescue of Lara Logan. I applaud them for their courage.
It’s a shame to see comments like this…no wonder the world is as goofy as it is. Small-minded folk who make like to make sweeping generalizations.
Ms. Logan, please get well soon.
Mike, I have read them, understand them, and have an extremely distinct outlook. Religions are based upon a pretence that if one abides by their rule sets one’s chances for eternal life will be improved, where a chance at eternal life is a metaphor for continuing one’s genetic identity and preserving one’s personal introspection through one’s offspring – genetic perpetuity.
Thus, the premise is true, that israelism is a genetic religion for the preservation of the patriarchal lineage of isaac, whose tenets, cultural traditions, and city state laws, as detailed in the torah, only apply within israel.
And, the premise is true, that ishmaelism (qurayshism) is a genetic religion whose tenets, cultural traditions and city state laws, as detailed in the qurayn, only apply within hejaz. The universalism of qurayshism (ishmaelism) outside of hejaz upon non-lineal descendants is term fictional ishmaelism. The term islam is a tenet of qurayshism, but islam may not a religion, as use of the term in such a manner is double speak that amounts to a ridiculous over generalization laden with contradictions.
christianity is a much longer discussion which elaborates a legalism paradox.
To say the least, metaphor, symbolism, ritual, mythology, phenomenology and naturalism, in general, are intriguing to me.
One can find examples of my discourse at debatepolitics (abandoned), politicalforum (abandoned), and at one time arguewitheveryone(closed-bummer).
Republicans do not hate women, how can you possibly say that? That’s just ignorance run amock.
Troll, Tra-troll, TROLL!!!!!
In reply to Annette. Your statement is simplicity at its greatest. Nice work. People should stop making assumptions. Assumptions cause accidents, arguments and deaths.
What about those US Soldiers who raped a Japanese pre-teen girl in Okinawa?
Yeah, because US soldiers never sexually assaulted or raped anyone abroad. How naive you are.
And also, guess who were the ones who rescued her – EGYPTIANS.
OK. First of all, I am an Arab who was born in the US, and my entire family has been here for three generations. I assure, Im no savage. And no matter what you believe, could you show a little respect, your using this comment area to discuss politics, when this poor woman just got raped and beaten. This should be filled with well-wishes and grief over such a sad thing, not your political hate. In practicing what I preach I say, I hope Lara can someday find a way to heal, and wish her nothing but the best on her rode to recovery, no matter how long it maybe.
Huh? Why would the gop be happy a woman got assaulted??? Go back under your rock, troll…
Yeah, I understand what the protesters were fighting for…but I just hate protesters in general. They’re all like “give me what I want or I’m going to cause social unrest”. It’s all so selfish. Once again, I understand what they were fighting for, but their attitudes and mob mentality did nothing for their image.
Ugh, I know. Just like that pesky rabble that won independence from Britain. Who did they think they were? I mean really. That tea belonged to somebody and they just threw it in the harbor like a bunch of spoiled children.
I’m not saying I disagree with the ideals behind protesters. I’m saying that they way that the people actually protest annoys me. What they were fighting for is worthy, but really, could there have been a more civialized way of doing it? Mobs are really dumb.
Seriously, Benedict. Like those folks during the 1960s. What did they think they were going to accomplish by marching around Washington?
*heavy sigh you have so much to learn
sorry. that comment was for cheese
A+ comment sir!
Colonials who started a revolution in America against the British took up arms and killed people. They didn’t use just peaceful protest, they used war. And these people are our Founding Fathers. I guess you hate their mentality as well.
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BTW, it isn’t known if Lara Logan’s attackers were protesters or Murbarak supporters still trying to cause trouble.
Hey Cheese,
“it’s all so selfish” is a stupid thing to say about people who are fighting for their freedom.
Be strong, Ms. Logan. You’re in our thoughts. As bad as things seem here at times, the United States of America is still the safest place in the world to be female. I’m so sorry for what happened to you, doing the important and hazardous job of reporting international news.
@abadstroller: As bad as America is? Oh lord, never miss a chance to take a shot at the good ole USA eh?
There is hardly ANYTHING bad about the US. The left loves to equate whatever US sins to the rest of the world, but it’s all nonsense. What happened to Ms Logan, as disgusting and horrific as it is (and I really feel terrible for her) is hardly uncommon in arab countries. You know what else? Sharia law, the very law that the left wing celebrated Muslim Brotherhood want to bring to Egypt says that unless there are three male Muslims that will bear witness against the rapist, the rapist can’t be found guilty. You and I could see it with our own eyes, but unless it’s witnessed by three male muslims, not good enough for a conviction.
Recent years, a married woman was raped by her relative. Since they couldn’t find three male muslims willing to testify, she was instead found guilty of adultry and sentenced to stoning. For realz.
To think people were oh so concerned with what the Arab Street thought of us and President Bush’s so called negative image, to think they elected the current occupant to the white house in response, is beyond absurd. I can only hope people wise up in 2012.
Lastly, of the so called terrible things the US has done:
Slavery – sure, it was bad. The US didn’t invent slavery however, and at the time of our revolution, Slavery was a common practice all over the world, including Africa. Had it not been for the US, it would probably still be a common practice today. The US helped to end Slavery, not just in the U.S, but all over the world. Fact.
Equal rights: Sure, we’ve needed to evolve to give women and minorities rights. But we did it. Unlike, for example, many countries that host the “Arab Street.”
Supporting Tyrants: Yes, friendly ones. Better than having less stable tyrants as enemies. Don’t believe me? Look at how Iran turned out. Or how Egypt WILL turn out.
Really, stop bashing the US already. This is your country – a little pride and patriotism, and perhaps education is in order!
Will you just chill OUT? Geez, I said “seem” because there are people who find something NOT perfect (since no person or country is perfect, no matter the situation. Really…just calm yourself down. Not bashing on my beloved USA. The best country in the world: I’ll even defend your constitutional right to go on and on…we can pay attention to you…or NOT. Really, try not to give yourself an aneuyrsm…. (sigh).
A friendly tyrant? Seriously? Do you know what the word tyrant means? I get that you have pride in our country. I do too. I love America enough to hold us to high standards. We are capable of better than we have been behaving. I think we are turning a corner. I am optimistic. It doesn’t make anyone unpatriotic to recognize and admit when we mess up. Which we have…OFTEN. We don’t always try to do the best thing for everyone and we are not always the benevolent country that you seem to be trying to depict. To try to justify all of the bad we have done in the world makes you look like an idiot. Yes, of course we have done great things for others. The American people are underestimated every where because we are often represented by idiots. You declaring anyone who dares speak ill of our country as unpatriotic doesn’t help anything and is exactly the type of politics people want to get away from.
learn to read, the writter said ” As bad as things seem here at times, the United States of America is still the safest place in the world to be female”. This is not a negative statement against the US, but a positive one. From reading you statements your the one that needs educating (for example, the US was not behind the worldwide end to slavery). If you are going to call other people uneducated at least have your facts correct.
You think the US helped to end slavery all over the world and you are telling other people to get educated? There is hardly anything bad about the US? So there’s no crime here, no poverty, no pedophiles, no rattlesnakes, no reality TV, no people in the 10 items or less aisle with more than ten items? And “friendly tyrants”? You are an idiot.
It’s hard to take some ‘obnoxious american’ douche-tool rant serious when using staements like ‘For realz.’
She was born in and lives in South Africa.
Amber: Thank you, girlfriend.
First, abadstroller, fair enough, I appreciate your comments and willingness to defend my right to speak mine.
Interestingly, for Pruella Von whatever, she’s proven my point – First off, nice with the ad hominem – way to debate the point! I realize you’re being semi factitious here but clearly your first sentence shows your prejudices.
YES, America played a major role in introducing the rest of the world to the concept of freedom and yes, we directly contributed to the end of slavery (along with the Brits) not just here but in the rest of the world. I realize they don’t teach this stuff in public schools anymore, but when we revolted against the British, it was to be free of monarch rule, from taxation from a government that we had no voice in, and to ensure all manner of other freedoms. We established a republic founded in self rule, not the rule of kings. Sure, this wasn’t the first time democracy had been tried, but it has been the best system mankind has developed so far. If you disagree with me, perhaps you haven’t really traveled much.
Are we perfect? No one is perfect, and we’ve evolved over time. While when our nation was founded we still practiced slavery as did pretty much the rest of the world, but at least we had a debate about it, at least our constitution reflected that debate in things such as the 3/5ths clause. And less than 100 years later, we fought our own brothers over it. Where you see sin, I see redemption. Same for women’s rights, civil rights, and on and on. I really have to wonder about people who haven’t taken the time to understand just what role this great country has played in the history of mankind. I can only hope your ignorance is due to your not living here – if you’re actually an American citizen, you should be ashamed.
And yes, friendly tyrants. Welcome to the real world. If you had the choice to go back to 1979, and keep the Shah in power instead of the Ayatolla, would that even be a question for anyone here? (If so, then you’re already so insanely radical that I’d advise you to take off the bomb-vest). Would I prefer a western style democracy everywhere? Sure, but even our elections are sometimes a choice of a lesser of two evils. Let’s be grownups please.
To the rest who dismiss me merely because I said for realz, I’m overly impressed with your ability to be open minded to new ideas.
@The Obnoxious American “perhaps education is in order” for you.
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Slavery: America didn’t end slavery in the rest of the world. It still happens, and America isn’t doing much to stop it.
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Equal rights: Women in America still make less than men for doing the same exact job. Minorities overwhelmingly live in area in the US where education is substandard. Minorities are more likely to be sent to prison for minor offenses than whites.
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Supporting Tyrants: The US should NEVER support tyrants. We should always support democracy. And if a country, through democratic elections, elects someone we don’t like, then the US has to accept it.
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I’m an American who loves my country. But loving your country doesn’t mean that you have to agree with or accept everything about it. After all, it is run by human beings, and human beings are all flawed and capable of mistakes. That’s why we have free speech, and why we have elections.
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Yes, I am concerned about what other countries think of the US. Because I want the US to be an example for others to follow. If we don’t want Arab countries to use their religion to govern their countries, then we in America shouldn’t use religion to pick leaders or make laws either. We are not a Christian nation, but a nation that allows religious freedom.
Maggie,
Sorry, but you really need to rethink your priorities.
Yes, there might be some slavery practiced somewhere in the world today, is this somehow equivalent to anything I am talking about? Slavery is for the most part illegal everywhere in the world with few exceptions. When we fought the civil war, it was unquestionably way more prevalent, common, accepted, almost everywhere, and had been for THOUSANDS of years. Remember the Jews in Egypt? Yet after all that time, a mere 150 years after our civil war, it’s about as rare as the dodo. Yet you’ll give this great country no love for what we did to stop slavery at home and ultimately abroad.
And sure, SOME women make less. So what. Plenty of women make more. And perhaps there are societal other reasons why a statistic might show that. Who cares? The real point is, a woman COULD be the president of a company or the country if she so desired. So who cares about statitics. What would you suggest comrade, that the government mandate what people are paid? And you call yourself an American?
And I like how you avoided my question about tyrants. Fine, you say we shouldn’t support tyrants ever. So you’d take Ayatolla over the Shah then? That’s exactly what Jimmy Carter did, and he was thinking the same way as you. Have you noticed how that turned out? As they say, unless you learn your past you are doomed to Egypt it, I mean repeat it.
You say you care what others think about the US? That’s nice, but they don’t care about how you feel. More importantly, almost all of the countries that don’t like our foreign policies are way worse in terms of how they treat women, their alliances with dictators, and virtually every other measure you find America falling short on.
You should learn to love your country a bit more, and understand that while we have faults, we have been an unquestionably good force for the world and mankind.
And that religion thing you said at the end is total nonsense. Even the lefties in Europe have said multi culti has failed – don’t you read the news? We are a judeo christian nation.
@The Obnoxious American,
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I do love my country, but am not blinded by my patriotism. Once again, it is run by people, and people are not perfect and make mistakes.
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Slavery was offically ended in America only by war. A number of states left the Union because they didn’t want to give it up. Even after the North won and slavery stopped, blacks were still treated as not equal to whites. They were denied voting rights, jobs, even being able to use certain water fountains. We are still working towards equality for all in the US.
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But our Civil War did nothing to stop slavery in the rest of the world. It is still going on. There you know that today there are 27 million people worldwide who are slaves? Did you know that sex slaves, women & children, are still being brought into America from other countries, and are forced to work in brothels & porn? Slavery in the world is NOT as “rare as the dodo.” Read “Slavery In The Twenty-first Century” by Howard Dodson.
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I would have worked with the White Revolution to get rid of the Shah peacefully, and supported democracy in Iran. Khomeini was just as much a dictator as the Shah, so I don’t know how you got that I would have supported him. He took the county by force, hijacking the revolution that threw out the Shah. If the US had supported the White Revolution there may not have been an opportunity for Khomeini to hijack it.
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The average woman in the US makes 20% less than the average male in the same job. No I do not think the government should set salaries. But the government can make laws regarding discrimination against women or minorities regarding salary. Such as the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which amended the statute of limitations on filing equal pay lawsuits.
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The countries that you say hate our foreign policy, but are even worse than us, should be looking up to us. They don’t because they see us as hypocrites. They see us as not practicing what we tell others to practice. For instance, we claim to support democracy worldwide, yet support dictators. And we condemn counties for not giving people food, yet there are people starving in the US. We condemn executions as barbaric in other countries, yet we execute people here. We need to practice what we preach.
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Whether or not you like it, our country was founded on the freedom of religion.
Our culture is American, but our choice of religion (or choice to not follow one) is our personal decision.
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BTW, “the lefties in Europe have said multi culti has failed” sounds like something O’Reilly, Beck or Limbaugh concocted.
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You can go to NewsVoyager website and read newspapers from all over the world. It may help to better inform your views.
I love it when people who don’t know what they’re talking about, like The Obnoxious American, try to lecture other people. LOL
Dear Obnoxious American-
Maggie just mopped the floor with you. Maybe instead of trolling an entertainment site’s comment sections, you should go back to school and brush up on history and your critical thinking skills. “for realz.”
Im an american woman living in Egypt here and I can tell you I feel very safe here. There is an exception- I try to avoid standing in the middle of large crowds, because that is the most common place to get groped. I was at the celebrations in Tahrir and although I remained cautious- staying towards the edge of the square but I was surprised how little harassment I received.
That is what I dont understand- I get reporting on everything- but why was she in the middle of the mob?
OMG. that’s horrible! Shame on those people. I hope she’s doing ok. thoughts and prayers goes out ot her and family.
That is horrible. I understand why people protest, but they don’t have to go and do this to innocent people that are just doing their job. Severely Injuring all these new reporters is disgusting and terrible, and whomever did these crimes will pay for it eventually. And then stealing King Tut!! That made me so mad, stupid people!!
The people doing the violence weren’t the people protesting. Anderson Cooper and other reporters made it clear that they were safe with the people protesting. The violence was caused by the supporters of Mubarak. It is possible that Mubarak supporters were responsible for this as well.
Until they catch the animals who did this, nobody knows if they were protesters or not, or what their motive was.
Why is this being publicized? Wasn’t there a time when the media didn’t publish names of people who were sexually assaulted? Why does the public need to know this? We couldn’t have just said she was attacked and is in the hospital now?
Do you really think she would have just said a woman was attacked and leave it at that? No way…
Why not? All the other stories about reporters in Egypt were just saying they were attacked.
In one story I read, the comment was that they don’t normally reveal victims of sexual assaults, but apparently the victim allowed it to be publicized.
Thank you. I am glad to know the victim approved this.
Are you serious with this comment? She was not only attacked. She was raped. Sweeping it under the rug lessens its severity and discourages other women from coming forward. It implies that it’s something victims should be shameful about.
Also when the media won’t report on something often, as you would like them to do regarding rape, people tend to think it’s not a problem when in reality it’s an epidemic. People seriously need to get more educated about these things.
Actually, you are very wrong. Withholding the names of rape victims protects them. I am all for more women coming out about being raped. But, when the media publicizes this, often men come out and say they deserved it. And women have to live their lives with everyone knowing this about them. This is why the media has a standard policy of not reporting names of sexual assault victims. Remember what happened to the woman in the Kobe Bryant case after her name was revealed? THAT is what causes more women not to come forward.
And I am not trying to “sweep it under the rung”. Sheesh, way to project feelings on someone without knowing anything about them. I am all for the proper authorities investigating and punishing this. But, sexual assault victims usually request the privacy of the whole world not knowing they were assaulted. It is to protect THEM. Not the criminals.
I’m very sorry – I read your comment wrong. I’ve read so many vile comments about this already I mistook yours for one and jumped on it. I assumed that this would not be reported without her permission, and thought you meant that sexual assault should be categorized as an attack, not specifically a sexual one. Bad day sorry.
CBS did USE the rape as a story.
That CBS PICTURE was taken MOMENTS BEFORE she was separated from her crew and raped.
I wouldn’t get too excited about the new “freedoms” in Egypt. It doesn’t include women. They remain second class citizens,used for other things.
… you obviously can’t be serious, but didn’t manage to make this funny, therefore you’re a failure.
Women were the ones who rescued Logan. They are fighting for their freedom as well as their country’s.
Poor Lara! I find it horrible that she was assaulted in a moment where this crowd of protesters was supposed to be “celebrating.” The mob behavior is getting out of control. She was just reporting on the story! Totally undeserved and brutal.
Settle down folks….sexual assault is horrible and disgusting whenever and wherever. Let’s not make it about race, ethnicity, or religion. Women are assaulted everyday in this country and we have the nerve to call someone else an animal. We are just as barbaric. Don’t believe me? ask female servicemembers (veterans) how much they suffer from assaults. Shame on them and shame on us.
It’s easier, and more accepted in America to hate on Arabs and Muslims, than to hate sexual predators.
Seriously. 1 in 6 American women are sexually assaulted at some point in their life. People still like to pretend that this doesn’t happen here.
What in the world was CBS thinking allowing a woman to be in that situation in the first place after what happened to Anderson Cooper?
Exactly, why was she still there?
I imagine both CBS and Ms Logan were thinking that she had a job to do. Newswomen have to work twice as hard as men to be taken seriously, especially internationally, and the threat of brutality wouldn’t be enough to keep a dedicated journalist from doing her job.
OMG I can’t believe that would even be possible to an international journalist. She’s in my prayers and I hope she recovers quickly, both physically and emotionally.
Stay strong!
Thinking of you!
unless any other details come out its safe to say this is an exaggeration. she was probably punched a few times and groped (making it “sexual”). the reporting on it however makes it sound like she was gang-raped
What?
The media always uses the words “sexual assault” instead of “rape,” most likely to protect people’s sensibilities, and by that I mean stupid people who act like violence against women and children doesn’t exist and that rape is a completely rare occurence. In rape cases against children the media and the law only use the words “molestation” and “sodomy,” when in fact most of the cases of are rape. When a “sexual assault” is written as being “brutal and sustained” I can all but guarantee you a group of men weren’t groping her breasts and butt for a few minutes.
Exaggeration? And she went to the hospital for what, then?
Really? When I see the phrase “brutal and sustained sexual assault,” I don’t think “Oh, somebody probably grabbed her butt.” This level of disrespect for a woman who has endured such a terrifying experience absolutely turns my stomach.
Are u serious? Do u need all the f**kin details? Learn how to read between the lines, buddy. Or actually in this case, it already says this was a brutal attack and she was beaten and sexually assaulted. Pretty clear to me.
I really hope she is resilient enough to get through this. And no doubt her rapists probably ran off. Hope they face justice for their lack of respect for human life.
Doesn’t CBS believe in a victim’s right to privacy? This was too much information and a violation all over again of this poor woman.
this is not a violation all over again. this reporter reports the news all over the world,and right now she is the news.there were no details and just because some says sexual assault it can mean anything.she was violated by the animals not by cbs for reporting it..come on
So it would be ok with you if you were assaulted and your name/image was reported? Just because someone reports the news doesn’t mean that they are “news”. Sexual assault is hard enough, and we don’t need victims names or pictures printed.
I’m sure CBS got approval from Logan before reporting the story.
CBS DID get approval from Logan to report the story. And, the last part of the article said Logan and CBS News will not be commenting further. Liz, it helps to read the entire article before you get outraged. Jeez.