Update: Assaulted Reporter Gets Call From Obama, Released From Hospital
- Posted on February 16, 2011 at 7:22pm by
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Lara Logan (CBS)
CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was released from the hospital Wednesday “in remarkably good spirits,” despite the severe trauma she suffered at the hands of a mob of Egyptian men last Friday.
According to ABC News, Logan is now is resting at her Washington, D.C.-area home with her husband and two children.
Additionally, new details of her ordeal are coming to light, just one day after CBS News announced she had been targeted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square as protesters celebrated the resignation of then-President Hosni Mubarak.
Howard Kurtz reports that Logan had been arrested and deported from Egypt at the height of the anti-government protests. She told Esquire magazine that she and her crew had been “arrested, detained, and interrogated. Blindfolded, handcuffed, taken at gunpoint, our driver beaten.”
In addition, ABC News reports Logan and her crew were accused of being spies:
She later returned to Egypt, however, to interview Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who became a rallying figure in the Egyptian revolution.
In addition to recovering to a point where she could finally return home, the CBS foreign affairs correspondent also received phone call from President Barack Obama Wednesday, the White House reported. The president is said to have offered his condolences, but neither CBS nor the White House offered any further details of the private conversation. Press secretary Jay Carney only added that “violence against journalists was unacceptable, and that the perpetrators of violence needed to be held accountable.”
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Comments (67)
rdk
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:39pmIt is a horrible occurrence and I hope for a speedy recovery. Nevertheless ,she seems to have more courage than common sense. The mid-east is full of violent people.
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:08pmThe trouble with this story is that if you questions, doubt or suspect any thing different than what Logan or CBS have to say about it you’re a very, very bad person and extremely insensitive.
Yet, this woman isn’t beyond reproach in her past behavior and seems to be an opportunist.
Therefore, a reasonable and objective minded person must keep an open mind to the possibility that she could possibly be exaggerating what happen in order to gain attention for her reporting. Especially, when one considers how competitive the news has become since FOX as become a dominate player and two of their reporters were attacked and actually have the physical damage to prove it. Where is Logan’s marks of attack? Why is she and CBS not reporting on the details that substantiate her story? Certainly, if it were conservative woman who was attacked they would want the proof, all of the details and facts … yet, they seem to want to just dismiss the specifics and demand that we all believe her without question or doubt. And, condemn without proof those who are accused of attacking her and anyone who should question her.
It just don’t smell right … but perhaps I’m mistaken
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 1:02pmYou’re one of the video-proof generation: would you react the same way if your female family member was raped and no one believed her unless she provided video evidence?
The Blaze’s far right wingers are blinded by such hate that they have lost their humanity and compassion.
That’s what scares all of us: Palin and Bachmann are identical in their skewed outlook to humankind.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 6:58pmGenerally, the last thing a woman wants to do after being sexually assaulted is to keep talking about it and reliving it so theblaze.com users can confirm she is telling the truth.
I wouldn’t know though, I’m not a woman/never been raped. Just an assumption.
Report Post »Paul -Indiana
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 11:56amI’m sorry that she was attacked. However, Muslim men cover their own women because the men have about as little self control as a 12 year old.
Report Post »umbrla
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 1:18pmYou should not generalize that these men have as much self control as a twelve year old boy. My twelve year old boy does not go around assaulting women okay. I am sure not all men in that country are like this either, however they do not place the same value on respecting women as other western countries. Do not forget they were chanting “jew” while assaulting her. Don’t you all think we should be more concerned about the fact that there will now be war pending between the two countires…..Israel and Egypt. The president was a bad guy, but he did uphold the treaty.
Report Post »rightwingheroes
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 11:02amHow nice of King Obama the merciful. What is not nice is the number of families of fallen US soldiers that Obama snubs every year and declines to talk or meet with any of them.
Report Post »ThoreauHD
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 10:57amShe wouldn’t get a call from Commi Imam if she worked for Fox News.
Report Post »Clark.hospitality
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 10:51amI am not getting why they let this attractive, white blonde reporter in the middle of these muslim men already excited about the events, and did not figure anything would happen??? Am I the only one that thought this was a really dumb idea??? Very sorry she was hurt and pray for her recovery both physically and mentally…
On top of that we cannot seem to get a straight answer as to how extensive her injuries were. We are also seeing how it is also become a political football.
Report Post »Anitabreak
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 9:58amWhere is the official State Dept. response to this and the other attacks on Americans and reporters?
Report Post »Not only is Obama INCOMPETENT, so are most of his administration.
Biden, Hillary, Clapper, Brennan, Panetta, Napolitano, Axlerod, Jarrett, Geitthner, Duncan
Goolsbee, Romer, Summers, to name a few.
Master-of-Disaster
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:53pmYou nailed it! Where is the outrage? We Americans used to be respected because if you insult (hurt, kill, kidnap, etc.) one of us, we show up and inflict whatever force necessary to get our people back or exact justice. Except when the Dems are in power ala Carter and the botched rescue attempt in ‘79. All of these limp wristed politicians and their cronies are somehow silent about this.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 8:13amNO sympathy for this lady from me………..she knew what she was getting into, no one forced her to go.
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:57pmShame on you, you sick puppy. Have you no compassion?
Report Post »AmericanWomanFirst
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 7:29amIf I recall it was requested by her family that the public respect their privacy…so what does Mr. Obama do – get a little press all at the expense of this woman and her family. Is there anything this narcissist will not do???
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:25amWe need to understand, these people are not like most of our boys and men! Please keep in mind, most of the time the women they see are relatives! If she was uncovered like I’m sure she was she stood out like a sore thumb! The mob separated her from the news crew and then attacked her! What most people don’t understand is that mulsim culture, separates women and men! Theres a reason for this, thats why they separate it in schools, a mosque, daily life, walking down streets and even in the work place! How many women did you see on the street before mubarak resigned? Women cover themselves because they don’t want to entice the boys and men! Its the muslim culture! Why do you think they entice suicide bombers with 72 virgins? Same philosophy! I’m sorry for what happened to her, and I ask that My God Jesus heal her! Yes they should have had better security!
Report Post »ILUVJESUS
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 1:33amShe and CBS have promoted this as a peaceful revolution of people only seeking freedom. They should drop the far leftist agenda and face the truth.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:54amAmerican feminists call it ‘rape’ if a guy asks a girl on a date. They also call consensual intimacy in marriage ‘rape’.
Call me cynical, but I don’t believe for an instant this woman was touched. If she was, or not, this story blows away the MSM meme that Islamists are peaceful and all other kinds of lovey-dovey as they’ve been trying to say since 9/12/01.
Report Post »foolsgold
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:55pm@UPSTATE
“Call me cynical, but I don’t believe for an instant this woman was touched.”
Id go one better.
Judging from all your postings on the Blaze recently, objectively you could be called a misogynist, racist, bitter old man.
Shame on you for doubting her severe trauma: you’d be pretty angry if someone in your family was raped and noone believed you until you provided video proof.
Hang your head in shame.
Report Post »umbrla
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 1:32pmyou are cynical…..and ignorant.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 10:01pmFrankly, few Americans(with the exception of children) ever experience real trauma.
Report Post »DELTA8
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:45amI forgot to add, had Lara been afforded REAL security professionals, they would have never allowed her to enter that mob. CBS got what they paid for, security wise. Then again, I am sure “Get a story/copy at any price” is the Dan Rather-CBS model. Lara, the security detail and everyone else there was expendible, of course, in the eyes of corporate. All the more for juicy headlines…that they will twist for whatever the angle of the day is. Sick.
Report Post »reckless
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:45amI am very happy to hear that she is alright.
Report Post »Reporting on situations like the turmoil in Egypt can be a very dangerous task. I am in no way blaming Ms.Logan, but when you lie down with dogs you may just get bitten.
In other words, you need to weigh the risks before wandering into unknown territory. Perhaps she paid too much heed to the reports from her own media claiming that these were “peaceful” protestors.
She could be an unfortunate victim of believing the mainstream media “hype”.
cstcomputers
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:39amI doubt very much she was raped. This is getting out of hand. I’m sure she was probably sexually assaulted, but that does not mean rape…
Report Post »Mrs.T
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:05amWhat? Are you channelling Whoopie Goldberg? “Well. . . it wasn’t rape, rape.”
Report Post »umbrla
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:57pmYes, they do call rape sexual assault my friend….here is the official definition of sexual assault “•a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; “most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault”
For all you other stupid people put there who do not understand how women are looked at or viewed in other countries educate yourselves.
Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 9:59pmUmbrla- nice calling people stupid because you clearly know more about rape/sexual asault definitions. the only stupid person I know is this reporter. She didn’t know better?
I’m sick of the Blaze editing posts. It’s conservative fascism.Are we children and therefore can’t handle
Report Post »alternative theories that don’t even contain offensive language?
DELTA8
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:38amLet’s see if perhaps Lara has a moment of clarity and leaves CBS, tells it like it is and maybe even joins FOX, the only half ass worthy network there is. Though, FOX still kowtows to the globalists. One thing at a time though.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 5:48pmLara Logan is known to be an upstanding, intelligent, serious INTERNATIONAL reporter. My guess is that she wouldn’t take kindly to being relegated to the “legs chair.” :/
Report Post »ONE PIECE
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:34amI hope that Miss or Ms.Lara Logan is doing well! I hope that you & your family can get through this with warmth & love. If this had happen to my daughter or wife I don’t believe that I can forgive them & that I would have nothing less than blood on my hands, GLADLY!!
Report Post »Sgt.Murph
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:25amKatie Couric beat feet home! CBS knew the risks. Sadly these ideologues have to experience the real world outside their “superior” intellectual shell. And it ain’t pretty.
Report Post »grumpyone
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 2:09amOf course Katie Couric beat feet home….She wouldn’t want the rose colored bubble she lives in to be burst by reality would she?….
Report Post »Ibanez6
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:15pmYep! That do be the truth.
Report Post »paulamadden
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:59pmThis woman knew the culture. She should have had armed security.
Report Post »Ibanez6
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:13pmIt’s terrible that this attack occured, but we have to remember that people in that part of the world don’t hold the same values as do many in the west. So I’d say I have to agree with you on that Paula.
Report Post »ondarocks
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:13pmIt is OK to rape a woman without her head scarf from what I’ve read.. Nice people our president surrounds himself with.
Report Post »bereal
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:07pmRape is associated with violence and there was plenty there. Anyone white who looks like an american could be in trouble. This, CBS should have considered before sending a woman into a Country that devalues a woman as chattle.
The glob of protoplasm called a professor at NYC, what a piece of work he is. Kinda wonder what garbage he leans on the young adults with. Only way he should be able to teach anywhere would be if he had plastic surgery to change his looks and a different name and credentials. Possibly the best place for him to move to is the middle East.
Report Post »CreepingDeath
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:01pmIf I were a reporter, I would be armed. Screw the laws.
Report Post »LiveNation
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 10:50pmIt’s the least he could do, apologize for the youth he inspired.
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 10:45pmObama didn’t call the Fox news guys that were beaten to within in inch of their lives, did he? Is he encouraging violence against FoxNews? Maybe we need to introduce a bill to have Obama tone down his implied violent rhetoric. Some crazy person might take him the wrong way.
Report Post »CreepingDeath
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:01pmQuite right, his “inspiration” is making Egyptians molest women.
Report Post »MightyMouth
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 10:33pmOk was she gang raped or ‘only’ assultated? I find it hard to believe a gang rape could occur in such a public place. Who is the source for the original ‘sustained sexual assault’ report? And did Obama call the crew who got beat up also? Probably not, no political value there…
Report Post »Lion420
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:06pmI don’t find it hard to believe in the slightest. i have heard many a horror story of women being treated in such a way. Publicly.
Report Post »Access Denied
Posted on February 16, 2011 at 11:59pmThe first time she was in Egypt she was detained and deported. She went back after Mubarak stepped down in order to interview the Google Executive that started the protests online.
Report Post »That was when she was rap ed, the second time into the country.
I am guessing that she felt it was safe after Mubarak was taken down.
KenInIL
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 12:06amIt’s only rape if 4 upstanding Muslim men are there to witness it – apparently none of the 200 men around were not upstanding.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 1:46amI was thinking about the lady who’s husband was shot on the mexican border…did she get a call…any help from our government…how about the rancher that was killed on his property in Arizona…did his family get a call…not that I think that obama shouldn’t have called this woman…what happened to her was horrible…but why does our president pick and choose which Americans he wants to console…just wondering…
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 5:30amAccording to the wall street journal, it has been reported that she was groped/molested and beaten. There was no “penetration” of any kind.
So, you can take that any way you want to in order to argue your agendas.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 7:58amI read an incredible dialogue posted by Jamie Glazov of Frontpagemg about rape, slavery and the teachings of Islam (from the Koran)…what an eyeopener!
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/17/islam-and-the-brutal-sex-assault-of-lara-logan/1/
Report Post »David Horowitz’s site…
exdem
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 10:19amThis story seems to be getting white washed. Because she was raped by those “peaceful protesters” that Obama has sided with , they have to minimize what happen to Ms.Logan. She should sue CBS
Report Post »Glenn_Melts_Down
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 11:19amGlenn just said on his show (11:10 AM EST approx.) that Lara Logan was raped by 200 Egyptians, which is a lie and a distortion. Obviously, Glenn is at it again exaggerating and inflaming with his irresponsible rhetoric. I hope this clown is reigned in soon, because his fear mongering has the potential to cause harm. Thankfully, he is widely regarded as a joke, but better to be safe than sorry.
grandmaof5
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 11:22amGODLOVINGMOM, excellent point. I bet Bush would have made those calls and he would have wept for Lara Logan. Obama won’t even call the mother of a fallen soldier after her husband made the request. That man has no compassion unless it serves him, or if it is Hollywood or super athlete.
Report Post »umbrla
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 1:25pmThe reporter has said that she was repeatedly raped…..there was so much chaos in that sqare and you cannot comprehend in anyway how someone could be gang raped? wow! It was a mob of people who were not even peacefully protesting as portrayed. Maybe if our President had not encited the people in the square there may not have been a problem. The other lesson to be learned….We women may want the same opportunities as the men get, but sometimes when we are dealing with cultures that have no problem treating women in this way, we as women need to understand and back off pushing for the opportunity. I am not saying it is her fault in any way, but her comapny should have been more responsible in their decision to send her.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 5:52pmJust pure, unconditional best to her and her family.
Report Post »urkiddingright
Posted on February 18, 2011 at 8:39amSo what really happened? Raped, molested, or just roughed up? Does it matter which, it’s all disgusting and only supports G.Beck’s theories and analyses that chaos is coming and the media has it wrong…again.
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