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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 08:53 AM
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Frontline scandal between US newswoman Lara Logan and her two lovers
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23942494-663,00.html

June 30, 2008 12:00am

SHE'S one of America's hottest TV newswomen, now Lara Logan is making news for herself from Baghdad.

She has been labelled a homewrecker for her trysts with an Aussie newsman and the husband of a US Embassy worker.

The sultry 60 Minutes reporter and former swimsuit model is in the middle of a scandal involving herself and two of her war zone lovers, Australian CNN war reporter Michael Ware and a American civilian contractor Joe Burkett.

Mr Burkett's wife Kimberly is a US Embassy worker and has accused Logan of destroying the Burketts' marriage.


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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 08:56 AM
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1. She's the homewrecker?
Not the trysting husbands?

:rofl:
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:06 AM
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6. Funny how that works, eh?
nt
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 10:47 AM
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20. Slutty men don't wreck homes.
You can quote me on that.
:crazy:
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 11:07 AM
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25. Really? Sweet.
Add that to my sigline for a week, if you don't mind.

It's too funny.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 11:15 AM
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26. Be my guest.
The silliness of ascribing blame only to women was apparent to me even as a teen.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 08:57 AM
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2. Ahh. Poor old Rupert. A blond with a brain, and he can't handle it
Go Lara!
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:00 AM
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3. I've heard speculation that Murdoch's NY Post has been digging for this.
That Murdoch didn't like Ware's and Logan's presumably "anti-Iraq war" stance in their reports. And I think it was the NY Post that first reported this story.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:04 AM
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5. so more than likely this is bullshit
that figures. We have to get our press right if we are to ever wish to turn things around.
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MinM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:19 AM
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9. Yes. It seems to be part of an ongoing effort...
DU: Political Videos: Lara Logan disputes coverage accusations on CNN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I420_fPM2E

Is Lara Logan being smeared for her criticism of Iraq war coverage
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:09 AM
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7. After her appearance on The Daily Show
I figured she'd get swift-boated when she said that she doesn't routinely watch stateside coverage of the wars because it's just too nauseating. No surprise that Murdoch is leading the "charge." How many will follow? It could be a snapshot of how much pull Murdoch still has.
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:15 AM
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8. Came from the National Enquirer.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/25/lara-logan-sex-scandal-cb_n_109271.html

But hey, people take Fox serious so what the hell...


Either way, who cares? They're grown adults.
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:35 AM
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11. This says the NY Post got the scoop
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212154786.shtml
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 10:59 AM
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22. The National Enquirer was never taken seriously until Bush came along. nt
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:02 AM
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4. Must be slim pickins out there.
I did always thing that Logan was exploited for her looks,
and she always wore pretty sexy, provocative outfits for
a war correspondent.

It is infotainment news even from a war zone, I suppose.

I still prefer Christiane Amanpour, even though her reporting
and commentary have been very much watered down.
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 11:05 AM
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24. If That Were True
they'd assign her to the Hollywood beat. She has a pretty impressive resume - geeze she even speaks 4 languages.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051702337.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/02/broadcasts/main531421.shtml
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:30 AM
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10. I'd be willing to make the trip to Iraq for Lara Logan.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:45 AM
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14. You ain't kidding!
*sound of wife hitting me over the head with frying pan*
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:38 AM
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12. awwwww... poor, poor Rupert Murdoch... his image is shit
and so is his right wing fascist propaganda, and now America knows. So now he does this to dig up dirt on her... Ha ha....
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:44 AM
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13. The whole story smacks of sexism
because when have we ever heard about the dalliances of male reporters? Or are we to believe they never happened? This is a story because Ms Logan has a vagina. And she's beautiful.
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Kokonoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 10:14 AM
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15. Funny thing is, this is an angle that will bring attention
to Lara Logan and our lying m$m propaganda.
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 10:19 AM
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16. I don't think I've ever seen the love life of a journalist reported as a story before.
So very strange that the subject of this this little tabloid smear story would be one of the only actual journalists working in the corporate media.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 10:43 AM
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19. Not for the male reporters anyway.
Funny that.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 11:01 AM
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23. Good point-they are literally attacking the messenger
How dare her expose the US media for being so slack
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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 10:33 AM
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17. Someone who speaks out must be silenced. What better way than
scandal. However, in general, I think the American public is beyond such maligning.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 10:38 AM
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18. Corpmedia is targeting her for speaking the truth - just like they did to Dan Rather.
She's well on her way to being pushed out unless she knuckles under.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 10:57 AM
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21. Pictures! I want pictures! nt
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