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"Logan won an Emmy in Sept. 2007 for her Iraq war report, "Ramadi: On the Front Line," for the CBS Evening News. Her work has also earned her four American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Awards: in 2004 for Individual Achievement for Best Reporter/Correspondent; in 2003 for Best News Story for her CBS Evening News report on the attempted assassination of Afghan President Hamid Kharzi; in 2002 for Best News Story for her CBS News Radio coverage of the war in Afghanistan; and in 2000 for Best News Story for her CBS News Radio coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her daily reports were an integral part of CBS News coverage of the war in Iraq. Logan was the only American network journalist in Baghdad when American troops invaded the city, reporting live from Firdos Square as the statue of Saddam fell. Her reporting from the frontlines of Afghanistan and with the Green Berets searching for Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden appeared on 60 Minutes II, where she was a contributor from 2002 to 2004, and on the Evening News, The Early Show and CBS News Radio, for which she served as a general assignment reporter."

Lara Logan on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh2A_SYuhls



I'm in love... Such bravery, beauty, and brilliance! I find her reports to be very compelling and strikingly influential.

6/18/2008 6:30:39 PM

^ That's not a picture of Lara Logan

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 6:36 PM. Reason : or am I supposed to be able to read that frenchiness?]

6/18/2008 6:36:02 PM

She's a very well spoken and intelligent woman.

6/18/2008 6:39:49 PM

^ Don't you mean

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"She's a very well spoken and intelligent ,for awoman"

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 6:42 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2008 6:41:48 PM

Frenchiness.

I think people should be citing her as a reference instead of all these other chickenhawk journalists. Oh, burn.

6/19/2008 9:00:59 AM

6/19/2008 9:12:58 AM

BEU should listen to this journalist and stop posting all that chickenhawk garbage.

6/19/2008 9:21:31 AM

The Daily Show has so much influence on knowledge of events, public discourse, and the general internets that it's getting scary.

6/19/2008 9:31:26 AM

Why are fake news shows more thought-provoking than the real news shows? That is the question of our time... and this crushing reality that consists of oblivious misdirection by the media is unacceptable, regardless of the party affiliation it leans towards.

[Edited on June 19, 2008 at 10:06 AM. Reason : -]

6/19/2008 9:40:20 AM

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"Hamid Kharzi"

6/19/2008 9:48:20 AM

^^ John Stewart has a bias and I think he openly admits. Seriously, some guests he will just rip into. He's gotten more and more bold doing this over the years. I'd say about the only way to interview without inserting your bias is what like Colbert does. Where the interviews are *literally* a joke.

Lately, he really gave McCain a talking to. Pretty much everyone who supported the war / support staying in Iraq. He's said some things pretty much to the effect of "a good of stopping American deaths would be to... take them home".

6/19/2008 9:57:27 AM

I won't comment on Jon Stewart himself, he's obviously opinionated. However, his show provides a sense of civil discourse and basic fairness when arguing any point that other "real" news shows simply do not have. I don't agree with him a lot of the time, but I respect his willingness to allow voices to be heard.

[Edited on June 19, 2008 at 10:06 AM. Reason : -]

6/19/2008 10:02:59 AM

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"She's a very well spoken and intelligent woman."

By which we mean the seductive, breathless speech of a 40s film noir star.

They won't put on her piece about the Navy Seals? I would watch Lara Logan open her mail for 35 minutes.

6/20/2008 1:37:33 PM

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"Why are fake news shows more thought-provoking than the real news shows?"

Because their humor, no matter how irreverant, requres a depth of thought that the network news doesn't.

My. Fucking. God. How long are we going to go on about the "Gas is expensive, we interviewed some people today and they told us that gas was indeed as expensive as the big board in front of the gas stations says it is. As some of you may already know, gas being more expensive means you're going to pay more to get it."

:bangs head: :bangs head: :bangs head:


But to the point, we're a bunch of selfish fucks. The baby boomers are all about touting how great their generation was, but the only thing it did was to turn us into a bunch of self-centered, pompous assholes. "People are dying in Iraq? Oh my, are we still over there? Well, I don't have time to think about that, the news is about to tell me how it is supposed to be hot in the middle of June."

6/20/2008 2:05:58 PM

I meant that as more of a rhetorical question, but yeah I agree that humor can reveal the truth behind people's ideas and pre-conceived notions.

In other news, Lara Logan is so amazingly hot... in all ways, shapes, and forms.

6/20/2008 2:25:10 PM

I love South African women.

6/20/2008 8:07:57 PM

That was probably the best interview I'd ever seen anywhere. It's a damn shame that it had to happen on a cable comedy show from the same chair that Adam Sandler was sitting in to sell us on You Don't Mess With the Zohan.

6/21/2008 3:06:26 PM

I had never heard of this Lara Logan chick, but I don't really watch network news (I mostly read NYT and Wired ). It sounds like she's a very smart and brave woman.

She also sounds a bit full of herself on that Daily Show clip. Her and Anderson Cooper should hook up so they can have a couple of self-righteous kids.

PS* I don't understand why everyone is kissing the Daily Show's ass, like they are the only one's that realize her value as a reporter. She's on fucking CBS for fucks sake. Apparently with nightly news reports. Something tells me the Daily Show is a STEP DOWN from the real reporting she actually does. If y'all would quit reading High Times and watching Comedy Central, maybe you would get some real news to start with.

PPS* Just joshing.

[Edited on June 21, 2008 at 4:01 PM. Reason : ``]

6/21/2008 3:47:28 PM

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"JCASHFAN: My. Fucking. God. How long are we going to go on about the "Gas is expensive, we interviewed some people today and they told us that gas was indeed as expensive as the big board in front of the gas stations says it is. As some of you may already know, gas being more expensive means you're going to pay more to get it." :bangs head: :bangs head: :bangs head:"

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"JCASHFAN: But to the point, we're a bunch of selfish fucks."

What do you mean "we," white man?

It's easy enough to blame our parents' generation for the way they raised us, but we--ourselves, our generation--are to blame. Passing the buck to the "me" generation when we're old enough to know better and do better ourselves makes us equally culpable.

I'd post more about this thought (or do something about it) but I gotta go play Wii and get drunk. LOL Let me send u a text about it...

6/21/2008 4:04:12 PM

She doesn't seem like a real news reporter.

6/21/2008 7:39:30 PM

Whatever her politics, Lara Logan is hot!

[Edited on June 22, 2008 at 1:13 AM. Reason : .]

6/22/2008 1:08:54 AM

epic boobs

6/22/2008 1:24:24 AM

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"I had never heard of this Lara Logan chick, but I don't really watch network news (I mostly read NYT and Wired ). It sounds like she's a very smart and brave woman. She also sounds a bit full of herself on that Daily Show clip. Her and Anderson Cooper should hook up so they can have a couple of self-righteous kids. PS* I don't understand why everyone is kissing the Daily Show's ass, like they are the only one's that realize her value as a reporter. She's on fucking CBS for fucks sake. Apparently with nightly news reports. Something tells me the Daily Show is a STEP DOWN from the real reporting she actually does. If y'all would quit reading High Times and watching Comedy Central, maybe you would get some real news to start with. PPS* Just joshing."

Thanks Josh. I like how this bright, tough, and beautiful woman appears to be "full of herself" to Socks. She's clearly a humble and self-sacrificing person with strong convictions based on real experiences in the very same war zone that everyone on this board rambles on about endlessly, Iraq. If you don't value her expert opinion because either A, she's an attractive woman, or B, she voiced her ideas on The Daily Show; then your opinion has lost significant credibility in my mind. It's rather ironic that you would mock someone for coming onto a fake news show to voice her opinions when we were previously discussing how the Daily Show is more true-to-form than most of the beloved real news networks. If you have no love for Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert, so be it, to each his own. However, it’s becoming really apparent to countless Americans (that actually watch television) that these fake news programs are growing into more of an American news subculture. These shows with their wonderful satire and prominent guests are no longer the simple shows with well-timed jokes that we once knew. Instead, they are the new source for current information, coupled with entertainment and thought-provoking questions, that you would never see on the major news networks. Imagine that, comedy central actually has some major pull in the upcoming general election? Now that’s funny.

[Edited on June 22, 2008 at 6:26 AM. Reason : -]

6/22/2008 6:23:50 AM

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"Her and Anderson Cooper should hook up so they can have a couple of self-righteous kids."

Those would be some good looking babies [no homo].

Speaking of homosexuality, that could be a barrier to natural reproduction between the two of them.

6/22/2008 8:59:40 AM

My comment didn't have anything to do with valuing her opinion, it had to do with her attitude. She really did act like she was full of herself. A reporter asks a legit question and her response is "I have seen dead soldiers and you haven't"? Come on. And when she says "we" may be tired of hearing about Iraq (I'm assuming she means all Americans and not just her and Jon Stewart), she makes it sound like we're a nation of people that would rather watch desprate housewives than hear about Iraq (of course, her other comments indicate she doesn't consider herself a part of that unwashed majority). None of that sounds very humble, even if you do agree with it.

And I wasn't mocking her for going on the daily show. I was lightly mocking the daily show itself and the people who watch it. Like I said it's a step down for her. The Daily Show I watch is none of the things you describe and probably hasn't been since 2005. What thought-provoking questions do they actually ask? Really? He gets in the face of some of people he doesn't like (which apparently now includes John McCain), but you certainly won't see him grilling the people he actually likes (which apparently now includes Barack Obama).

You know what that makes him? A partisan hack. And really that's fine with me. It's a comedy show and soap box. It's nothing serious. Jon Stewart himself admits his show is not about hard-hitting questions. It's infotainment for the sponge bob generation. A struggling piece of infotainment at that. All his best writers have apparently left for the much funnier Colbert Report.

But jeez. Calm down man. It's all fucking TV. Everybody knows the real news is either in print or in bytes.

[Edited on June 22, 2008 at 11:55 AM. Reason : ``]

6/22/2008 11:41:05 AM

she's 37, so she's a little bit out of prime baby making age.

6/22/2008 11:47:34 AM

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"she makes it sound like we're a nation of people that would rather watch desprate housewives than hear about Iraq"

mmm, I find it hard to disagree with her sentiment.

Jon Stewart is the Rush Limbaugh of the left. He plays to their preconceived notions, he mocks dissent as below his intelligence, and his humor only puts a thin whitewash on his pompous attitude. He has every right to do this, but lets call it for what it is.

And yes, Colbert is much funnier.

6/22/2008 12:00:29 PM

^ I think a lot of people on this board would agree with her, but I wouldn't characterize that attitude as "humble" (as Stimwalt has done).

[Edited on June 22, 2008 at 12:11 PM. Reason : ``]

6/22/2008 12:10:39 PM

John Stewart is a lot different than Limbaugh; Stewart comments on politics while Limbaugh conspires to influence them.

6/22/2008 12:51:59 PM

^ Yah, Stewart has absolutley zero agenda and none of his "coverage" is driven to persuade the viewer to his view point.......yah.

6/22/2008 1:01:41 PM

he has a liberal bias, but he does not have an agenda to influence the election. Limbaugh however has a pretty transparent agenda, and often instructs his listeners (even if that means illegally voting in a primary)

6/22/2008 3:56:35 PM

Stewart has been very even handed in his criticism of people on both sides of the aisle. His criticism is sharp, informed and fair. Limbaugh is a easily discountable idiot (failed out of 3rd rate university) who preaches to culturally isolated, uneducated and ignorant absolutists who need to be told what to believe.

6/22/2008 4:28:02 PM

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"And when she says "we" may be tired of hearing about Iraq (I'm assuming she means all Americans and not just her and Jon Stewart), she makes it sound like we're a nation of people that would rather watch desprate housewives than hear about Iraq (of course, her other comments indicate she doesn't consider herself a part of that unwashed majority). None of that sounds very humble, even if you do agree with it."

um Maybe because she is not American?

And we are a nation who would rather watch desperate housewives than hear about Iraq. Sure, there are a few of us who don't fit into that category, but I'd bet that the vast majority of Americans are closer to Miss South Carolina than Lara Logan in terms of global awareness.

6/22/2008 10:28:34 PM

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"None of that sounds very humble, even if you do agree with it. "

6/22/2008 10:53:29 PM

I haven't been reading this thread, but what does humility have to do with anything?

6/22/2008 10:55:19 PM

I said that while Logan was a brave woman, she sounded full of herself in the Daily Show clip.

Stimwalt replied that she was not full of herself. Instead he thought of her as a humble person.

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"Thanks Josh. I like how this bright, tough, and beautiful woman appears to be "full of herself" to Socks. She's clearly a humble and self-sacrificing person with strong convictions based on real experiences in the very same war zone that everyone on this board rambles on about endlessly, Iraq."

I reiterated that nothing she said in the clip he posted sounded very humble to me.
Bobby was excerpting from that reply, so the point of what I was saying seemed kinda relevant.

[Edited on June 22, 2008 at 11:05 PM. Reason : ``]

6/22/2008 11:01:54 PM

Oh, i see. So it doesn't really have to do with anything (other than stimwalt being smitten... can you blame him though?).

6/22/2008 11:04:11 PM

Nothing beyond the usual TSB BS.

6/22/2008 11:07:14 PM

I think Logan deserves some respect because she has had and continues to have her ass, which is lovely, BTW, in the grass--or sand--and almost had it shot off a couple times. She and I would more than likely disagree about politics, though.

BTW, the accent seals the deal for me. Oh, and did I mention that's she a very talented journalist, too.

^ True.

[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 4:49 AM. Reason : .]

6/23/2008 4:48:52 AM

I suppose we will agree to disagree then? Lara is a humble person considering everything that she has accomplished, experienced, and endured. I would define her attitude in that clip as exactly what this country needs to listen too. She is a head-strong, outraged, disappointed, angry, information soldier that remains hopeful and confident in the American people themselves. As a side note, your luddite attitude towards anything that isn't in written word is amusing to me because it may be truly lacking in worldwide scope. Most people broaden their information horizons slightly more than you do Socks. Also, if the Daily Show and Colbert Report are both steps down, then I'm not really sure how the media giant's staircases are built anymore. I guess sideways or maybe upside-down? Regardless, she's hot as hell.

[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 8:56 AM. Reason : -]

6/23/2008 8:48:50 AM

Glad to be of service.

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"Regardless, she's hot as hell."

aye.

6/23/2008 9:49:51 AM

limburgh fucked her.

6/23/2008 3:12:09 PM

Lumburg.

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"I'd bet that the vast majority of Americans are closer to Miss South Carolina than Lara Logan in terms of global awareness."

First I LOLed, then I ed

6/23/2008 3:38:57 PM

^^ and ^ Actually, it's Lumbergh--and it was the other one who fucked her.

[Edited on June 23, 2008 at 8:06 PM. Reason : ]

6/23/2008 8:05:49 PM

I would totally rail her while she moan with that hot, hot accent.

6/23/2008 8:08:07 PM

Being in the hot seat with her takes on a whole new meaning.

6/24/2008 3:10:55 PM

^ RecieveDeath?

6/24/2008 3:21:44 PM

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"BEU should listen to this journalist and stop posting all that chickenhawk garbage."

haha

I am the most wrong on here

6/24/2008 3:44:11 PM

^ but you generally are

6/24/2008 4:28:53 PM

Oh burn.

6/24/2008 4:53:53 PM