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Breaking: Lara Logan Taking Leave Of Absence From '60 Minutes' After Debunked Benghazi Report [View all] Hissyspit Nov 2013 OP

Juicy! get the red out Nov 2013 #1

The Lie already has feet PeoViejo Nov 2013 #20

Lots of people @ Huff Post are Scairp Nov 2013 #67

So sad. I remember when she had a fan base here. onehandle Nov 2013 #2

She WAS good. Hissyspit Nov 2013 #7

Well, she got gang raped in Egypt, then took a desk job. onehandle Nov 2013 #11

I'm confused by this post. AZ Mike Nov 2013 #15

Maybe I can shed a bit of light Sophiegirl Nov 2013 #35

Thanks for posting your experience. Although it wont mean anything to some here, unfortunately. 7962 Nov 2013 #50

Thank ypu Sophiegirl Nov 2013 #54

As far as I know, she is not. Maybe when we're alone one day I may try to bring it up, 7962 Nov 2013 #55

If anything comes up in a conversation Sophiegirl Nov 2013 #58

Thanks very much. be well. 7962 Nov 2013 #60

I sympathize and you're a very brave person cosmicone Nov 2013 #62

I agree Sophiegirl Nov 2013 #65

Here Heather MC Nov 2013 #45

Her lack of journalistic integrity predates that horrific experience. deurbano Nov 2013 #24

Thankyou deurbano, this factoid is very significant, and requires repeating over and over.. 2banon Nov 2013 #44

One thing is she married a rightwing flack. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #33

i believe you are nearing the core ,,,,,,, nt Cryptoad Nov 2013 #52

Iraq didn't start becoming an issue with the media until they had no choice. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #43

Fair point. Hissyspit Nov 2013 #75

Her corruption? ReRe Nov 2013 #89

Nailed it. ctsnowman Nov 2013 #101

When she went on Charlie Rose and fawned about generals to him, closeupready Nov 2013 #10

Suck up to them or simply suck them, it's the same thing if you're a journo. AAO Nov 2013 #31

Charlie Rose wrote a book each on fawning and sucking up. QuestForSense Nov 2013 #34

"Reporters" should not be for or against anything or anyone. Lochloosa Nov 2013 #47

Yes, she did fail. Miserably. QuestForSense Nov 2013 #74

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Hope her LOA is permanent! hue Nov 2013 #3

You know where she'll land a job next. tblue Nov 2013 #36

You think Logan didn't have that in mind when she did that story? BlueStreak Nov 2013 #42

Hopefully step 1 to a quiet permanent exit. Kingofalldems Nov 2013 #4

Haven't other newscasters been fired for pulling this kind of shit? sakabatou Nov 2013 #5

Yeah, immediate dismissal used to be the standard... Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #61

Why isn't she getting the Dan Rather treatment? Too much time remaining on her contract? MADem Nov 2013 #6

A slow twist in the wind is what Rather got bucolic_frolic Nov 2013 #21

You're probably right on that score. nt MADem Nov 2013 #23

Compare this hack with those who reported on the JFK assassination 50 years ago. duffyduff Nov 2013 #57

They left Dan hanging for a few months so it wouldn't look like he was fired over it Recursion Nov 2013 #92

The minute they cut him loose, though, he said "They gave me the ax" and all of us here MADem Nov 2013 #93

Oh, definitely, I just mean it wasn't overnight Recursion Nov 2013 #94

+1,000 -- I won't be surprised, but I won't hold my breath, either, if you know what I mean! nt MADem Nov 2013 #95

Agree, that is the question LeftOfWest Nov 2013 #102

60 Minutes has been tabloid for a while but her segment on Benghazi closeupready Nov 2013 #8

They could replace her with Bozo The Clown so long as they have a solid team behind the face. randome Nov 2013 #13

buh bye now TeamPooka Nov 2013 #9

She should have been fired, period. n/t cosmicone Nov 2013 #12

This is very close to a firing -- note that she was "asked" to take a leave of absence -- AND... johnfunk Nov 2013 #28

But, firing has a sort of a brute finality to it cosmicone Nov 2013 #64

Say hello to the family, Lara. TexasProgresive Nov 2013 #14

Lara, with no votes, you ARE the Weakest Link KamaAina Nov 2013 #16

K&R alp227 Nov 2013 #17

IMAGINE THAT Burf-_- Nov 2013 #18

Good! bvar22 Nov 2013 #19

She'll have a job at fox news leftynyc Nov 2013 #22

AND STAY OUT!! nm SCVDem Nov 2013 #25

CUE THE VONAGE THEME! rocktivity Nov 2013 #26

nothing here about her husband's role as a propagandist.. grasswire Nov 2013 #27

And they'll be offering Dan Rather his job back, too, right? Yeah, didn't think so. . . markpkessinger Nov 2013 #29

The only reason the Killian memos couldn't be "authenticated" was because they were copies duffyduff Nov 2013 #77

I love how Jeff Fage just calls it "Ironic". Mr.Bill Nov 2013 #30

Rightwing Republicon Propagandist has wrist slapped Berlum Nov 2013 #32

Next stop: FOX Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2013 #37

No kidding. Major Hogwash Nov 2013 #48

Lara will not be fired Sophiegirl Nov 2013 #38

That's pretty far fetched. One has nothing to do with the other. n/t duffyduff Nov 2013 #59

Have you ever been sexually assaulted? Sophiegirl Nov 2013 #63

That has nothing to do with anything, and it's none of your business. n/t duffyduff Nov 2013 #80

Once again, the person truly responsible evades punishment. SDjack Nov 2013 #39

He may still get his. It's harder to take down those at the top, Cleita Nov 2013 #53

Please let the the screen door hit you on the way out. pam4water Nov 2013 #40

Meh... Javaman Nov 2013 #41

What took so freaking long and who else and how many hit the bricks with her? One only? WTF!?!? marble falls Nov 2013 #46

Benghazi,,,, Drink!,,,,,, Cryptoad Nov 2013 #49

Good. Hacks like her drag down the profession Cleita Nov 2013 #51

This should end her journalism career but likely won't. duffyduff Nov 2013 #56

60 Minutes and CBS have adopted a right wing agenda. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #66

Agreed! They have close ties to the Peter G Peterson Foundation asshole. LiberalFighter Nov 2013 #70

Scott Pelley needs to go too. But those are the type of people CBS wants LiberalFighter Nov 2013 #71

Pelley is clearly a hack when it comes to political issues. duffyduff Nov 2013 #78

Dan Rather got fired for airing something that was actually true even if the evidence was bogus. Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #68

The evidence wasn't "bogus." The memos couldn't be authenticated because they were copies duffyduff Nov 2013 #79

Dubya is every bit the POS that those memos claim he was. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #96

Message to Lara dawn frenzy adams Nov 2013 #69

Notice how the talks about Benghazi have diminished since the 60 Min retraction. Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #72

Nothing New here about CBS and right wing leanings .. it's almost all of them now. YOHABLO Nov 2013 #73

Key paragraph and why Logan should have been fired as soon as this broke and still should be fired. yellowcanine Nov 2013 #76

Yes I thought so as well when I read that LiberalLovinLug Nov 2013 #99

Yep, the State Dept term for it is "going native." yellowcanine Nov 2013 #100

I wonder how the "fraudcasters" are dealing with this? They were pretty happy for awhile there. JEFF9K Nov 2013 #81

It is time to cancel the show TheDonkey Nov 2013 #82

she should be fired! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #83

Time to go spend more time with her family Major Nikon Nov 2013 #84

Fox News will pick her up then she can lie to her doc03 Nov 2013 #85

Leave of absence? HooptieWagon Nov 2013 #86

My comment (courtesy of Photoshop) markpkessinger Nov 2013 #87

Nice Work!! 2banon Nov 2013 #88

Certainly! markpkessinger Nov 2013 #91

Good job! Scurrilous Nov 2013 #97

I feel sorry for the rest of their once great journalistic team. ffr Nov 2013 #90

Its simple..... daleanime Nov 2013 #98

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