Reporters Say Networks Block War Reports

[Joanne98]

By Brian Stelter, New York Times

Getting a story on the evening news isn't easy for any correspondent. And for reporters in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is especially hard, according to Lara Logan, the chief foreign correspondent for CBS News. So she has devised a solution when she is talking to the network.

"Generally what I say is, 'I'm holding the armor-piercing R.P.G.,'" she said last week in an appearance on "The Daily Show," referring to the initials for rocket-propelled grenade." 'It's aimed at the bureau chief, and if you don't put my story on the air, I'm going to pull the trigger.'"

Ms. Logan let a sly just-kidding smile sneak through as she spoke, but her point was serious. Five years into the war in Iraq and nearly seven years into the war in Afghanistan, getting news of the conflicts onto television is harder than ever.

"If I were to watch the news that you hear here in the United States, I would just blow my brains out because it would drive me nuts," Ms. Logan said.

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I know how she feels!

[bananas]

1. There's a youtube video of Lara Logan's interview

It was posted in the political videos forum recently:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x149990

[Doctor_J]

2. I can't wait until Nuremburg II, when Jack Welch and his ilk are sentenced to life

at Gitmo for their part in the murder of more than a million Iraqis.