Charlie Rose - Lara Logan / David Ignatius / Shah Mahmood Qureshi (October 6, 2009)
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
By Peter Lord The University of Rhode Island's famed ocean explorer Bob Ballard will be featured on "60 Minutes" Sunday night as he discovers a seventh-century shipwreck off the coast of Turkey. A preview is available on the CBS News Web site. Correspondent Lara Logan joins Ballard on his vessel, Nautilus , as his crew guides a submersible 1,500 feet underwater and discovers the wreck, covered...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
TVNewser has learned globetrotting CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan is pregnant with her second child. Logan gave birth last December to Joseph Washington Burkett V. Logan met her husband, defense contractor Joseph Burkett , in 2007 while on assignment in Iraq. Though based in Washington, DC, Logan continues to report from around the world. She appeared on "60 Minutes" this...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
On Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a report by Lara Logan on the puzzling liver transplants received by Japan's top crime bosses at UCLA Medical Center. Between 2000 and 2004, four members of Japan's Yakuza, a "powerful organized crime syndicate," received liver transplants. Despite a long list of patients in need, Tadamasa Goto, a man described as Japan's John Gotti, received a liver in just six...
CBS News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Scott Pelley reports on the manufacture and distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine, and more importantly if it's safe to take. Lara Logan investigates the Yakuza, Japan's mafia, and how they may help foreigners jump the line in America for a life-saving liver transplant.
CBS News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
On 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley reports on the manufacture and distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine, and more importantly if it's safe to take. Lara Logan investigates the Yakuza, Japan's mafia, and how they may help foreigners jump the line in America for a life-saving liver transplant. Lesley Stahl looks into Hollywood Pirates...criminals who copy films and distribute them illegally before they hit theaters....
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Rachel Maddow explains why Fox News isn't a news station. Maddow's point isn't that Fox News voices their opinion. Maddow cites Walter Cronkite and Lara Logan as journalists that could cover the news and voice their opinions. Maddow points to Fox News organizing and promoting anti-government rallies. It is one thing to cover the news. It is quite another to become political activists.
Netizen News Brief (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Subject: txt gwot msm - I don't know what has happened in past couple of years (or is it months') to knock some sense into Logan ("good war" Afghanistan vs. "bad war" Iraq? But her clear-headed, passionate, alarming interview with CBS News's Bob Orr about the situation in Afghanistan is a must-see (HT Hot Air ). In the process, she leaves a number of leftist myths and fantasies,...
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Arianna Huffington tells Ron Reagan of Air America that Vice-President Joe Biden should resign in protest of U.S. troop increases to Afghanistan. Biden's opposition to Gen. Stanley McChrystal's 40,000 troop request earned him a Newsweek cover story. There was a fascinating exchange in the White House. Joe Biden had a question. During a long Sunday meeting with President Obama and top national-security...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
The L.A. Times takes a more in depth look at the opinions expressed last week by NBC's Richard Engel and CBS' Lara Logan regarding the war in Afghanistan. In the article, the correspondents' bosses, NBC News President Steve Capus and CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus , responded to the comments: Steve Capus said he "fully supported" his star correspondent, but he also said he called...
Netizen News Brief (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
txt gwot iran - intl israel - The ancient city of Herat is Afghanistan's best-kept secret. For years, it has enjoyed 24-hour electricity and a booming economy, reports CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan. But it's not thanks to U.S. efforts - it's all because of Iran. The city lies right on Afghanistan's border with Iran, (Snip) A soldier from 7th Group Special Forces finds rocket...
The Redhunter (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
A bit longer than the interview with Lara Logan below, but well worth your time Click To Play Make sure you also read Dr. Kagan's Key Facts on Afghanistan for background.l Following are my notes from the briefing:...
The Redhunter (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
This is a must-watch. CBS News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Lara Logan speaks with Bob Orr about what will work in Afghanistan and what will not work. She absolutely eviscerates advisers such as Vice-President Biden who think that we can...
The Redhunter (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
This is a must-watch, CBS News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Lara Logan speaks with Bob Orr about what will work in Afghanistan and what will not work. She absolutely eviscerates advisers such as Vice-President Biden who think that we can...
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