60 Minutes' Lara Logan Still on Leave: Will 'Sexpot' News Reporter Be Fired Over Bengazi Report?
Lara Logan, the polarizing CBS chief foreign affairs correspondent and 60 Minutes contributor, may be too hot to handle according to a New York Magazine feature appropriately titled "Benghazi and the Bombshell."
The title of the articles stems from her camera-worthy good looks and the fallout she's still dealing with after 60 Minutes ran her Oct. 27, 2013 Benghazi report. The report changed the trajectory of Logan's hot shot career and stained the otherwise respectable 60 Minutes program.
Since debunked, the segment was riddled with false statements and inaccuracies and led to Logan be placed on leave. CBS also officially retracted the story.
The issue with Logan's Benghazi reporting stemmed from the fact that her source completely made up his story. Dylan Davies, aka Morgan Jones as the report stated, said that he watched the attack on the American Embassy unfold. Furthermore, Davies stated that he breached the compound in an effort to fight off the enemy. According to NYM, Davies made up his story in hopes that he'd be able to sell more copies of his book.
Nevertheless, Logan's entire career has now been put under the microscope thanks to NYM. The article, which was published this past Sunday, delves deeply into why Logan is still on the hot seat. The NYM article also examines Logan's career from a macro perspective. Starting with her efforts as an up-and-coming war journalist in Iraq, through to the present day.
According to sources close to the matter, not many people would care to see her return to the network. Just like former CBS anchor Dan Rather was doomed when his George H. W. Bush National Guard story fell apart, things look increasing bad for Logan.
The NYM story was written by Joe Hagans and has many interesting things to say about Logan's popularity. Her colleagues never liked her due to myriad factors including her star appeal and how she used her looks to get ahead. Her prima donna ways didn't exactly endear herself to many of her peers. In fact, she reportedly and repeatedly used close, tight-knit connections to CBS boss Les Moonvees to her advantage.
Some people have even called Logan "a danger to herself" and to her crew because she "often flouted traditional Islamic dress codes," and London-based CBS cameramen thought that she was "going to get somebody killed." But if people refused to take part in her reckless ways then "she was very fond of saying, 'I could end your career with a phone call.'" Meaning that she'd call up Les and pout.
A former CBS producer had this to say about Logan: "She got everything she wanted, always, even when she was wrong, and that's been going on since the beginning."
And another colleague threw her under the bus when they stated that, "It's not an accident that Lara Logan f---ed up. It was inevitable. Everybody saw this coming."
Is Logan's run over at CBS? That's looking increasingly evident, but only time will tell for sure.
Tell us, what do you think of Lara Logan? Is she just a airhead bimbo who talked her way into a journalism position or is she a brilliant, edgy reporter that deserves a second chance on the air? Let us know in the comments section below.
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