By BRIAN STELTER
Published: June 23, 2008

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.

Lara Logan told Jon Stewart recently that war news is hard to get onto TV.

“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.

alls I can say is you didn't really understand this story, George,
otherwise we would have heard your head explode down here.

"Boston Blackie:

George must be wearing rose colored glasses with blinders on.

...""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. "...

It must be hard to work as a corporate propagandist. Even harder would be
an enlisted man in the service, forced to work as a corporate policeman.

"Boston Blackie (happily ignored by KD the Merciless!)" mail.com>
wrote in message news:2008062804142516807-bblackie@mailcom...

I wonder if the other personalities explained it to the one that didn't
understand it, so that's why no retort, or do you think one of the
personalities has become more liberal and the other personalities killed it?

InfoSuperHwyRoadKill wrote:

No you pointed out that it didn't realize what it quoted. When it went
back and actually read it...it's pointy little head exploded, just as
you said it would.

RIP georg....

jak

On Jul 2, 5:03�pm, jakdedert bellsouth.net> wrote:

No matter what happened, it's *extraordinary,~!*