The Rise of Lara Logan

That's got to be a fake name, right? Otherwise, she sounds like one of Superman's girlfriends.

I posted a blurb about her a few months back here. Recently, she was on The Daily Show among other places where she loudly complained about how little Iraq War coverage actually made it to air.




Naturally, this intrigued those of us who agree with this sentiment, and enraged those on the right who are more upset that there aren't more stories on the news about all the wonderful strip malls and auto parts stores being opened up in suburban Baghdad. So, coincidentally a 'scandalous' story about her hit the New York Post (owned by Rupert Murdoch) and the wingnut blogs were up in arms about her lack of patriotism, or something. (Hell, even though she's South African she's more of a patriot than most folks I know, spending five YEARS in Iraq covering a war most people seem to not want to hear about.)

In any case, most folks came to this blog to see pictures of her because, among being a sharp, witty reporter with some serious stones, she's really pretty hot also. So, I do what I can: