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TV Networks Rig Reunions for Quake Survivors -- and Ratings?

By Lauren FrayerMar 16th 2011 – 6:53AM
CBS

CBS

With the scale of Japan's quake and tsunami devastation so large, U.S. television networks are struggling to boil the story down into human terms. TV networks have staged reunions between missing relatives in Japan, providing a rare glimpse of good news amid all the reports of towns destroyed, radiation looming and 10,000...

Lara Logan Was Stripped, Punched, Slapped, Report Says

By Dana ChivvisFeb 21st 2011 – 2:58PM
CBS News / AP

CBS News / AP

New details have emerged in the "brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating" inflicted on CBS Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan in Egypt's Tahrir Square the night President Hosni Mubarak stepped down from power. During the Feb. 11 attack, Logan was stripped of her clothes, punched and slapped by the crowd,...

What CNN Didn't Want to Show in the Lara Logan Photo

By Joseph SchumanFeb 17th 2011 – 3:30PM
CNN

CNN

The image is already infamous for the horrendous event that took place moments after a photographer captured it. It shows CBS News correspondent Lara Logan with a jostling crowd of Egyptian men in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday night. CBS said it was taken just before she was attacked and sexually assaulted amid the...

CBS News' Lara Logan Recovering After 'Brutal' Attack

Feb 15th 2011 – 6:11PM
CBS News / AP

CBS News / AP

NEW YORK -- CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was recovering in a U.S. hospital Tuesday from a sexual attack and beating she suffered while reporting on the tumultuous events in Cairo. Logan was in the city's Tahrir Square on Friday after Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down when she, her team and their security...

Lara Logan Hospitalized Following 'Brutal' Sexual Assault in Egypt

By David KnowlesFeb 15th 2011 – 4:34PM
CBS News / AP

CBS News / AP

CBS News released a statement today regarding the condition of Lara Logan, its chief foreign affairs correspondent. According to CBS, Logan was separated from her crew, beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the day that Hosni Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt. In the crush of the...

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Dan Rather: Corporate Media 'Is In Bed With' Washington (VIDEO)

May 20th 2012 - 01:23PM

Dan Rather slammed corporate media on Friday night, claiming that it prioritizes political interests and profits over quality journalism.

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Journalists Turn Out For Mike Wallace Memorial

May 01st 2012 - 06:22PM

Chris Wallace turned and blew a kiss to a giant portrait of his father, "60 Minutes" journalist Mike Wallace, after memorializing him Tuesday as "the best journalist I have ever known."

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How Turn The Job You Have Into A Job You

By Deborah L. Jacobs Apr 16th 2012 - 10:57AM

Even people who are relatively happy at work go through periods when they hate their jobs—for days, weeks or even months at a time.

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Mike Wallace '60 Minutes' Special: He Was 'Heart And Soul Of This Broadcast' (VIDEO)

By Katherine Fung Apr 16th 2012 - 08:32AM

"60 Minutes" paid tribute to Mike Wallace with an hour-long retrospective to the broadcasting legend on Sunday.

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Mike Wallace Death: Reactions From Colleagues, Friends

By The Huffington Post News Editors Apr 08th 2012 - 11:27PM

"He loved being Mike Wallace. He loved the fact that if he showed up for an interview, it made people nervous. ... He knew, and he knew that everybody else knew, that he was going to get to the truth. And that's what motivated him."–

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Background on cbs news

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes.

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