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lame54

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Tue Nov 12, 2013, 04:41 PM Nov 2013

Lara Logan Married To Bush Propagandist [View all]

http://crooksandliars.com/diane-sweet/lara-logans-spouse-paid-propagandist

Gawker:

Many people know that in 2008 Logan married Joseph W. Burkett, a defense contractor she met while stationed in Baghdad to cover the Iraq War for CBS News. Logan and Burkett were both married to other people when they became involved, and the story of their war-zone love affair—complete with reports of a brawl between Burkett and CNN's Michael Ware, another rival for Logan's affections—lit up the tabloids at the time.

"What most people don’t know, however, is the nature of Burkett’s work in Iraq. He was an employee of the Lincoln Group, a now-shuttered “strategic communications and public relations firm” hired by the Department of Defense in 2005 to plant positive stories written by American soldiers in Baghdad newspapers during the Iraq War.

“He did information operations,” one former colleague of Burkett's told Gawker. “It was really spooky stuff. We worked with one of those special spooky IO outfits that didn’t even have a unit patch.” It's the kind of work for which a close relationship with an American network correspondent might come in handy.

And it paid handsomely. Under an “indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract,” the Pentagon promised the Lincoln Group up to $100,000,000 to assist the military’s Joint Psychological Operations with controlling local media coverage of the American occupation. The Lincoln Group later became the target of congressional and Defense Department investigators over its handling of U.S. cash and its propaganda tactics."

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Very interesting. Tarheel_Dem Nov 2013 #1
Disgusting billhicks76 Nov 2013 #45
Exactly! And they all seem to be! tavernier Nov 2013 #64
Nepotism billhicks76 Nov 2013 #80
Hoodwinked billhicks76 Nov 2013 #81
Adding: tavernier Nov 2013 #82
Wow. Didn't know that one billhicks76 Nov 2013 #84
Fire her! Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #2
Yup. 2naSalit Nov 2013 #5
please send a comment here: rhett o rick Nov 2013 #22
Post removed Post removed Nov 2013 #29
This gossip was out there, not in the MSM of course, but Cleita Nov 2013 #3
plus, the world of elite journos is small - they knew *who* she is and who she's married to nashville_brook Nov 2013 #39
I don't think you need to wonder. Cleita Nov 2013 #44
exactly +1 ^^^ 2banon Nov 2013 #79
I've never thought of the Repubs as having much imagination Frustratedlady Nov 2013 #4
A thought... 2naSalit Nov 2013 #7
That crossed my mind, as well... Frustratedlady Nov 2013 #10
I don't think those 2naSalit Nov 2013 #47
More like "undressed to the nines" if you consider the tight dresses calimary Nov 2013 #66
Agree! Would such a "pretty face" lie to us.. damn right she would! mountain grammy Nov 2013 #65
If not for her accent..she'd be "Fox-worthy" SoCalDem Nov 2013 #83
Well, your hint narrows it down to a republican... FiveGoodMen Nov 2013 #27
Liar Logan. Iggo Nov 2013 #6
+1! nt arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #9
Laura Psy-ops Logan NBachers Nov 2013 #46
Lincoln Group MinM Nov 2013 #55
The Lincoln group was and is very interesting Botany Nov 2013 #60
Verrrry interesting, indeed.... Tanuki Nov 2013 #62
This could help explain the Mary Matalin connection starroute Nov 2013 #70
K&R avaistheone1 Nov 2013 #50
CRAPAGANDA from The Lincoln Group Octafish Nov 2013 #8
Money trumps everything pscot Nov 2013 #11
It really must. Octafish Nov 2013 #13
Bush thought he was being really profound tina tron Nov 2013 #43
welcome to DU! grasswire Nov 2013 #77
This "lincoln group" that Logan married into is a right-wing propaganda catapult Berlum Nov 2013 #53
A hundred million dollars? Fuck these people alcibiades_mystery Nov 2013 #12
Plus all they could steal. zeemike Nov 2013 #20
There you have it. Her brain has been eaten by right-wing ZombieBaggers (R) Berlum Nov 2013 #14
"Smirk." - Mary Matalin (R - Mistress of Disinformation) Berlum Nov 2013 #15
"Sneer." - ZombiNewt (R - StratEVIList) Berlum Nov 2013 #16
Zombie Newt will surely give me nightmares when I go to bed tonight. bullwinkle428 Nov 2013 #17
So sorry. But we all have to protect OUR BRAINS in these times, and it's better to KNOW Berlum Nov 2013 #18
She benefits from the family business of RW propaganda. Festivito Nov 2013 #25
Ick. Yuck. The bride and groom. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2013 #19
MegaMillions $ for "Joint Psychological Operations" WTF? Berlum Nov 2013 #21
It's all coming out..... DeSwiss Nov 2013 #23
Fire her for the incompetent reporter she is, fire her boss and producer of the segment, call.... marble falls Nov 2013 #24
great idea maindawg Nov 2013 #32
The CBS of my youth no longer exists... dawnie51 Nov 2013 #26
welcome...and you are so right. BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2013 #30
She sure crapped on the brand. calimary Nov 2013 #49
Severeid he was one of the good ones Botany Nov 2013 #58
The plot thickens...knr joeybee12 Nov 2013 #28
There must be a couple reasons why they are not firing her. MyNameGoesHere Nov 2013 #31
So was it about her that the phrase Cleita Nov 2013 #34
Yes..As an Australian, I echo your sentiments tit-for-tot. BlueJazz Nov 2013 #36
I'm sure there are plenty more just like that IronLionZion Nov 2013 #52
not much of an apology... lame54 Nov 2013 #68
what a shit head get out of journalism!!! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #33
Lincoln Group rdharma Nov 2013 #35
That is why she's there at CBS and won't be fired. The MIC owns CBS. freshwest Nov 2013 #37
Hooboy. KNR. DirkGently Nov 2013 #38
Imagine that.............nt Enthusiast Nov 2013 #40
That is sickening and infuriating. nt rivegauche Nov 2013 #41
K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2013 #42
When Mike Malloy worked at CNN.. zentrum Nov 2013 #48
Thank you for that insightful post. Major Hogwash Nov 2013 #56
She has always sounded like a spokesperson for the MIC. avaistheone1 Nov 2013 #51
Well that explains a few things. nt TBF Nov 2013 #54
It sure explains how she happened to be the only journalist from an American network Tanuki Nov 2013 #61
The ubiquitous common denominators DemoTex Nov 2013 #57
Don't Blame Her Entirely yellowwoodII Nov 2013 #59
She is a pro-war NEOCON.. adavid Nov 2013 #63
The media is becoming the enemy of the people.. mountain grammy Nov 2013 #67
^^ this ^^ nt TBF Nov 2013 #69
Yup. ctsnowman Nov 2013 #73
It was all Obama's doing... SoapBox Nov 2013 #71
K & R Scurrilous Nov 2013 #72
Logan is a professional liar, a propagandist prostitute. May she come face 2 face w/her ugly soul! hue Nov 2013 #74
Holy Cow Peacetrain Nov 2013 #75
How much of her history has she lied about? Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #76
Lots of good info in this thread -- thanks, pals! grasswire Nov 2013 #78
Bingo! Frustratedlady Nov 2013 #85
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