Posted on 02/16/2011 8:36:49 AM PST by Steely Tom
Be careful what you say, especially in the heat of the moment, on Twitter.
As you may recall, immediately following the shootings in Tucson last month, some liberals were quick to blame Sarah Palin for the tragedy. Now, a liberal journalist is taking heat for offensive Tweets he sent immediately following news of the brutal sexual assault suffered by CBS reporter Lara Logan in Egypt.
As the news was breaking, Nir Rosen, a journalist and NYU fellow, Tweeted several disturbing remarks, including:
"Jesus Christ, at a moment when she is going to become a martyr and glorified we should at least remember her role as a major war monger" and "Look, she was probably groped like thousands of other women."
Conservatives on Twitter captured screen shots of the offensive remarks, which came in handy after Rosen issued a partial apology and removed some of the comments.
Now, National Review's Jim Geraghty reports that NYU has accepted Rosen's resignation:
From Karen J. Greenberg, Executive Director, Center on Law and Security
Nir Rosen is always provocative, but he crossed the line yesterday with his comments about Lara Logan. I am deeply distressed by what he wrote about Ms. Logan and strongly denounce his comments. They were cruel and insensitive and completely unacceptable. Mr. Rosen tells me that he misunderstood the severity of the attack on her in Cairo. He has apologized, withdrawn his remarks, and submitted his resignation as a fellow, which I have accepted. However, this in no way compensates for the harm his comments have inflicted. We are all horrified by what happened to Ms. Logan, and our thoughts are with her during this difficult time.
Couldn’t have happened to a better atheist-leftist dirtbag.
The guy is a real POS. My guess is he will secretly be rehired. What scum.
What a putz.
At the risk of being insensitive, is it possible to point out the arrogance of western female journalists intentionally putting themselves in harm’s way in rioting third world countries under the assumption they will have the same rights and protection there as they would in the USA they commonly deride?
Not that walking into an American riot is necessarily the safest thing in the world.
I’m a high school drop out and I have more sense than this idiot.
Ward Churchill gets fired, this guy’s career is now off-track, is this a trend?
Well the 6 Pro-Obama TV networks are just as bad as journalists wanting to be in the action. This woman never should have been there. O’Reilly’s ranting against “birthers” is more evidence that Prince Al Waleed’s Fox is no better than the rest.
This woman should have never been there. It is dangerous enough for a man but an attractive woman or any woman. Send Helen Thomas.
Lara Logan’s ordeal clearly demonstrates that we are dealing with 7th century savages with the complicity of fellow left-wing travelers.
A good many of these “demonstrators” sincerely believe any woman walking around not in a burka is by definition “asking for it,” and they are serving Allah by seeing she gets it.
I wonder to what extent a refusal to accept this “stereotype” contributed to this terrible thing.
American mobs have done some terrible things, but just offhand I don’t recall any mass rapes.
What happened to the CBS reporterette seems to be some kind of media secret. Why so little coverage (said the FReeper, knowing full-well that the media spikes any story that could reflect bad on President Ego)?
It’s hillarious when this happens to a moonbat. “That isn’t who I really am...I’m the caring feeling guy...everyone knows how sensitive I am...look at my record of support for every oppressed group out there and even some who are not yet oppressed”. They just melt down.
Interview December 02, 2009 democracynow. Nir Rosen: “We Managed to Make the Taliban Look Good” “If we’re talking about al-Qaeda and the whole reason for why we’re in Afghanistan allegedly is this threat from al-Qaeda, which has been severely exaggerated, then at least understand their motives. The chief motives are the Indian occupation of Kashmir, the Israeli—American-backed Israeli occupation of Palestine.” “Be perceived as a fair player in the Middle East and the Muslim world. Stop killing Muslims, and Muslims will not want to kill you. It’s really very easy.”
CBS was going to keep it secret but other reporters heard about it and were going to report it.
Don’t feel bad,I think Edison was a drop-out too.
Seems more IGNORANT than Arrogant...like over 1/2 the voters in this country.
Well I agree she never should have been there but I don’t think the punishment for reporting on the middle east riots should be gang rape either. That being said her bureau chief should have known better than to let her get in that spot. Its not like she has black hair and a dark tan. Talk about standing out in a crowd.
I don’t feel bad at all. I got plenty of schooling on the farm and in the fields when I was growing up.
I had the last of the decent teachers as well which helps.
Poor Lara is just another sacrifice at the Multiculturalism alter that the leftists seem willing to make.
I love it when leftists eat their own over envy.
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