Just arriving from NYU:
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 He has apologized, withdrawn his remarks, and submitted his resignation as a fellow, which I have accepted.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.
Yesterday I predicted, with some cynicism, some sweeping of this under the rug, so I applaud NYU’s Center on Law and Security for taking this seriously. I believe in the First Amendment and the need to forgive the occasional stupid, thoughtless, or insensitive comment; everyone makes one sooner or later. But there was something profoundly disturbing in Rosen’s complete inability to sympathize with the awful ordeal of Ms. Logan and the fact that when others recoiled at his comments, he kept digging in deeper.
Thank you for this...
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseGlad to see some justice being done...I had hoped that this sort of moral idiocy would be confined to well-established low-lifes like Rosen, but apparently Debbie Schussel also used this crime to push her pet theories at the expense of Ms. Logan. In her update, she weirdly keeps insisting that only "the left" has a problem with what she wrote. What is it about these gollum-types infesting the media?
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Mr. Rosen tells me that he misunderstood the severity of the attack on her in Cairo."
Yeah, well I call B.S. on that, but good news NYU accepted his resignation. Good work Jim reporting on this story. God bless Ms. Logan and her family.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI will never forget his comments nor will any other woman who was unfortunate enough to read them. He wishes us to believe he was "joking," which would be equally as disturbing in my view. I hope he learns a hard, yet valuable lesson about compassion because of this...and maybe he needs to spend some time in a few battered womens' shelters to garner additional perspective on crimes against women. All wars are not fought by uniformed soldiers, sir.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThank you to all who acted so quickly to hold him responsible.
My thoughts and support are with Lara Logan. Doing your job should never have had such a devastating cost.