It was Lara Logan‘s mother who pointed out one small sliver of a bright side after the CBS Chief Foreign Affairs and “60 Minutes” correspondent survived a brutal beating and sexual assault in Egypt in February. On Monday night, Logan talked about the incident, but also the nice things her industry peers had to say about her after the attack.
“I had no idea until Egypt happened that there were so many colleagues that were interested in the work that I do and respect it, because you get used to covering your back in this business,” Logan told host Marvin Kalb at a taping of “The Kalb Report” at the National Press Club. “As my mother said, ‘people don’t usually say those nice things about you until you’re dead…you’re kind of lucky,’ and I said, ‘it’s funny, I’m not feeling so lucky right now.'”
