Cancel Culture: Even Fox News Doesn't Defend Lara Logan's Right To Free Speech

Written By BlabberBuzz | Wednesday, 19 January 2022 11:45 PM
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Lara Logan has been dropped by United Talent Agency over her November comments comparing Dr. Anthony Fauci to the Nazi "Angel of Death," Josef Mengele.

Seth Oster, chief communications officer for UTA, confirmed to Mediaite that the agency cut ties with Logan several weeks ago.

Logan was fired for her "highly offensive" and "unacceptable" remarks, which sparked outrage within the agency, a source told Mediaite.

South African-born Logan, 50, angered many with her November 29 appearance on Fox News, with the Conservative network now scrubbing her from its broadcasts.

And last week, she told a podcaster that she doesn't know whether her relationship with the Murdoch-owned media giant will stay intact.

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Host Pete Hegseth, a known criticizer of the Coronavirus vaccine mandates and masking policies, blamed the Biden Administration for overhyping Omicron.

"There's no justification for putting people out of their jobs or forcing mandates for a disease that's ultimately very treatable, it's cheap to treat, medicines are available all over the world, and it has death rates that compare very much to seasonal flu," Logan announced.

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"In that moment, what you see on Dr. Fauci, what people say to me, is that he doesn't represent science to them. "

"He represents Josef Mengele – the Nazi doctor who did experiments on Jews during the Second World War and in the concentration camps."

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Logan continued: "I'm talking about people all across the world who are saying this."

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The remarks ignited immediate backlash from the Anti-Defamation League and American Jewish Committee - both asking apologies from the firebrand journalist.

Fox has remained silent amid the controversy, while Logan stood by her remarks, going as far as to promote attacks on the Auschwitz Museum for denouncing her Nazi analogy.

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Logan was previously a widely-respected journalist who joined CBS News in 2002, winning praise for her coverage in war zones including Afghanistan and Iraq.

Logan used to work as a reporter for CBS News' 60 Minutes, and was chief foreign correspondent and later chief foreign affairs correspondent for their news division until 2018.

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In 2011, she was beaten and sexually attacked by a mob while working in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Logan left CBS News after her tenure at the network was marred by a faulty report regarding the 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya — a retracted story for which she apologized.

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In November 2019, Fox declared that she would produce 16 investigative episodes of a new show, Lara Logan Has No Agenda, focused on four subjects: media bias, immigration, socialism, and veterans.

Her episodes have not aired since her remarks about Fauci, though she tweeted a link to the second episode of a story regarding Nigeria on Monday. The episode first aired on the streaming service on September 27.

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