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‘60 Minutes’ reporter caught in sex scandal?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The Net is abuzz with racy reports about “60 Minutes” star Lara Logan, who allegedly had a heated affair while on assignment in Baghdad.
According to sites like the New York Post and Gawker as well as a major spread in the National Enquirer, the CBS correspondent is accused of breaking up the marriage of civilian contractor Joe Burkett, whose wife works for the U.S. Embassy.
The former swimsuit model also allegedly had an affair with CNN war reporter Michael Ware, who reportedly got into a physical altercation with Burkett. SEE PHOTOS OF WARE AND LOGAN
According to the reports, Logan, 37, said that Burkett and his wife were separated before their involvement and Ware was a one-night stand. She reportedly also denied the fight between the two men ever happened.
Comments
By JW
June 26, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this
COOL!
Maybe she could end the whole Iraq ‘affair’!
By Danny O
June 26, 2008 6:40 PM | Link to this
JW: Funniest thing I’ve read all week!
By Homer Formby
June 26, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this
Gives new meaning to “60 Minutes.” Now that’s what I’m talking about.
By JJ
June 26, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this
She will get a temp job for Playboy until her lawsuit od sexual discrimination makes her millions.
By are you kidding
June 26, 2008 10:06 PM | Link to this
hey AJC instead of posting soft porn how about making your classifieds more customer friendly, your web site easier to navigate and your content more substantive? or would that make too much sense
By hjay
June 26, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this
Laura is a hottie and an excellent reporter to boot. I’d fight for her anytime.
By The Grinch
June 26, 2008 11:19 PM | Link to this
At the end of the day, hotties are always more entertaining than the news. If you can combine the two…
By Frank
June 26, 2008 11:41 PM | Link to this
She slept with Michael Ware??
How embarrassing!!!
By AfroDawg
June 26, 2008 11:59 PM | Link to this
So have they released the name of her pimp?
By Dave The Wave
June 27, 2008 2:16 AM | Link to this
Now That is a war correspondent!
By L. Boogie
June 27, 2008 7:00 AM | Link to this
LOL @ Frank! “she slept with Michael Ware”….LMAO!!! That dude seems like he always needs a shower!!
By Bell Curve
June 27, 2008 7:45 AM | Link to this
War is hell.
By DCH
June 27, 2008 7:59 AM | Link to this
Make Love not war!!
By bdawg
June 27, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this
I’m sorry I don’t see the news value in this at all. I realize Ms. Logan may be a public person, that still doesn’t give the right to these media outlets to invade her privacy. How would the AJC like it if a competitor wrote articles about the sex lives of AJC staff? I will admit I looked at the photo gallery, Laura Logan is hot. I’m sure she is a moral boost to our troops when she is around.
By Dunken
June 27, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this
Now that’s sleeping with the enemy. ;-)
By reebok
June 27, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this
Hilarious…”it was only a one-night stand” is now considered an ethical defense against adultery…married men everwhere are rejoicing!
By font1
June 27, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
I think the bigger story is that these correspondents and civilians, as well as the military members over there are starved for affection. You can only take so much sand,heat and covered-up women! It didn’t matter if she was a loose-tooth granny. She had what they wanted and they decided to fight for it.
By ????
June 27, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this
After reading this news story.
Why is this incident so news worthy??? I mean there are a lot of other things going on in this world.
By trill
June 27, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
Yeah lets hook her up with some Al Qaeda leaders and see if that doesn’t ease the tension. They don’t know about these American women…Freaks!!!
By UGA72
June 27, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this
I have always thought Lora Logan was a good reporter and a very hot woman. I still do. Until I read something to change my mind, I will believe that her relationship with Burkett occurred after the couple had separated. In most quarter, dating during that period is viewed as being acceptable. Give the girl a break. She doesn’t deserve this kind of finger-wagging gossip when there is much more to report.
By Becky
June 27, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this
She wanted, he wanted..So what’s the big deal?
By Billy
June 27, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
Ain’t a man alive that could have said “NO” to a woman that looks like that. Even the Pope started sweating after looking through those pics…
By DHD
June 27, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
Becky…you have summed up the problem with American society today. Good job!! It’s all about what “I” want.
By DHD
June 27, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
Becky…you have summed up the problem with American society today. Good job!! It’s all about what “I” want.
By Grace
June 27, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
This is actually very common. This is only news cause Lara is a journalist. I knew a woman in the Army who came home from the Gulf war pregnant by a married soldier. The military is one of the few places where men out number women. Then you add to the fact that they are overseas without family for such a long period of time. Recipe for disaster.
Now, getting back to Lara. Why is she the only one getting bad press? What about the man involved? He was the one with the wife. I wonder did the wife know she was suppose to be separated? You know the wives are always the last to find out.
By Amy Ray
June 27, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
Yeah, she’s hot.
By TampaGator
June 27, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
Gives new meaning to “chief of foreign affairs” for CBS, which now stands for “corresponding boy situation!”
By Racine
June 27, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this
Nice body—but fake boobs don’t do a lot for me. I like the real thing. I’d do her anyway, especially in Iraq, where all the chicks are wearing burqas.
By Bob
June 27, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
Do us all a favor… but Lara on the nightly news instead of Katie.
By bonzo
June 27, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this
talk about being an embedded correspondent
By Billy
June 27, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this
Everyone who thinks fake boobs are a deal breaker, raise there hands. One, two….that’s about it.
Now, everyone who don’t give a rat’s behind if they are fake or not, raise there hands. One hundred, two hundred, three thousand….OK, quit counting…..
By bonzo
June 27, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this
the ultimate in “embedded” correspondents, the lass is
By Cougar Lover
June 27, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this
That lady is totally smokin’. I hope I never have to be in a situation where I have to say yes or no to a lady that looks like THAT!
By Bob
June 27, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this
I don’t think I could last 60 minutes with her……
By Becky
June 27, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this
DHD, if they were both consenting adults, why does that sum up all of American society? If one of them was married at the time, I feel that that is between them & God, not them & me..
By Randy
June 27, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
Man for the days when I’d view a 37-year-old as a cougar. As of now, she’s just a babe who’s nine years younger than me. Actually, dude, why would you want to never been in a position to say no to her? Yes is the correct answer every time, even if your grandma and preacher are in the room.
By Matt
June 27, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this
She had to be very desperate to sleep with Michael Ware. I mean, I know we’re at war and all, but it’s never that serious to give it to Michael Ware. LOL!
By Bill Reilly
June 27, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this
A tryst in Iraq…..is newsworthy in Atlanta?…..the AJC’s reporting continues to go to hell in a handbasket….this is the kind of news I expect to see on the front page of a hollywood rag in the checkout line at the grocery store….Pulitzer Prize winning stuff!
By john
June 27, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this
CBS is waining in the ratings. They had to create a story to get noticed anymore. If Katie can’t do it then Lara can is the philosophy. A little controversy never hurt anyone is the creedo.
By Englebert
June 27, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
Is this ajc.com or tmz.com?
By T
June 27, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this
lol
By Dave in Marietta
June 27, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this
This has all the earmarks of a bad Fox sitcom. Oh wait, all Fox sitcoms are bad.
By Ralph McGill
June 27, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this
Stooping to quote tabloids and such is a new low for the AJC.
By Albert
June 27, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this
It’s a shame that the headlines of a sleazy tabloid like the National Enquirer are given so much credibility.
I wouldn’t believe them or the New York Post for a second.
Remember, celebrities have sued the Enquirer for printing totally untrue stories - and won.
By chas
June 27, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this
She looks like the results of a one nightstand between a snake and a muppet baby…hottie I cannot see that!
By Mike
June 27, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this
Chaz….you’re kidding, right? You need to reboot the laptop because something is definately wrong with your scrren….
By glenn
June 27, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this
” The wife of Burkett, a US Embassy worker, claims the sultry 37-year-old correspondent seduced him while bullets flew overhead. “
Poor b******* never stood a chance
By Eddie
June 27, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this
War is hell when a guy like Michael Ware can pull Lara Logan. Ware looks drunk when he giving his reports on CNN.
By Eddie
June 27, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this
War is hell when a guy like Michael Ware can pull Lara Logan. Ware looks drunk when he giving his reports on CNN.
By Maxx
June 27, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this
Dang man she is fine! I’d be breaking up my marriage for her too!
By van skyy
June 27, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this
Hey lady, find a husband for God sakes. People are dieing and starving there..Who gives a damn who you’re chasing..Just love todays modern media mavens…
By oblacka is muslim
June 27, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this
Why are s** women news? They’re not uncommon. Things in Iraq must really be going well for this to be news! I can’t understand why white wedding gowns are still so popular!
By michael
June 27, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this
Lara just made 60 Minutes even more interesting!! Definitely an “embedded” or should I say an “inbedded” correspondent.
By Mitchell
June 27, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this
Lara Logan is a very couragous and determined reporter. She doesn’t do soft news and I have a great deal of respect for her. She is also smoking hot and I am in love with her. She needs to get out of Iraq and start being a model again. Damn.
By Jack
June 27, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this
Damn she’s a hottie!!
By Jabo
June 27, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this
Not that’s what I can an “embed.”
By Kim
June 27, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this
Lara is married to my husband’s cousin- we have not heard anything about them splitting up. This might not be true. I have not met her, but people who have say she is nice.
By wow
June 27, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this
ajc is a sick paper, Cox Communication must be in a DAZE…poor journalism in all their sex stories
By Les Horn
June 30, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this
This is great. Sex and Money. Is this why we are in IRAQ?
By Joe Phillips
August 20, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this
I have information on the Joe Burkett that relates to his wife Kimberly Burkett