'US Reporters Say Networks Put Wars On Back Burner', The New York Times, 23 June 2008
EXCERPT: "Getting a story on the evening news isn’t easy for any correspondent. And for reporters in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is especially hard, according to Lara Logan, the chief foreign correspondent for CBS News. So she has devised a solution when she is talking to the network. 'Generally what I say is, 'I’m holding the armor-piercing R.P.G.,'' she said last week in an appearance on 'The Daily Show,' referring to the initials for rocket-propelled grenade. 'It’s aimed at the bureau chief, and if you don’t put my story on the air, I’m going to pull the trigger.' Ms. Logan let a sly just-kidding smile sneak through as she spoke, but her point was serious. Five years into the war in Iraq and nearly seven years into the war in Afghanistan, getting news of the conflicts onto television is harder than ever."
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