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The thread focuses on controversy around a CBS News reporter’s Ebola coverage—specifically criticism that she reported from Liberia without interviewing any Liberians and that her team self-quarantined afterward in a South African hotel. The post also raises questions about whether quarantining without Ebola exposure/without interviewing patients makes sense, noting that none of the quarantined CBS employees showed symptoms. Overall sentiment in the discussion is skeptical and outraged at how the reporting and quarantine decisions were handled.
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CBS News reporter Lara Logan made waves after going to Liberia to film a story on the Ebola epidemic but not interviewing a single Liberian, who were ignored for American experts.
Despite not contacting any Ebola patients, Logan and her crew "self-quarantined" themselves in a luxury hotel in South Africa. Neither the reporter nor the four other quarantined CBS employees have shown any symptoms of Ebola, the deadly virus that has killed nearly 5,000 people in West Africa.
"We wanted to try, as much as possible, to minimize our exposure to anybody while we still had to get our piece done," Logan said in a web interview with ‘60 Minutes Overtime’. "We were very mindful of the fact that this 21-day period after you've been in an Ebola-affected country is very important to everyone
http://rt.com/usa/204523-logan-ebola-quarantine-africa/
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