Anderson Cooper took journalist Nir Rosen to task last night for his inappropriate tweets about CBS chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan, who was attacked and sexually assaulted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the chaotic celebration following Hosni Mubarak’s resignation.Rosen tweeted a series of offensive statements about Logan after CBS posted a brief statement about her assault. In his first tweet, he suggested she was trying to “outdo” Anderson Cooper, who was also beaten during protests. After receiving instant flack for his comment, he inserted his foot further into his mouth, tweeting “yes yes its wrong what happened to her. of course. i don’t support that. but, it would have been funny if it happened to Cooper too.”
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