Why Was Lara Logan's Photo Altered On Anderson Cooper 360?

The LA Times‘ Scott Collins noticed something odd about last night’s broadcast of Anderson Cooper 360. Namely, that the show inexplicably decided to blur the faces of Egyptian men surrounding Lara Logan, in a photo shot moments before she was sexually assaulted.

The photo was provided by CBS and made widely available to news organizations via the Associated Press. Many outlets used it to illustrate stories about Logan.

CNN, however, chose to blur the faces of the men in the background.

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