# Is this just a 60 Minutes publicity stunt? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291 "2014-11-11T00:28:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/1 "2014-11-11T00:28:20Z")
Lara Logan was in Liberia filming a segment on Ebola for _60 Minutes_. After the segment was recorded, Logan and her crew then entered what is described as a “voluntary quarantine” for two weeks. (It’s not clear whether this was Logan’s idea or the network’s.) They’re not in a hospital or other medical site: they’ve checked into a South African hotel and brought in video equipment so they can work on the segment (and so Logan can give interviews). So is there a legitimate health concern here or is this just a publicity stunt? I’ll admit my opinion tends towards the latter based on what I’ve heard so far. > **[Lara Logan in Ebola quarantine after Liberia trip](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/11/10/lara-logan-in-ebola-quarantine-after-liberia-trip/18817967/)** > > Lara Logan in Ebola quarantine after a reporting trip to Liberia for '60 Minutes.' ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/2 "2014-11-11T00:39:00Z")
Not clear, but I’m honestly not sure. Maybe they thought since they spent a good amount of time in Liberia, that it would be a good idea to go into self imposed quarantine. By the way on a side note, am I the only one who has noticed something different with Lara Logan’s face? She seems like she had some work done, not that I would kick her out of bed. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/3 "2014-11-11T00:47:26Z")
Doesn’t Ebola take 3 weeks before symptoms appear? A 2 week quarantine seems kind of pointless. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/4 "2014-11-11T01:43:14Z")
Three weeks is the maximum time to be sure there’s no infection, but cases often show up in less than two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/5 "2014-11-11T04:27:32Z")
I feel like Lara Logan’s career has been a publicity stunt. This is at least the 3rd time I’m aware of that SHE has been the story, but I couldn’t tell you any stories she has covered in which she is not part of the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/6 "2014-11-11T05:46:49Z")
Give the public what they want. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/7 "2014-11-11T06:10:53Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > Give the public what they want. I’m not sure where you’re going with this. What is it you’re saying the public wants here? ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/8 "2014-11-11T07:27:12Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > I feel like Lara Logan’s career has been a publicity stunt. This is at least the 3rd time I’m aware of that SHE has been the story, but I couldn’t tell you any stories she has covered in which she is not part of the subject. I don’t know what the third thing is, but the only other time I remember hearing the name “Lara Logan” was when she was attacked in Egypt. I’m not really clear on how being sexually assaulted by hundreds of men could be considered a “publicity stunt”. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/9 "2014-11-11T08:00:57Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > I don’t know what the third thing is, but the only other time I remember hearing the name “Lara Logan” was when she was attacked in Egypt. I’m assuming the time when Logan was suspended by CBS for using a discredited source is one of the occasions when she became the story. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/10 "2014-11-11T08:47:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m assuming the time when Logan was suspended by CBS for using a discredited source is one of the occasions when she became the story. Yes…the “Benghazi” exclusive that embarrassed CBS enough that they suspended her. Not for very long, but they yanked her off the air for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/11 "2014-11-11T08:51:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m not sure where you’re going with this. What is it you’re saying the public wants here? An insider’s perspective going through an Ebola quarantine. Staged or not, it will get the ratings. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/12 "2014-11-11T11:25:14Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > An insider’s perspective going through an Ebola quarantine. Staged or not, it will get the ratings. What’s there to see? “Day 4: Finished _Orange is the New Black_. Need to find a new show to watch.” “Day 11: Almost out of things to watch on Netflix. What is this _The 100_ crap and why did CW greenlight it?” “Day 14: Why, oh why, didn’t I spring for HBO? I could have caught up on _Game of Thrones_ instead of watching this crap on Netflix.” Yep, it would be riveting television. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/13 "2014-11-11T12:19:10Z")
Does it really count as a quarantine if they’re just in a hotel room? Presumably they’re coming in contact with people bringing them food/other supplies… ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/14 "2014-11-11T12:56:04Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Does it really count as a quarantine if they’re just in a hotel room? Presumably they’re coming in contact with people bringing them food/other supplies… It’s more than enough quarantine for ebola. I would guess the theory is to limit untraceable contact like you’d find in a crowd. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/15 "2014-11-11T14:30:44Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > I feel like Lara Logan’s career has been a publicity stunt. This is at least the 3rd time I’m aware of that SHE has been the story, but I couldn’t tell you any stories she has covered in which she is not part of the subject. Is this really a publicity stunt when the story was a pretty in-depth look at a makeshift hospital for Ebola patients and the “2 week quarantine” was nothing more than a verbal footnote by the presenter at the end of the story? It’s not like they took the camera with them and reported from the room. I get the feeling that they only mentioned it so they wouldn’t get all kinds of calls and emails from viewers calling them irresponsible for going there and not quarantining themselves afterward. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-just-a-60-minutes-publicity-stunt/704291/16 "2014-11-11T15:36:27Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > I don’t know what the third thing is, but the only other time I remember hearing the name “Lara Logan” was when she was attacked in Egypt. > > I’m not really clear on how being sexually assaulted by hundreds of men could be considered a “publicity stunt”. Right, what an attention whore!