Scary new details have emerged about the attack upon CBS News reporter Lara Logan in Tahrir Square in the hours that followed Hosni Mubarak‘s resignation as president of Egypt. The attack occurred at the hands of jubilant celebrators of the Egyptian Uprising that turned very ugly towards Logan and sent her to a U.S. hospital for five days. The report suggests that the reason behind the attack on Logan was in part reports that came from Egyptian state run media that claimed foreign journalists covering the Egyptian revolution were Israeli spies.

With violence in Egypt currently at the front of many people’s minds due to the horrific attack on CBS’ Lara Logan in Cairo, GQ‘s interview with Fox News correspondent Greg Palkot seems more relevant than ever.

Roughly two weeks ago, the upheaval in Egypt was at a critical juncture; the protesters in Tahrir Square were growing in both size and passion, and it appeared that Hosni Mubarak‘s term as the president of Egypt hanging in the balance. According to an overlooked Independent report by Robert Fisk from last week, we now know that Egyptian soldiers were ordered by the President to turn on the demonstrators, but disobeyed orders, effectively neutering Mubarak’s power and sealing his future as a former dictator.

Just like his Comedy Central compadre did in the half hour before him, last nightStephen Colbert addressed the many media theories surrounding the Egyptian revolution. Though as is often the case with Colbert, his analysis was served with a heaping dollop of pastiche and ironic detachment. Case in point his lauding of Glenn Beck (who espoused a connection between Code Pink, Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood) and “Papa Bear” Bill O’Reilly who gave Beck what for.

You may recall that Fox News reporter Greg Palkot was blindfolded and severely beaten along with video journalist Olaf Wiig while the two were covering the uprising in Cairo.

Although the two were quickly flown from Cairo to London for treatment, Palkot was seen briefly by an Egyptian orthopedist named Al-Moataz Bellah Youssef at Al- Demerdash hospital. As Palkot watched coverage of celebrations across Cairo, he received this email from the doctor.

The Egyptian revolts have brought out the passion in many of America’s journalists, but arguably in Anderson Cooper more than any other. The CNN star, who was physically attacked while on duty in Cairo by pro-Mubarak thugs, has been fast and loose with disparaging the regime in quite the deviation from his usual style. The LA Times counted up the amount of times Cooper used only one insult– “liars”– in one episode: 14.

We’ve heard quite a bit about the revolution in Egypt from American pundits covering the protests, the instances of violence against protesters and journalists, and, now, the celebrations blossoming across Cairo, but it’s also important to see how the revolution is expressed and experienced in the words of Egyptian themselves. …This was, after all, created and sustained as a revolution of words.

Oh, Leland Vittert. While he has the distinction of being one of the few American journalists left in Egypt at a time of great celebration, he has to deal with things like nearly being toppled onto the street by a crowd of cheering Egyptians and having rather cute little babies thrust in his direction.

President Barack Obama spoke to the world wide audience eager to hear what the leader of the free world had to say about the stunning events that occurred earlier today in Egypt. Obama noted the historic moment by opening his comments “There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place this is one of those moments this is one of those times.”

The visuals coming from Tahrir Square in response to Hosni Mubarak’s recent resignation have inspired the vast majority of U.S. media commentators to join in the celebration of freedom in Egypt and hope of a future democracy. But every rule has an exception, and in this instance, that would be Glenn Beck, who’s immediate reaction to the celebration in Cairo was “If this were going to lead to freedom it would be great. But I am struck by the overwhelming feeling of a growing evil that is palpable.â€�

Throngs of protesters in Tahrir Square erupted in joy as they have learned President Hosni Mubarak has relinquished his power according to a recent statement from Egyptian Vice President Omar Souleyman. Immediately, news commentators are calling this Egypt’s “Berlin Wall Moment”, indeed this is an unprecedented moment not just for Egypt, but for the Arab world as well.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper is in a position to offer a very unique take on the current events unfolding in Egypt right now. Not only was he in the chaotic streets of Cairo very recently, he also suffered some sort of beating by pro-Mubarak forces. Its from this position that his brutal criticism of embattled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

What to do with Egypt? This is the ridiculously oversimplified question of a very complex situation that’s on the minds of many in and around the White House right now. But according to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell and his guest Chris Hayes, the answer to that question appears to be split between two significant camps. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Bob Gates are supporting a slow and steady approach, while Obama’s national security advisers believe its time to support the people behind the regime change.

CIA Director Leon Panetta testified to Congress today of a “strong likelihood” that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would step down by the end of the day. The report of his impending resignation was only eclipsed by the news that Mubarak would NOT be stepping down as Panetta had indicated to congress. The worse part isn’t that Panetta was basing his statement on on media reports (and not intelligence.)

This weekend, Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei spoke with Fareed Zakaria about a number of topics pertaining to the ongoing uprising in Egypt, including what the immediate future will hold for the Egyptian government and for the country’s current president, Hosni Mubarak.

Glenn Beck‘s week-long explanation of the impending caliphate ready to strike Egypt has certainly struck a cord in the mainstream– left and right alike. The latest pundit to take a shot at him is the Weekly Standard‘s Bill Kristol, who, while expressing skepticism as to the ability of Egyptian protesters to non-violently enact change, is far more concerned with Beck’s “hysteria.”

Anderson Cooper has been through some tough spots throughout his career, but his latest foray into the Egyptian revolts last week proved to be the most dangerous for him so far, and after a brutal week of earnest but frustrating attempts at keeping up with the news, Cooper announced today on Twitter that he will be coming home.

Yesterday we asked whether or not Glenn Beck had any solutions to go along with his unsettling theories on the current upheaval in Egypt. Today, he gave them (don’t worry, we won’t take credit since today’s episode might have originally aired yesterday if Beck hadn’t been off Wednesday). But first, for some reason, he dressed up like a wizard or Moses or a Renaissance Faire guest or something. We didn’t ask for that but, if we knew it was an option, we totally would have.

President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper held a joint press conference today in which questions about the current upheaval in Egypt were front and center. The president chose his words carefully, but was rather stern in his assessment. “The future of Egypt is in the hands of Egyptians,” Obama stated, before turning to a more austere tone, adding “Going back to the old ways is not going to work, suppression is not going to work. Engaging in violence is not going to work.”

Chris Matthews popped in on the Morning Joe gang today to discuss Michele Bachmann the crisis in Egypt.

Host Joe Scarborough asked about the sort of message it sends to our other allies in the region that the U.S. is treating an ally of 30 years like a problem and demanding that Hosni Mubarak leave Egypt immediately.

The criticism that those in media are little more than a gaggle of self-absorbed nitwits eager to overshadow a story ain’t nothing new, but to have someone with the knowledge and background of The New Republic‘s editor emeritus, Marty Peretz, says so is, well. Particularly noteworthy.

Peretz appeared on Piers Morgan‘s show to discuss the uprising in Egypt and what implications it might have for Israel, and decided to offer his personal take on how the crisis is being covered.

ABC has put together a list of all the journalists – American and otherwise – who have faced intimidation, threats or detainment while covering the ongoing protests in Egypt. The list, on ABC World News’ Tumblr, is updated as additional news trickles in.

Amid the reports of journalists getting detained, threatened and even beaten while covering the Egyptian uprising, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh rhetorically asked “how are we supposed to feel?” What followed was a remarkably unseemly display of disregard for reporters who have put themselves in danger. “Was he kidding?” This was the question asked by Lawrence O’Donnell, who added, “you never really know with Rush”

Shahira Amin was a deputy head and a senior correspondent for Nile TV — a government-owned channel — until yesterday that is, when she quit her job in protest over claims that she was directed to deliver propaganda from the Egyptian government. Amin reportedly said on the air, “I refuse to be a hypocrite. I feel liberated.”

The situation is Egypt has gotten so dire and so dangerous that many foreign journalists have been forced to leave Cairo amidst increasingly threatening and violent behavior from pro-Hosni Mubarak groups thought to have been hired by the government to intimidate the opposition and the media – counter-intuitive as this may seem for their cause.

Many of the protesters who have been advocating that Mubarak step down have decided to turn the tables on these groups, and have now taken to creating makeshift interrogation rooms in an attempt to bring these so-called “thugs” to justice.