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Fox News’ Greg Palkot, Blindfolded And Beaten In Egypt, Gives First Interview Today

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As previously reported, Fox News journalists Greg Palkot and video journalist Olaf Wiig suffered serious injuries after being detained by military police in Egypt, blindfolded and accused of being Israeli spies. Now Mediaite exclusively learned that Palkot and Wiig gave an on air interview to John Roberts in London today, their first interview since they were severely attacked. Parts of the interview will air during Fox News’ America’s Newsroom tomorrow around 10am, and then throughout the day.

Furthermore, Mediaite discovered that Palkot and Wiig were flown from Cairo to London via a Medivac (a flying hospital jet) on Friday and were taken straight to a hospital in London, where they stayed and weren’t released until Saturday afternoon. Today, for the first time, they felt well enough to speak out and tell their story. With many American media outlets fearing for the safety of their reporters in Egypt, and with Fox News’ own reporters still reporting from Cairo, the interview with Palkot and Wiig will certainly shed light about what types of dangers reporters should be concerned with moving forward.

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  • tatboy

    No, no, no… this story is CLEARLY wrong. As many on the left have stated Fox News doesn’t HAVE any international reporters… Oh except for Palkot. Oh he’s gone and they still have reporters in Cairo??? UhUhUh…Mediaite is a tool of Fox News!!! It’s all a right wing conspiracy!!! Fox News is LIES!!! FUX News!!! Faux News!!! News for dumb Fux!!! OLBERMANN RULZ, FOX DROOLZ!!!

  • tatboy

    Oh ya and… TEABA@@ERS!!! TEABA@@ERS!!! TEABA@@ERS!!!

  • AngelPeters

    Wow. Journalists for all outlets have been targeted and all tatboy can do is post jr high jibberish? Sorry to hear that you are taking this angle of the sorry so light-heartedly. But I guess I am not really surprised.

  • ndanielson

    AngelPeters said:
    Wow. Journalists for all outlets have been targeted and all tatboy can do is post jr high jibberish? Sorry to hear that you are taking this angle of the sorry so light-heartedly. But I guess I am not really surprised.

    Brace yourself for the sympathetic outpouring of the left that is sure to show up, Angel.

  • ndanielson

    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142158

    Where are the women’s rights groups?

  • lazzzlo

    When we comment on reporters or anchors interjecting themselves into a story shouldn’t we also look at the producers?

    Because, quite frankly, a generic anchor/reporter doesn’t have the technical know-how to co-ordinate a camera crew and translate their data feed to a satellite uplink.

    Twitter and Google were the real winners here. Google setting up voice to text to bypass the shutdown ISPs was awesome.

    The “pretty faces” should know that they are in harms way and should broadcast remotely. Use the stringers.

    I’m very happy that nobody got hurt…If you want to go into a fight…you may get hurt <—that is reality.

  • screwauger

    whatever. Can we agree this is not the story. Could we focus on Egypt or the USA or something besides to poor poor folks that ran into the chaos in hopes for” viewership.”

    What is the LEFT hand of our regime doing while we all debate the shock and awe of people being beaten in a land where anyone with any brains was leaving!

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Progressive Democrats have issued a statement regarding the Palkot incident:

    “Obviously, he is a Racist!”

    Isn’t that always the Democrats’ First Argument?

  • libra blue

    Great interview by John Roberts. I knew Greg and Olaf had been severely injured, but seeing the extent of those injuries was still shocking. Glad to see that they are both out of hospital and on the mend. I have to wonder if these beatings will have any affect on their reporting in the future. Will it make them apprehensive about covering dangerous stories?

    Anderson will be on Piers Morgan’s show tomorrow, maybe he will show viewers his injuries. They can’t be too severe since he was working out at the gym on Saturday and Sunday. I’ll be interested to see what the CNN censors will allow Morgan to ask him.

  • wasjustsayin

    libra blue said:
    Great interview by John Roberts. I knew Greg and Olaf had been severely injured, but seeing the extent of those injuries was still shocking. Glad to see that they are both out of hospital and on the mend. I have to wonder if these beatings will have any affect on their reporting in the future. Will it make them apprehensive about covering dangerous stories?

    Anderson will be on Piers Morgan’s show tomorrow, maybe he will show viewers his injuries. They can’t be too severe since he was working out at the gym on Saturday and Sunday. I’ll be interested to see what the CNN censors will allow Morgan to ask him.

    At least now you can’t ever tell me, or anyone else, that you don’t have a sick obsession with Anderson Cooper. How would you know whether he was at the gym on the weekends? Hopefully Anderson has sufficient security to keep bozos like you away from him…you seem mentally unstable. Seek some help or something.

  • libra blue

    @wasjustsayin, “How would you know whether he was at the gym on the weekends?”

    Why don’t you ask the guys who tweeted it on AC’s Twitter page. Anyone who read it knows about it. You didn’t even mention Wiig and Palkot in your comment. Looks like you are the kook.

    Maybe you should take some of your own advice.

  • Leftist Asshat

    Those aren’t real bruises and real stitches just like Faux isn’t a real news company!

    Now Anderson Cooper…he took some real punches just like a real man!

  • StewartIII
  • X-3

    Journalists have been going into harm’s way since they started doing business–that’s where the news is. I’m glad they reported what the could and happier still that they made it out of harm’s way. Unlike those reporters who stay “in the rear with the gear,” these men (and many others) put themselves at risk to bring us the truth.

  • Gasket

    X-3 said:
    Journalists have been going into harm’s way since they started doing business–that’s where the news is. I’m glad they reported what the could and happier still that they made it out of harm’s way. Unlike those reporters who stay “in the rear with the gear,” these men (and many others) put themselves at risk to bring us the truth.

    Maybe you should tell that to your CONservative morons who were actually applauding and/or apathetic towards what was happening towards journalists in Egypt. Start with Lush Limpballs and the blowhards on here who were saying that these journalists were injecting themselves into the story (look at the Cooper thread.) I am looking forward to reading those snide comments (directed towards AC) about Palkot. NOT!

    Like I said in the other thread 2 days ago about Palkot — stay SAFE! Quick recovery to all the injured journalists during the Egyptian upheaval and we should be (ALL) grateful for their work in the face of danger.

  • Nacho

    tatboy said:
    No, no, no… this story is CLEARLY wrong. As many on the left have stated Fox News doesn’t HAVE any international reporters… Oh except for Palkot. Oh he’s gone and they still have reporters in Cairo??? UhUhUh…Mediaite is a tool of Fox News!!! It’s all a right wing conspiracy!!! Fox News is LIES!!! FUX News!!! Faux News!!! News for dumb Fux!!! OLBERMANN RULZ, FOX DROOLZ!!!

    The “left” gets “rent free space in your head.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Elliot/1397506919 Derek Elliot

    The Egyptian Moslems did to Palkot what the Media Matter types and other lefties hope to do to all Fox News reporters and commentators.

  • http://libertyinprogressnow.wordpress.com/ ProgLib

    Derek Elliot said:
    The Egyptian Moslems did to Palkot what the Media Matter types and other lefties hope to do to all Fox News reporters and commentators.

    First of all, what are “Moslems”? You need a serious lesson on how to spell. Second, for you to be stupid enough to equate the deadly and horrific beatings of reporters and journalists to Media Matters exposing the lies of other fellow journalists is just shameful. That’s up there with all the absurd connections Glenn Beck makes on his chalkboard and probably writes on the walls in his house.

  • Some_Dude

    The military police? I wonder if they were pro Mubarak or revolutionary. Because I assume the pro Mubarak bloc would support Israel, since they want a strong man in charge to keep things there status quo, and not allow any possible strong Islamic groups to get a foothold in any emerging government.

    In any event, good to see they made it out alive, shame they got tuned up like that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Elliot/1397506919 Derek Elliot

    Yo ProgLib: “Moslem” is the name used for centuries to describe the followers of Mohammed. It is only recently, since the PC corp issued their diktats, that we have been using the name “Muslims.” I don’t follow the diktats of the PC corps.

    If you don’t believe that the left harbors extreme ill-will against FOX NEWS and their employees just read the comments on sites like the Daily Kos, Huffington Post and Media Matters. They get pretty nasty! Why do you think Beck, O’Reilly, Limbaugh and others must use extensive security to protect themselves from the loonies on the left?

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