Monday, May 29

Deadly Day For CBS News: Notes & Quotes

We shouldn't forget that a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi contractor also were killed in the attack that killed two CBS News staffers and critically injured Kimberly Dozier. Other notes:

> AP: On "early Tuesday, Dozier was undergoing her second surgery for injuries from the bombing."

> CBSNews.com: "The crew was "reporting a 'routine' story, covering American troops for Memorial Day. The trio was only planning to be out for a few hours, in order to get back to the CBS Baghdad bureau in time to edit their piece..."

> CNN.com: "Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, said he was 'shocked and saddened' by what he called a 'savage attack' on the journalists..."

> MSNBC.com: "More than 70 journalists have been killed in Iraq since the U.S. invasion of 2003, making it by some measures the deadliest conflict for the profession since World War II..."

> Other sources say the number is higher than 70. Public Eye's Vaughn Ververs says: "On a weekend when we honor those who gave their lives in service of the nation we also remember the journalists who have perished covering those conflicts..."

> On ABCNews.com, correspondents Dan Harris and Jim Sciutto recall working with the CBS staffers...

> NBC's Campbell Brown: "I will honestly tell you it is a difficult day in our newsroom as our hearts go out to our colleagues at CBS..."

> Reporters Without Borders statement: "We express our most sincere condolences to the families of the two fatal victims and to the CBS management..."

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