How CNN chooses its questions
Here’s an excerpt of my latest piece for MondoWeiss on how CNN struck two very different tones in…
Culture of pandering
By Habib BattahPublished in Bold Magazine// November 2012 The most common criticism fired at the Lebanese press is…
Blitzer to Peres: “How do you stay so youthful?”
See the full transcript of the interview here, where Blitzer, who was formerly employed by the Israel lobby,…
The missing context
There are hundreds of reporters and TV channels covering Gaza. But in the dally tally of rockets, explosions…
The dome-less
Dear CNN correspondent Frederik Pleitgen (left), Next time you do a report on Israel’s super advanced “Iron Dome”…
The deception of “both sides”
Here’s a screen grab from CNN tonight. It uses the familiar term “both sides” to describe the ongoing…
On CNN, rockets trump missiles
For the past few days CNN has been looping an image of reported Hamas rockets being shot from…
Sons of guns
Among the many young men I saw on a recent trip to the mountains. The roads were literally…
Amin Maalouf: a writer’s bedroom
There is no news about plans to demolish author Amin Maalouf’s former Badaro apartment, covered on this blog…
“Student” elections
Today the walkie-talkies were ubiquitous on the campus of Lebanese American University, where I teach news writing. Everywhere…