Hacking the Saudi narrative, Lebanese style
Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. I’m not a fan of quoting cliches, but in…
Framing tragedy, post Beirut/Paris coverage
I spoke to Al Jazeera program The Stream this week during a special about how Beirut and Paris…
The Washington Post changes terrible headline
The headline above was published this morning by The Washington Post at 11:05 AM as seen in…
Split-screen mourning: Paris and Tripoli so far apart
Local broadcaster LBC chose to air a split-screen live shot today of the Charlie Hebdo rally in Paris…
Lucky Rima
It’s easy to get the depressed with all the violence in the news these days and the knee-jerk jingoism…
Panic on the radio
In a country where FM radio stations often play pop music as gun battles or massive protests rage…
Israeli sources outweigh Hamas 12 to 1 on school shelling
Source: The Washington Post By now much of the world has heard about at least 16 Palestinians killed…
Lebanese TV rivals unite for Gaza
Lebanese TV channels are often at war with one another and the battles go far beyond ratings. They…
Whitewashing continues at New York Times
Violence toward Palestinians continues to be downplayed or completely omitted by “The Paper of Record,” i.e. The New…
“No-name” dead Palestinians
By now the whole world knows the names of three Israelis killed in the West Bank last week.…