Let’s investigate Lebanon!
With environmental disasters and public service dysfunction everywhere you look, there’s never been a better time to investigate…
A new era for Lebanese journalism?
As 2015 comes to a close, it’s important to look back at the ways the Lebanese press behaved unexpectedly…
Lost in hysteria: the un-reported facts of Lebanon’s food scandal
The following column was first published in the December issue of Bold Magazine. By Habib Battah Who could…
Worst NY Times lead paragraph ever
The New York Times logo In journalism schools across America, students are often instructed to read and purchase…
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…
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.…
Journalists and bloggers defy press crackdown
This column was first published in the April issue of Bold Magazine A Thirst For Silence By Habib Battah …
National dialogue: a theater of the absurd
Lebanon’s “national” dialogue began today– a meeting of high level leaders, millionaires, billionaires former warlords that used to…
Media, activists shut out of municipality talks once again
AUB engineering students have arranged a rare question and answer session with the mayor of Beirut over the…