Dalia Freyfer is visually impaired. She lost her eyesight at just 18 years of age. But, she never let that define her or stand in […]
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Social media outrage is no cure for “bad” media
The first local media event of the New Year was the unloading of caskets clad in the Lebanese flag on the tarmac of Beirut International […]
A new low: When domestic violence is normalized on television
The internet is furious – this after a Moroccan state television channel aired a segment recently showing women how to cover bruises caused by domestic violence […]
Dear media, Trump’s victory is why insults don’t work
It was right after the Democratic National Committee nominated Hillary Clinton that two friends and I sat out on my balcony to escape the summer […]
Lebanese reporter under fire for non-impartial reporting, privileged on-camera behavior
Lebanese reporter Nawal Berri is currently trending online, but for all the wrong reasons. Having failed to deliver an accurate update on the protest that […]
Lebanese news outlets using scandals and “sex news” for ratings, enough!
As I was going through the newsfeed this morning, just minding my own business, trying to catch up on what’s going on in the country, I […]
Explosion rocks Beirut’s Verdun, media pins culprits
A bomb rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut’s trendy neighborhood of Verdun on Sunday evening, just as people broke their Ramadan fast for the day. […]
Disappointing reaction: Many Lebanese remain silent as domestic worker is beaten in public
A social experiment was performed in a crowded supermarket, recorded by the hidden cameras of the MBC network, where a Lebanese woman mistreats her […]
On Lebanon’s media climate, manufacturing consent and press freedom
As the world marks press freedom day –an opportunity to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom and pay tribute to those who have lost […]