Media Bias In The Middle East (Lebanon)
SOMETIMES the news from the Middle East is coloured by opinion and bias. Really. And not just on the BBC:
A Lebanese TV news presenter has been sacked over comments in which she gloated over the assassination of anti-Syrian politician Walid Eido.
The presenter, who has not been named, then went on to name a Lebanese MP who would be assassinated next…
She was unaware that her microphone was on and that the comments were being broadcast live.
The open microphone captured the presenter saying: “Why did it take them so long to kill him?”
She and a male colleague, who was also sacked, can then be heard laughing.
“Ahmed Fatfat [another anti-Syrian MP] will be next. I’m counting them off,” she went on.
Spotter: Samizdata
Posted: 15th, June 2007 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
