Zeinobia

Regarding Lara Logan: Don’t Let it Stain Tahrir

Regarding Lara Logan: Don’t Let it Stain Tahrir

ZEINOBIA: I know the racists of the right will jump on the bandwagon. That’s started already, we have been called “the country of savages”.

 Crossroads Arabia

Paper View: Arab Media at a Turning Point

Paper View: Arab Media at a Turning Point

CROSSROADS ARABIA: The passion for journalism remains, but today’s younger generation of aspiring journalists would be more picky as to where they would work…

 Zeinobia

#Feb 3 : Al Tahrir Battle 2, Death Toll Reaches 4

#Feb 3 : Al Tahrir Battle 2, Death Toll Reaches 4

ZEINOBIA: Here are the latest updates in Al Tahrir Battle 2. It is the second battle our protesters have faced against the regime after Tuesday January 25.

 Matt J. Duffy

Pakistan Media ‘Mainstreaming’ Extremism

Pakistan Media ‘Mainstreaming’ Extremism

MATT J. DUFFY: Cultivation theory holds that exposure to television messages can cultivate homogeneous views, an outcome called “mainstreaming.”

 Jonathan Cook

Publish it Not – Israel and the Sultans of Spin

Publish it Not – Israel and the Sultans of Spin

JONATHAN COOK: Most freelancers forced into this position would either have learned to tailor their reporting to what was expected by the news desks or have headed off to another conflict zone. I stayed…

 James Mullan

‘If it bleeds, it leads’. Agendas, bias, ‘poppycutting’

‘If it bleeds, it leads’. Agendas, bias, ‘poppycutting’

The UAE finds itself in the international spotlight again – and for all of the wrong reasons. So why do the Western media ‘accentuate the negative’ and forget the positive when reporting events in the Arab world?