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Libyan Media March to Beat of a Different Drummer

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Assafir, Aljazeera, Palestinian, Lebanon, Facebook, Muammar Gaddafi, Reporters Without Borders, Al Arabiya Asharq Al-Awsat, Arab, Saif Al Islam, Nilesat, Libya, Youtube, Committee to Protect Journalists, Al Mashhad Al Libi, Mediterranean, Tripoli, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

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Media Coverage of Egyptian Events Draws Fire, Praise

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Hayat, Malek Alqaaqour, Egypt, Dubai, Al Jazeera, International Media, Hosni Mubarak, Twitter, Lebanon, The Daily Star, Facebook, Barack Obama, Beirut, Al Jadeed TV, Shahira Amin, Al Arabiya, Arab, Diana Moukalled, Nile Tv, Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat, Tahrir Square, Nilesat, Waddah Khanfar, Tariq Al Homaid, Qatar, Egypt Media, Egyptian Media, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

A sign carried by a demonstrator in Cairo's Tahrir Square read: "Egyptian media don't see, don't hear, they just talk." It was right on the mark.

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Media Key to Covering Egyptian Revolution

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Assafir, Guardian, An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Al Wafd, Al Jazeera, Islamists, Cairo Today, Jack Shenker, Britain, President Hosni Mubarak, Al Azhar, Muslem Brotherhood, Osama Saraya, Abdel Moneim Said, Saudi Arabia, Tahrir Square, Nilesat, Al Hayat, Dubai, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Mardell, Egyptian, Al Riyadh, President Barack Obama, Mahmoud Saad, The White House, Al Jazeera Mubashar, Sky News, World Editors Forum, Cairo, Al Ahram, Naguib Sawiris, BBC Arabic Service, John Donne, Corniche, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

The scene of protesters trying to break into the state-run TV station on Cairo's Corniche brought to mind other revolutions where control of the media was of primary importance.

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Mysterious 'Saddam Channel' Hits Iraq TV

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq TV, Sunni Arabs, Saddam Hussein, Mohammed Jarboua, Baathists, Nilesat, Saddam Channel, Saddam Hussein Execution, Saddam Channel Iraq TV, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, Al-Lafeta, Noorsat, Eutelsat, World News

BAGHDAD — Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Sad...

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