by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 1, 2014 | Media
The International Herald Tribune has published online an article from its archive titled, Beirut is Travel Hub of the Middle East. The article appeared in its papers back in 1964! Beirut, its capital, is the seething communications hub of the Middle East, where planes...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 14, 2012 | Media
According to a 4am news line filed by Russia Today on their website, Lebanese are protesting cuts in fuel subsidies. You may need your map for this: protests are occurring in Karak, Tafileh, Maan, Irbid and the capital Amman. Here’s an excerpt: Demonstrations...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 29, 2012 | Media
CNN has decided to boost its journalists on the ground by bringing Mohammed Jamjoom to report along with Arwa Damon, who is already stationed in Beirut. According to an email sent out to CNN employees: Mohammed Jamjoom and Raja Razek will now be based in Beirut and...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 28, 2012 | Media
Remember when CNN was covering the events in Libya from Tripoli in Lebanon? Well, the Washington Times has clearly out done all other news channels with this Beirut gem: Gunmen kill seven at TV station near Beirut That’s the title of an article on their website....
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 13, 2012 | Media
According to a video posted by Reuters on February 11, Tripoli is the capital of Lebanon and not Beirut: Gunfire fills Lebanese capital by reuters Here’s a transcript of the first few seconds of the video: Sunni gunmen open fire in Lebanon’s capital....
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 6, 2012 | Media
Some of you already know that I rarely do politics on this blog especially with the situation where we find ourselves in (at last read it was something along the lines of we are doing a crappy job in government and not working hard enough so we’ve decided that...