I agree that the pictures displayed should have been verified and Kalam Ennas did apologize for that mistake but I fail to understand how those images managed to “ignite provocation and tensions and incite to sedition and destabilization in the country”.
In fact I don’t understand how Lebanon’s No.1 talk show gets a warning like that while other TV shows that keep the show running while their guests curse and insult each other get away with it. Personally speaking, I think Kalam Ennas is the only show that truly depicts the reality of what is happening and is worth watching.
Funnily enough, Prime Minister Mikati was not aware of the warning requested by the Information Minister and disagrees with its content.
If I were Marcel Ghanem, I would get Walid el Daouk on the next episode and ask him to explain to the viewers the reason for issuing such a warning.
On August 23, the talkshow’s producer and host displayed obnoxious images of charred bodies he claimed they belonged to the victims of a two deadly blasts in the northern city of Tripoli last week.
They photos later proved to be belonging to victims of a fatal fire at a Morocco bank in 2011.
In a letter to the National Audio-Visual Media Council, Daouk slammed Ghanem’s practice as unprofessional and irreverent, and not complying with the honor pact LBC had signed.
“Therefore, we hereby request the National Audio-Visual Media Council to urgently address Kalam el-Nas producer and host, Mr. Marcel Ghanem, with a warning over the content of his show igniting provocation and tensions and inciting to sedition and destabilization in the country, in an express violation of the terms upon which the institution was given broadcast license and of Law 382/94,” Daouk said in the letter. [Source]
Do you know why it is the #1 talk show, because it has become trash and people love trash.
The 3 hours episode is useless and serves nothing but ta2 hanak and gonowhere analysis
Marcel deserve it, he has become an insensitive fat bastard
And you the writer of this blog, you are so mainstream man, they tell you it is the number #1 show and you think wow it must be good
you should know that #1 shows on TV are the most shitty ones because they reflect the opinion of the masses and the mass is dumb ordinary people.
Shame on Marcel to bring little kids and let them weep on TV and to take advantage of the misery of others
The show would do the impossible to increase viewers to the point that he may be putting the explosions!
Sorry guys, bass ana wa2ta koun sikran bihbila…wa2ta koun sikran bkoun mistakhreh il 3elam killa bass wa2ta 2ou3a w shuf il achievements yilleh 3milta i realize inno manneh azka min ghayreh…simply bkoun mastoul, mrakkab ras 7mar w mish 3eref
I agree with you john, even though i’m sober.
The most common and evident thing for a journalist is to show reality, with respect to human dignity.
I think Ghanem should have checked the source of the photos, and more important, should have abstained from showing them on tv, especially during the rough time and the religious tension the country was passing through. Showing them is not only disrespectful to dead people, but it would only escalade hate and revenge.
As in everything, there should be a governing body to sanction mistakes, and Ghanem clearly made one.