Posted By
Najib
Sep 18, 2021 05:45
Al Jadeed reporter Layal Saad was denied entrance to the Presidential Palace's press office last week because of a previous incident that took place months ago where Saad referred to the president as ‘Aoun’ and not ‘his excellency President Aoun’. Layal claims that she was verbally abused after that first incident and that she referred to the president as 'Aoun' off the air, while Baabda claims she offended the President of the Republic during a…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 12, 2021 08:42
Lebanon's newly appointed information minister, TV star George Kordahi, called on the media in his first official statement to refrain from hosting politicians who claim that we will go to hell. He continued by asking those to let the government and calm down. This statement was strongly condemned by many journalists and the Journalists for Freedom movement which issued the below statement: ٢- لا يا سيادة الإعلامي الوزير، لست أنت ولا أي مسؤول آخر يقرر…
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