It is good that Martha Stewart was released from jail. The story pushed away the silly coverage of Lebanon's developments. I cannot believe how much coverage the US media are giving to Lebanon and demonstrations in Beirut, when they ignored the country for more than a decade. And did the US media ever notice the demonstrations against the Israeli occupation before 2000? And there was (and is) a solid consensus against Israeli occupation. But that is not a story that fits into Bush's Middle East "vision." I wish that US newspapers stick to celebrity news and leave foreign coverage to international newspapers.