Tuesday, August 01, 2006
AlJazeera's correspondent, `Abbas Nasir (formerly of Al-Manar TV) is not a good correspondent. Not only is he a propagandist for Hizbullah in his reports, but his sense of Nasserist-style triumphalism is rather harmful for public opinion. He is out of control. In this context, I wish to praise again, the new LBC-TV's correspondent, Sultan Sulayman. He is doing a magnificent job in his reports from South Lebanon. I see him going places. On Al-Arabiya TV, they had a special segment on Condoleezza Rice today. One of the guests was Phyllis Bennis. Whenever Phyllis would criticize US foreign policy, the Lebanonese anchorwoman would curtly interrupt her and tell her that the topic is Rice. One of the questions that she actually asked Bennis was: "Does one's musical inclination make one more sensitive"?