Thursday, May 24, 2007

Anthony Shadid should be covering this story, and not Ellen Knickmeyer who talks to one side only, and who reports uncritically what everybody in March 14th tells her. Instead of reporting on the agony of the Palestinians, she is more worried about those who can no more come to Lebanon for sex tourism: "Wealthy Arabs from the Persian Gulf who summer at Beirut's beaches, casinos and hotels each year began canceling reservations starting with the week's first bombing, ruining the summer tourist season."