LBC-TV and tokenism

A former staffer at LBC-TV sent me this: "the token Muslim reporter for LBC is Shada Omar.
she has good command of the Arabic language (compared to other reporters at lbc) but beyond that is a pretty silly person. She is also (obsessively) controlled by her current producer Marwan .... i forgot his last name (I think Metni). When i used to work their, he was staunchly pro Lebanese Forces, but of course would never miss a chance to kiss up to Pierre Daher.... They tried to train him as a business reporter, but he failed miserably at that. A friend from MTV once told me he tried to interview Shada but Marwan wouldn't let her talk and try to dominate the conversation. I had the same experience when I was working on my.... but I had her number and was able to talk to her alone later... If you're going to use this, please don't use the... comment... "

I find Shada to be very capable and very sectarian and politically biased. But she is a presenter and I was talking about field reporters.