I have to say that the Arab media did not give much wide coverage to the CIA torture report. Even the leftist As-Safir and Al-Akhbar did not provide the wide and prominent coverage that it deserves. I was thinking about this and I think the reasons are as follows: 1) the Arabs are numb when it comes to cases of US atrocities and torture. They now are no more surprised. They expect the worse. 2) I wonder if the political identify of the victims make people less outraged. This applies to some reactions here in the West and also in the Arab world. 3) Of course, most Arab media are funded by House of Saud and House of Thani and House of Nahyan and they don't want to bother the US or cause it embarrassment.4) the report is long and the revelations are dripping in.
PS An Arab who works for one of the American news network wrote to me agreeing with my comment to this effect on FB and said: that he reviewed the Arab press for the network and was also surprised for the lack of prominent coverage.
PS An Arab who works for one of the American news network wrote to me agreeing with my comment to this effect on FB and said: that he reviewed the Arab press for the network and was also surprised for the lack of prominent coverage.
