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A Qatari Website On The Problems In Aljazeera

This article appears to be an objective look at the problems in Aljazeera, but in reality it’s towing the same line of the channel. It mentioned the word ‘Bahrain’ exactly once and the word ‘Syria’ 9 times, and it made it appear as if the criticism over Syria is the fact that it’s not covering the country enough, not that it’s covering it too much (which was the reason why its top brass is resigning).

Mustapha Hamoui · May 6, 2011

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The Results Of The Survey On The Anti Sectarianism Movement Are Up

My favorite answer in the results was this: 66% of respondents (122 of 185) responded “No” to the question: “Do you think marching or demonstrating is the best way to serve the anti-sectarianism cause”. That is the point I have been constantly arguing in this blog. But then again, I linked to the survey so I could have skewed the results a bit..

Mustapha Hamoui · May 6, 2011

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Concession Thursday

In the same way that Friday has become an official day of demonstrations in the Arab Spring, Thurdays should officially be known as the regimes’ “concession Thursday”.

Mustapha Hamoui · May 5, 2011

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