RWB:Lebanon has best press freedom in ME including Israel

October 22, 2010 ⋅ 6:34 pm ⋅ Post a comment

Lebanon has the best press freedom in the Middle East including Israel, in spite of falling 17 spots in global standings, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) an international media watchdog reported on Wednesday.

RWB in its 2010 Press Freedom Report, ranked Lebanon as the 78th freest country, ahead of all the Arab countries and 8 spots ahead of Israel which ranked 86 in Israeli territories and 132 in occupied Palestinian territories.

While Finland ranked number 1, Eritrea ranked the worst in freedom of the press at 178. Iran was not too far at 175 and Syria was close at 173.

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http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QHDVIK5J4PRL7I2EROZ5MX53KA Happy D

LOL. In Lebanon no one can express an opinion in favor of peace with Israel.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2STPB3YGIBNCTMZDWGVH3DCMEM Tim

Perhaps the Lebanese press is free and it can be considered as such, but their is NO accountability. Many lebanese news agencies TV/Radio/Written will create a major article based on hearsays and no accredited sources. Yes, their is a need to protect the source, but when this all ends up being fabricated especially in such a fragile tense time in Lebanon. They should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
JadM

Too bad we abuse this freedom by allowing our politicians to basically scorn each other and end up humilitating the entire country by their speeches

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