ARABIYA

President Barack Obama gave his first television interview to the Arabic language network, Al Arabiya, to explain Middle Eastern policy. This in and of itself was not a bad thing. But some of the things President Obama had to say were unsettling.

Old and new enemies square off, each spinning their own version of events. Who's lying?

People in Libya are said to be celebrating in the streets at news of their former leader's death, hugging each other, firing their weapons and chanting with jubilation. See the Gadhafi death video and photos here.

The latest spring event and festival so to speak is a protest for human rights in Syria in front of the White House, Washington, DC. Will human rights, freedom of speech & religion, and democracy come to Syria soon? Protests ask and talk with the media.

Pro-government operatives and supporters refused to allow them and other news teams and reporters to set up, film, and/or record from the Square. So, unable to report on the unrest directly, the veteran reporter broadcast from an anonymous...

After the Anderson Cooper tipping point, reports began pouring in about mistreatment and harassment of American reporters. Then more reports. There was even an ABC News team that had been threatened with beheading...

While the Internet in Egypt has been restored, the question of its timing is being asked. Is this a government ploy to make the peaceful protesters appear violent?

The true a lose-lose situation in the US was the W administration and to have these GOP ghouls misrepresenting the disaster that W left us with in Iraq is astonishing. These thugs truly have no decency.

How to change the war on terror to be more effective.

Gaza children received heavy media coverage, some of it better than others.

Obama attempts to restore relations with the Arab world ...

Some ideas on how United States' relations with Muslims in the Middle East can be improved.

Interesting that the Crown Prince of Bahrain, the first in the Persian Gulf region to state that Iran nuclear activities not so innocent

Alarmingly, the United States seems to be exhibiting the same characteristics of countries like Russia and Iraq, leading us down the path to a country without press freedom.

Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, journalists and news agencies covering the war have alleged that the U.S. military deliberately targeted and killed at least thirteen journalists in order to supress information unfavorable to the U.S.

This is a research type paper about the media's usage of the Nick Berg beheading video. The paper includes a conversation among professionals in the field. The analysis includes the usage of Bok's model.

Iraq is on the brink of either getting a handle on security or of plunging into more chaos if the insurgencies become more politicized or if Jihad becomes more vicious.

Saddam had approximately 40 of his own relatives murdered