In Lebanon, Tv stations “photoshopped” a presidential slip seen by millions
President Michel Aoun had a weird slip of the tongue during a live televised event, in front of an army officers’ graduating promotion marking the 73rd “Army Day” in Lebanon. Aoun, who was witnessing on Wednesday army officers taking the oath at the military academy, in Fayadieh, called the graduation promotion “Dawn Of The Apes” […]
In Lebanon, A popularity contest between politicians over a fake facebook page
On the evening of thursday 5th October, The municipal council of Tripoli, north of Lebanon, voted to change the name of one of its most famous and used roundabout on the northern part of the city. Nonetheless, a fake facebook post has caused several politicians to start a quarrel, to reflect each one popularity […]
Should we put people in jail for spreading false news on Whatsapp?
While people tend to watch the news on television stations, the interest of instant alert has moved out of official news application and migrated into — individually made — Whatsapp groups, thus falling into lack of real journalism and a pit full of false news.
How a fake poster of Donald Trump went viral in Lebanon
On the morning of Friday, 7th of April, the U.S. military launched 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian military airfield, in what was described as the first direct American assault on the government of President Bashar al-Assad since that country’s civil war began nearly six years ago. The operation, which the Donald Trump administration authorized […]
هكذا غرّد رجال السياسة في لبنان للمرة الأولى
بمناسبة مرور 8 سنوات على إنشاء موقع “تويتر”، وتكريماً لما استطاعت أن تفعله 140 حرف على مر هذه السنوات، قام موقع تويتر بإطلاق خدمة تمكن أي شخص كان من رؤية التغريدة الأولى لأي حساب كان، طالما أن الحساب علني، وليس خاص. ومن جهة أخرى، وبمناسبة بتشكيل الحكومة – وكأنني أهتم فعلاً – قمت من خلال […]