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A Reporter’s View From Beirut, and a New Film Plumbs the Depths of Netanyahu’s Corruption

2024/10/4
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Nada Homsi: 黎巴嫩的战争报道环境极其严峻，记者面临着持续不断的压力和危险，几乎没有休息时间。黎巴嫩的每个人都在关注新闻，因为他们需要了解哪些地区受到袭击，哪些地区安全。以色列军队发言人 Avichai Adraieh 通过推特发布即将空袭的地区信息，但其有效性存疑。以色列对贝鲁特发动的袭击非常猛烈和恐怖，居民没有得到预警。黎巴嫩媒体环境相对自由，但在战区报道受到黎巴嫩军队和真主党的限制。真主党担心安全漏洞，限制记者进入某些地区，这影响了对大规模伤亡事件的报道。黎巴嫩战区报道的危险性与加沙不同，黎巴嫩记者在一定程度上可以保证自身安全。由于人员流离失所，记者获取信息的渠道受到限制，对战况的报道依赖于有限的实地调查和电话采访。黎巴嫩民众出于对真主党和自身安全的考虑，有时会避免与媒体交流。黎巴嫩媒体与真主党的关系复杂，而与政府的关系则受到官僚主义的影响。她曾因安全原因被黎巴嫩当局拘留，原因不明，可能与她对加沙的报道和她的叙利亚国籍有关。战争期间，她的日常生活极度不规律，难以入睡，因为空袭随时可能发生。西方媒体对中东的报道往往缺乏细致入微的视角，尤其忽视了阿拉伯一方的观点。

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Nada Homsi, a Beirut-based correspondent, discusses the challenges of reporting during wartime, including security concerns, displacement of civilians, and the influence of Hezbollah. She contrasts the media landscape in Lebanon with that of Gaza, highlighting the difficulties in accessing information and the impact on the narrative. Homsi also touches on her own experience of being detained and the importance of protecting journalists working in conflict zones.
  • Journalists in Lebanon face security risks and restrictions from both the Lebanese army and Hezbollah.
  • Bombardment and displacement make it difficult to gather firsthand information, increasing reliance on official reports and phone interviews.
  • Hezbollah exerts influence over the media narrative, and civilians are often wary of speaking to journalists.
  • Western media coverage often lacks nuance and overlooks the complexities of the conflict.
  • Homsi emphasizes the importance of balanced reporting that includes perspectives from all sides.

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Israel has launched a ground invasion into Lebanon. On this week’s On the Media, hear from a reporter in Beirut on the state of the press as the country braces for more violence. Plus, the state of book censorship in America.

[01:00] Host Brooke Gladstone speaks with Nada Homsi), correspondent at The National’s Beirut bureau, on what the press looks like in Lebanon as Israel launches a ground invasion into the country.

[14:23] Host Brooke Gladstone sits down with Raviv Drucker), an Israeli journalist, to hear about his role in the unreleased documentary, The Bibi Files, directed by Alexis Bloom. The film uses never-before-seen leaked interrogation footage of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his inner circle to lay out his corruption case.

[31:05] Host Brooke Gladstone talks with Kelly Jensen), an editor at the online publication Book Riot, about how book censorship has shifted over the past year to a government affair – with new laws and regulations passed in Idaho, Utah, and South Carolina among other states. 

[39:36] Host Brooke Gladstone interviews Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, whose children’s picture book, And Tango Makes Three,) is among the long list of banned titles across the country. Hear why they’re suing in Florida to make their book — and others — accessible again.

 

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