They are at it again, in the name of their own style of social cohesion and obscurantism as we haven't seen since the times of the Inquisition.
Governments of several Arab countries have voted in favour of a media code which stipulates that broadcasters should conform to Islamic rules and values, "not threaten public order" and plenty more of such nonsense. Al Jazeera (of all!) has been banned from several Arab countries and is one of the most vocal opponents of such moves, and if one googles the words "arab media code" this article comes up top.
Kudos to Lebanon for not giving in to such mediocrity. Information, despite what those oil-drunk pseudo-leaders of the Arab League may think, is about opinions, facts, reporting and above all: Information is about the TRUTH. Which in the Arab world seems to be more inconvenient than Bacardi 151 and Jenna Jameson put together.
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