To what media outlets should the Lebanese people go to?

In one fell swoop, the Hezbollah-led opposition’s Christian cover had disappeared, and Hezbollah and Amal were going it alone. It only remains to be seen if Aoun’s controversial Memorandum of Understanding is also done for, as Hezbollah’s rash behavior continues unabated, and its actions become ever more abhorrent to its erstwhile Christian allies.

Now, I know and like the journalist that wrote this piece. But this is ultimately the problem with a publication like Now Lebanon: the MoU between Hezbollah and the FPM is the bane of this partisan publication's existence. They will spare no opportunity to go in for an attack. Although the analysis that Mr. Long provides in the article is sound, editorial restrictions from above would probably prohibit him from adding that Michel Aoun in a press conference yesterday had the gumption to declare that the MoU with Hezbollah would be "forever", even if this information were available to Mr. Long at the time (noted, the article was published May 9).

For example, I am absolutely disgusted with NBN's (Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri) coverage of the conflict. They spare no chance to put in the word "illegitimate" before referring to any position in Saniora's cabinet, they have married the word "militia" to any reference to the Future Movement or the Progresive Socialist Party, they now have an aggressive ad campaign against Al-Arabiya (claiming that Al-Arabiya erroneously attributed the killings that took place at a Sunni funeral procession to Amal gunmen), and their general coverage of the whole conflict is ridiculously one-sided. Of course, they are not alone, and if the Future TV offices had not been burned down, they would be doing the same.

Fuck all the hoopla about the Lebanese media being free and liberal. What we need in this conflict is fewer أطرفة , fewer partisan sides, and more unfiltered, honest information. The Lebanese deserve better. Don't they realize that they are being tricked, maligned, lied to by the media every day?! What we have instead is far too much biased analysis and far too little information, and I unfortunately don't see this being resolved any time soon.