World Media Watch Irony/Laugh of the Day re: .....Media

[Gloria]

From the new World Media Watch up now at http://www.zianet.com/insightanalytical
Tomorrow at Buzzflash.com

More headlines/summaries in my Journal

So, the US Embassy and US State Dept organize a conference to promote "standards" for the Lebanese media....US Ambassador touts "freedom of the press" free of political and financial pressure..
Didn't Ted Koppel recently decry the state of journalism here in the US?? Well, he's over there talking at this conference.....and did you know there was a "CNBC Arabia"???????

OY.......


5//The Daily Star, Lebanon Friday, June 23, 2006

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=73403



US-SPONSORED MEDIA CONFERENCE AIMS TO PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

Daily Star staff

BEIRUT: In an attempt to promote the standards and professionalism of Lebanese media outlets, the US Embassy in Beirut and the US State Department organized a two-day conference that gathered Lebanon's leading media and advertising agency figures.



The conference, "Support for Independent Media," focused on the need to secure solutions to maintain an independent media, not subject to financial or political pressure.


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(US Ambassador Jeffrey) Feltman delivered the welcoming speech, in which he spoke about the freedom of the press and praised Lebanon's efforts in this field.



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Among the speakers on future trends in media management were Michael Garin, CEO of the Central European Media Enterprises; Omer Ghani, the director of business development at CNBC Arabia; Harold W. Fuson, chief legal officer of the Copley Press; Gabriel Chahine, principal at Booz Allen Hamilton; and Makram Azar, the head of the European Media Division in Lehman Brothers London.


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Friday's sessions will feature speeches from Ted Koppel, managing editor at the Discovery Channel, Riz Khan from Al-Jazeera International and former BBC and CNN journalist, as well as other prominent media and advertising leaders.


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