From Downtown to #Dahiyeh: Lebanese #Media and the Victims
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We can no longer desensitize ourselves to the constant horror of life in #Lebanon. We are victims, not martyrs. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) We can no longer desensitize ourselves to the constant horror of life in Lebanon. We are victims, not martyrs. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
Lebanese media have typically maintained a certain level of bias when it comes to covering attacks in the country, even down to the coverage of the victims of such attacks. This was ever present with the last two deadly explosions that rocked the Lebanese capital. Despite this divide, Lebanese have come together on social media to share photos depicting victims of both attacks in an effort to unify and equalize the deaths. (...)
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