Mediagazer: Middle East coverage is full of lies (David Kenner/FP Passport)

5:25 AM ET, April 28, 2012

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David Kenner / FP Passport:

Middle East coverage is full of lies — It has not been a banner week for media coverage of the Arab world. Blame it on journalists unfamiliar with their subject matter, the demands of an ever-quicker news cycle, or simply salacious stories that were “too good to check” …

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