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A Pakistani man sits on a street in Doha, Qatar in front of luxury vehicles, July 2011 (photo: PeregrinoWillReigh/fickrcc)
Marginalized groups that Qatari PR would rather you not see
The American network CBS – via its flagship news magazine show, “60 Minutes” – gave the tiny peninsula Kingdom of Qatar a free ride in its report earlier this year exploring the small gulf nation. Correspondent Bob Simon, dubbed by the network itself as “the most honored journalist in international reporting,” delivered a public relations…
By Roee Ruttenberg May 3, 2012
’60 Minutes’ report on Palestinian Christians gets it wrong
Palestinian Christians are no different than other Palestinians. We all suffer the same. There have already been a number of articles written in response to CBS’s 60 Minutes report about Christians in the Holy Land. The sexy story in all this appears to be Michael Oren’s interview with Bob Simon of 60 Minutes, and the…
By Omar H. Rahman April 25, 2012
WATCH: Raw footage of 60 Minutes interview with Michael Oren
After watching the 60 Minutes interview with Michael Oren, I felt like puking. If you haven’t seen it yet, here it is. And if you only have a minute, just watch this short segment, where Oren looks Bob Simon straight in the eye with a look that could make your blood curl, and tells him…
By Ami Kaufman April 24, 2012
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