Paris Attacks Blow Beirut Bombing from News Cycle

The Media's Skewed Portrayal of the Bombing in Beirut

by TRNN 

November 13, 2015

Lebanon is holding a national day of mourning following twin bombings for which ISIS has claimed responsibility. On Thursday evening 43 people were killed, and more than 200 wounded, in a southern Beirut neighborhood. This came a day after President Obama said that the U.S. strategy has “contained” the Islamic State, and news that Syrian state forces with the assistance of Hezbollah fighters made advances near the city of Aleppo, pushing out the alleged Saudi and Qatari-backed group Al-Nusra Front.

There is much going on in the region, and our two guests are here to give us more context. Joining us from Beirut, Lebanon is Rania Masri. She's an activist and professor of political ecology in Lebanon. Also joining us is Vijay Prashad. He is a professor of international studies at Trinity College in Connecticut.

Rania Masri and Vijay Prashad say western media's reporting on ISIS bombing in Lebanon deeply racist and accepts ISIS narrative by describing the southern Beirut neighborhood as "Hezbollah bastion"