It’s As If He Never Spoke

Almustaqbal, Mr. Hariri’s newspaper, seems to have adopted an official “pretend he doesn’t exist” policy on covering Sayyed Nasrallah’s speeches. In today’s edition for instance, there’s not a single mention of yesterday’s speech on the front page. Not one.

This can come across as amateurish or childish, and it could turn off readers who think that the 10th anniversary of the liberation of the south deserve at least a passing mention. A better way would be to do what Aljazeera did: Focus on the objectionable things that Sayyed Nasrallah said, and if you want to be really aggressive, add some context (past statements) to highlight his hypocrisy in dealing with the Arab spring.