Lebanese media under strain in Israeli attacks

An editorial in today's Beirut-based Daily Star laments the effect of the Israeli assault on two of the "most visible and active sectors" in the Lebanon, banking and media. "These two peaceful industries, which form the backbone of Lebanon's economic and cultural status in the region, are now facing the strains and challenges of war", it says. The leading article points out that the country's journalists are "risking life and limb to tell the world the truth", reminding its readers of the deaths of the freelance reporter Layal Najib and Suleiman Chidiac of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, "a television station with strong historic ties to the country's Christian community." (Via The Daily Star > Editorial)