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Lebanese family observatory to monitor the ethics of media
22-5-2017
The so-called Lebanese Family Observatory was launched on Thursday during a ceremony held on the premises in Dbayeh with the participation of information minister Melhem Riachi, head of the Observatory, former Miss Universe, Georgina Rizk, and Tele Lumiere CEO, Jacques Kallassi. The latter, on the occasion, clarified that the opening of the station has come in response to Riachi’s appeal to salvage the community’s devastated moral structure. He said the observatory has been established as an eye opener regarding the hazards aired on TV and radio channels through “emotionally, mentally and culturally deranged programs that affect our youth and children.” The newly-set up body will act as a pressure tool embracing the public opinion and society, as well as, education, psychology and social experts, and warning of the monstrosity exhibited under the banner of media and communication. For his part, Minister Riachi underlined the strength of the observatory in “watching over rather than censoring, and in protecting freedom and human values rather than suppressing them,” as he put it. He made clear that being the party that encouraged the observatory, the minister is also required comply with its mandate. He called for monitoring all the state-run and private media institutions, and social media platforms, in addition to the moral monitoring of their right to criticism and censure. He emphasized the mission of the observatory to prevent the TV from becoming a relaxed “enemy inside our homes,”. (An Nahar, May 19, 2017)
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