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Media Ethics in Digital Age Imperative: Abu-Fadil
Media Ethics require critical thinking, notably when social media are used to spread harmful content, Magda Abu-Fadil told Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya. “Ethics are in a state of disarray because...
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MU Director to MCD: Newsrooms Have Ethical Duties
Legacy newsrooms face immense challenges in dealing with media ethics in the digital age, notably with competition from social networks and platforms, but have a responsibility to maintain their...
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MCD Interviews Abu-Fadil on “Fake News,” Media Literacy
Monte Carlo Doualiya radio interviewed Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil to discuss her take on mitigating the dangers of “fake news” and how journalists should verify sources. “Digital” show...
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Abu-Fadil Draws Line Between Free Speech, Insults in Lebanese Media
A two-month-plus revolution in Lebanon has brought out the worst in people, with countless traditional and social media spreading hate speech, insults and instigation to violence, Media Unlimited...
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Lebanese Media Ethically Unmoored Covering Revolution: MU Director
Lebanese media seem ethically unmoored amid a revolution that began in October 2019 with the spread of misleading, suspicious and unverified news via WhatsApp and other means, Magda Abu-Fadil told...
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Lebanese Journos Should Sharpen Skills, Build Trust: Abu-Fadil
Lebanese journalists should pay attention to details and not take things for granted if they’re to maintain their credibility, Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil said in a podcast interview. From...
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Abu-Fadil: Not Correcting Mistakes is Sloppy, Unprofessional Journalism
Blundering into a viral mistake, and refusing to correct it after it’s been spotted, undermines media’s credibility and may even be nefarious, Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil said. “Not...
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Lebanese NNA Features Media Unlimited Fact-Checking Workshop
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) featured Media Unlimited’s workshop on fact-checking with Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad thanking director Magda Abu-Fadil for providing dynamic, engaged...
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Monte Carlo Doualiya Interviews Abu-Fadil on Migration & Media Study
Monte Carlo Doualiya (MCD) Radio’s Arabic service interviewed Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil on a study she conducted about coverage of migration in southern Mediterranean countries’ media...
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MU Director Details Media Bigotry in Ukraine War Coverage on Monte Carlo...
Media Unlimited director Magda Abu-Fadil criticized several Western reporters’ and anchors’ bigoted coverage of the Ukraine war by describing fleeing Ukrainian refugees as more “civilized” and worthy...
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