Agenda-setting newspapers and TV stations facing scramble to survive amid state dysfunction
For nearly 80 years since its postwar independence,
Lebanon has been a haven for regional media, giving a platform to journalism and entertainment that few other countries in the
Middle East would dare to match.
Its newspapers set agendas, its TV stations tested boundaries, and its proprietors defied both war and downturn, producing content that challenged state narratives and tested the patience of the powerful.