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Arab Radio: Challenging biased news media & social media

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 By rayhanania No Comments on Arab Radio: Challenging biased news media & social media
Arab Radio: Challenging biased news media & social media

Arab Radio: Challenging biased news media & social media Award winning columnist and radio talk show host Ray Hanania continues his war on news media and social media bias in this episode broadcast live on Friday Jan. 15, 2021 on WNZK AM 690 Radio in the Detroit region and despite censorship on most social media…

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Arab Radio: Alice Speri of The Intercept discusses Social Media censorship

Posted on December 8, 2020December 9, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Arab Radio: Alice Speri of The Intercept discusses Social Media censorship
Arab Radio: Alice Speri of The Intercept discusses Social Media censorship

Arab Radio: Alice Speri of The Intercept discusses Social Media censorship Alice Speri, a writer with The Intercept, will join radio host Ray Hanania on Friday December 11, 2020 at 8 AM EST on “The Ray Hanania Show” on WNZK AM 690 Radio in Detroit to discuss rising censorship on Social Media platforms like Facebook…

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Israel State Attorney says social media censorship by government is illegal

Posted on November 28, 2019 By rayhanania No Comments on Israel State Attorney says social media censorship by government is illegal
Israel State Attorney says social media censorship by government  is illegal

Israel State Attorney says social media censorship by government is illegal Israel State Attorney claims censorship of social media content, following Cyber Unit requests, isn’t an ‘exercise of gov’t authority.’ Adalah & ACRI petition Supreme Court arguing that the Internet Referral Unit cannot submit “voluntary” requests in order to bypass the law. Following two years of…

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Reporter Censored by Twitter

Posted on August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Reporter Censored by Twitter
Reporter Censored by Twitter

Within moments of tweeting the link to “Bill Maher’s BDS BS and Apartheid Israeli Style” this reporter’s Twitter account disappeared from public view  By Eileen Fleming On Wednesday after publishing Bill Maher’s BDS BS and Apartheid Israeli Style, this reporter tweeted the link as always after publishing and then as usual I logged out of twitter….

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Randa Jarrar and the racist bias of the mainstream news media

Posted on April 23, 2018September 25, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Randa Jarrar and the racist bias of the mainstream news media
Randa Jarrar and the racist bias of the mainstream news media

Randa Jarrar and the racist bias of the mainstream news media A tenured professor at California State University at Fresno has come under attack after she criticized the late First Lady Barbara Bush for her family’s racist assault against Palestinians and the Arab World. There is no doubt that the Bush family has represented more…

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Beware of pro-Israel Quora.com

Posted on February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Beware of pro-Israel Quora.com
Beware of pro-Israel Quora.com

Beware of pro-Israel Quora.com The social media “question” site Quora.com recently pushed me to join so I did. I thought it might help with columns I write. You post a question and strangers answer. I posted a question this week that apparently Quora didn’t like. Why haven’t the Arabs done more to protest against President…

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Untangling United Airlines ugly treatment of a Passenger

Posted on April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 By Mike Ghouse No Comments on Untangling United Airlines ugly treatment of a Passenger
Untangling United Airlines ugly treatment of a Passenger

The United Airlines Mess Untangling United Airlines ugly treatment of a Passenger By Mike Ghouse It was shameful to mistreat a passenger and forcibly evict him out of the plane. Not only was he manhandled, but the ugly crew did not even hear him – he was a Medical Doctor who had to attend the…

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Muslims, Arabs, Palestinians ignore Nordstrom support of Israeli settlements

Posted on February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 By rayhanania 2 Comments on Muslims, Arabs, Palestinians ignore Nordstrom support of Israeli settlements
Muslims, Arabs, Palestinians ignore Nordstrom support of Israeli settlements

Muslims, Arabs, Palestinians ignore Nordstrom support of Israeli settlements The Arab, Muslim and even the Palestinian community in America is so easily misled by the mainstream American news media which is the primary source of anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racism and hatred. The news media has twisted a controversy, again, exaggerating President Donald Trump’s actions while…

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Trump inauguration to be streamed live on Twitter/PBS

Posted on January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Trump inauguration to be streamed live on Twitter/PBS
Trump inauguration to be streamed live on Twitter/PBS

Trump inauguration to be streamed live on Twitter/PBS PBS NewsHour in partnership with Twitter will live stream special coverage of Inauguration Day 2017 on Twitter from 11am – 5pm ET on Friday, January 20, 2017. The special broadcast will be anchored by managing editor Judy Woodruff, with NewsHour correspondents John Yang reporting from the steps…

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Senator Warren VS Trump and Her YouTube Staff

Posted on November 20, 2016August 20, 2019 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on Senator Warren VS Trump and Her YouTube Staff
Senator Warren VS Trump and Her YouTube Staff

Senator Elizabeth Warren is a progressive democrat who called Trump’s appointment of Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general a “compromise with racism” and a “negotiation with hate.” On Tuesday, at a Wall Street Journal event with CEOs, Senator Warren spoke about Steve Bannon, Trump’s senior strategist:  This is a man who has white supremacist ties….

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Twitter Censorship #USSLiberty #Vanunu

Posted on November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Twitter Censorship #USSLiberty #Vanunu
Twitter Censorship #USSLiberty #Vanunu

On Saturday this author reporter discovered Twitter had censored weeks of my Tweets with the hashtags: USS LIBERTY and Vanunu by inserting “Tweet Unavailable” at the retweets. ALL the Tweets remained available at my Twitter Wall HERE BUT weeks of Tweets had disappeared at the hashtag wall for USS Liberty which I discovered the day…

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#AskNetanyahu will he #FreeVanunu

Posted on May 11, 2016September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info No Comments on #AskNetanyahu will he #FreeVanunu
#AskNetanyahu will he #FreeVanunu

#AskNetanyahu went viral within moments after Prime Minister Netanyahu asked for it! By Eileen Fleming #AskNetanyahu  backfired as a PR stunt for which I am very grateful for it enabled this article which includes my Letter to the New York Times, following my TWEET at Prime Minister Netanyahu: eileen fleming @wearewideawake @IsraeliPM #AskNetanyahu Will U #FreeVanunu Read Vanunu…

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Nuclear Disarmament, Twitter and The Absurd

Posted on December 4, 2015September 24, 2018 By USS_Liberty Info 1 Comment on Nuclear Disarmament, Twitter and The Absurd
Nuclear Disarmament, Twitter and The Absurd

Calls for Nuclear Disarmament advances at UN and Twitter. By Eileen Fleming Middle East Nuclear Disarmament gained steam on Wednesday when the UN General Assembly adopted a draft resolution on the Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East (A/69/436 [L.1]), without a vote! However, in a vote on the Prohibition…

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Setting the record straight: Saudi women’s oppression

Posted on February 1, 2015September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 7 Comments on Setting the record straight: Saudi women’s oppression
Setting the record straight: Saudi women’s oppression

By Sheikha Al Dosary Nothing makes me sicker to my stomach than reading false accusations of any nation that aren’t based on facts, especially when it’s done by a so-called “fair and balanced” media. For the past week, I have been investigating the coverage of President Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia, which was dominated by…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Gulf States, Spotlight

Salaita hires powerful civil rights legal team, demands reinstatement at UIUC

Posted on September 9, 2014September 24, 2018 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Salaita hires powerful civil rights legal team, demands reinstatement at UIUC
Salaita hires powerful civil rights legal team, demands reinstatement at UIUC

Salaita hires powerful civil rights legal team, demands reinstatement UIUC By Ray Hanania Steven Salaita, who was fired before he could begin a new teaching position at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said he is the victim of a nationwide campaign to silence critics of a foreign country, Israel, and demanded that the university’s reinstate his tenured appointment…

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Coca Cola’s Name campaign is not #ShariaCoke but #Shareacoke

Posted on August 30, 2014August 30, 2014 By rayhanania 1 Comment on Coca Cola’s Name campaign is not #ShariaCoke but #Shareacoke
Coca Cola’s Name campaign is not #ShariaCoke but #Shareacoke

Coca Cola’s Name campaign is not #ShariaCoke but #Shareacoke Take the survey below: Should Coca Cola add the name Mohammed to the list of Names? By Ray Hanania Calm down people. Coca Cola has a brand new marketing gimmick that has raised a few eyebrows, but it is not endorsing “Sharia Law” or taking sides in the emotion-driven…

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American Arabs, Bloggers, Business, Commentary, Features, Ray Hanania, Spotlight

Save the Children urges end to Gaza blockade

Posted on August 27, 2014November 30, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Save the Children urges end to Gaza blockade
Save the Children urges end to Gaza blockade

Save the Children urges end to Gaza blockade Save the Children welcomes with relief the much-needed ceasefire agreement between the Israeli government and Palestinian representatives. We hope this will be sustained and ensure the well-being of children in Gaza and Israel. Over the last seven weeks, an average of 12 children were killed and 77 were injured every…

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Mediterranean Diet Recipe: Jareesh, whole wheat berry favorite

Posted on March 19, 2014September 24, 2018 By rayhanania No Comments on Mediterranean Diet Recipe: Jareesh, whole wheat berry favorite
Mediterranean Diet Recipe: Jareesh, whole wheat berry favorite

Mediterranean Diet Recipe: Jareesh, whole wheat berry favorite By Nijma Darwish Jareesh (sometimes referred to as Jareesha) is amazing in its simplicity; with just a few ingredients you can enjoy a ridiculous rich taste and a meal large enough to feed a village. It’s easy to prepare, but like many Arab dishes requires a bit…

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