The following opinion piece originally appeared on page 114 of the May issue of ArabAd.
As if Monday
was not dreaded enough already for marking the end of the weekend, Lebanese TVs
chose to add to the misery by blessing our Monday evenings with a featureless
constellation of drama queen-type talk shows.
The Monday
evening TV recipe includes everything from extravagant intros to incomplete
investigations and from random accusations to fabricated disputes; all in the
name of exposing corruption. However, the nobility of this motive is hardly
ever rivalled by the programs’ tabloid-ish structure.
