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Striving for Objectivity with Wael Taleb & Ronnie Chatah



Ronnie Chatah is host of The Beirut Banyan podcast (@thebeirutbanyan), founder of the WalkBeirut tour and opinion columnist for a variety of outlets on Lebanese affairs. You can find him on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter [at]thebeirutbanyan For this episode Ronnie is joined by Wael Taleb, journalist at L’Orient Today. Their conversation includes the psychological toll of covering the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, including a look at a recent piece written by Wael for L’Orient Today titled ‘No story is worth your life’: Journalists reflect on south Lebanon coverage after Reuters colleague killed’. The discussion also reflects on Hassan Nasrallah’s recent speeches, and both Wael and Ronnie switch guest and host roles with a look at a genetation’s post-2005 political awakening and a narrative battle that seeks facts and truth over emotion and sentiment. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro
1:27 Wellbeing of a journalist
5:42 “No story is worth your life”
10:37 Written word precautions
16:25 Hassan Nasrallah’s speech
27:34 Playing Devil’s advocate
32:03 Determination through journalism
36:14 Wael Taleb playing host
40:33 Criticizing Hezbollah
48:58 Political awakening
55:57 Evolving perspectives
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