Foreign Policy News and Commentary Update October 19, 2007

Published: October 20, 2007, 2:47 am

Foreign Policy News and Commentary Update October 19, 2007GWU: THE MEDIA AND MISPERCEPTIONS MARC LYNCH (ABU AARDVARK, OCTOBER 17): "Last night, as part of the launch of our new Institute for Middle East Studies here at GW ... Hafez al-Mirazi, the long-time Washington bureau chief for al-Jazeera and host of the extremely popular talk show From Washington ... suggested that the American Arabic-language TV station al-Hurra would have been far more useful to American foreign policy if it had simply concentrated on presenting America in all its complexity and diversity to the Arab public, instead of trying to compete with al-Jazeera in its coverage of Palestine or Egypt. I happen to agree with that suggestion, and have made it myself many times, but that doesn't mean that he isn't right!"http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2007/10/the-media-and-m.htmlA GUIDE TO A SUCCESSFUL NOVEMBER CONFERENCE? (ISRAEL POLICY FORUM, OCTOBER 10; POSTED OCTOBER 19 BY MEDIA FOR FREEDOM ): "President

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