Daily Reports
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Violations in Media Debate Over Instructions on Licensing of Home-Based Professions
AKEED, Anwar ZiadatOn Thursday, 19 October, Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah launched the Instructions on Home-Based Professions for 2017. The launch was accompanied by a debate, marked by professional violations in the local media,...
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Letter on Banning Hijab in Austria: Tourism Ministry Makes Mistake and Media Carries Story
AKEED, Husam AssalA "mistake" in a letter sent last Wednesday by Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Lina Annab to the head of the Jordan Society of Tourism and Travel Agents caused confusion to media outlets and social media platforms. The circular ...
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Local Websites Regard Israeli Media as Reliable Source To Report News of Interception of Jordanian Plane
AKEED, Aya KhawaldehMany Arab and local news websites were quick to publish a story, taken from Israeli media outlets, to the effect that Israeli aircraft had intercepted a Jordanian civilian plane that approached the border on Wednesday, 27 Septembe...
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Media Outlets Post Shocking Scenes of Swaqa Inmates Inflicting Self-Harm With Sharp Objects
AKEED, Husam AssalMedia outlets and users of social media platforms posted a video clip and images showing acts of violence and graphic scenes of inmates at the Swaqa Correctional and Rehabilitation Center in southern Amman without warning of the gra...
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Media Outlets Base Judgments on Partial Information About Meeting Between Parliament"s Integrity Committee, Shishani
AKEED, Husam AssalSeveral media outlets have developed their stories on what took place in the meeting between the parliament"s Integrity, Transparency, and Fact-Finding Committee and Engineer Huda Shishani, former director general of the Government ...
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Official Vagueness Toward Income Tax Draft Law Reflects on Media
AKEED, Husam AssalJordanians and media outlets have been busy with the leaking of a proposal to amend the Income Tax Law to Al Rai daily at the end of last month. The proposal speaks about "imposing tax on the income of a single person if it exceeds ...
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Republic of Gangs in Jordan…Sensationalist Headline of Press Article Lacking Evidence
AKEED, Aya KhawaldehThe London-based newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed published a report on its website headlined "Republic of Gangs in Jordan…Parallel State," which was based on anonymous testimonies and sources of information. The report lacked evidenc...
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Local Media Outlets Exaggerate Statements by Croatian Model
AKEED, Wasfi KhushmanMedia outlets and social media users have exaggerated a post written in Italian by a Croatian model, in which she recounted some situations, which she considered as bad, during a short visit to Jordan. Electronic sites devoted a ...
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Handling of Al-Faisaly-EST Game: Media Highlights Different Angles of Same Story
AKEED, Wasfi KhushmanThe main event of Espérance Sportive de Tunis (EST) beating Jordan"s Al-Faisaly Sports Club in the final of the Arab Club Championship has been overshadowed by refereeing mistakes and the rioting after the match, which dominated ...
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Media Offers Conflicting Accounts of Israeli Embassy Crime
AKEED, Aya KhawaldehThere have been conflicting stories of the Israeli Embassy crime, which claimed the lives of two Jordanians, Mohammed Jawawdeh and Dr. Bashar Hamarneh, despite the release of a statement by the Public Security Directorate (PSD) ex...
