Lebanon’s financial collapse didn’t start in 2019 - it started with decades of media silence. Our Director of Research, Nizar Ghanem breaks it down: the crisis was years in the making, hidden by a media echoing the Central Bank’s script. No accountability. No real journalism. Just propaganda. That’s why independent media matters. From ‘The Battle Against Alternative Media in Lebanon’ event, in collaboration with Daizy Gedeon. | Badil: The Alternative Policy Institute