LBCI

LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) is a major private Lebanese television network founded in 1985. Its news site publishes breaking news, politics, economy and live broadcasts in Arabic with an English edition.

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LBCI at a glance

Country: Lebanon
Region: The Levant · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Television news channel
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups LBCI

Crosswire groups LBCI as Centrist for comparisons within Lebanon's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where LBCI sits in Lebanon's press

LBCI is one of 6 outlets tracked in Lebanon, and one of 2 television news channels among them — the other being MTV Lebanon. By outlets tracked, Lebanon ranks first of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 11 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to LBCI outside Lebanon, starting with The Levant, are Al Jazeera (Qatar), Press TV (Iran), Rudaw (Iraq) and Syria TV (Syria). Opening one of them beside LBCI is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.