Al-Jazeera recently ran a piece about the alleged failure of Arab journalists to cover the killing in Sudan’s embattled Darfur region. It attacked the Middle East Media Research Institute (Memri) which stated that the violence in Darfur had “received scant coverage in most

of the Arab media”. Whether or not Arab journalists have properly covered the story, the fact remains that the Arab leaders have folded to condemned Darfur. Indeed, the Arab League has rallied around President Bashir.

Original post by Jonathan Schanzer