President Michel Aoun called on media outlets to play a constructive role in preventing misleading news from being published, noting that “launching random accusations without seeking the truth is not permissible.”
President Aoun distinguished between the main role of media outlets in protecting the freedom of opinion, and the practice of some media outlets in spreading the culture of insults that violates common values, recalling what he has always said “the ceiling of freedom is the truth.”
The president gave this statement during his meeting on Monday at Baabda Presidential Palace, with caretaker Minister of Tourism Avedis Guidanian and a delegation of marine tourism institutions syndicate led by Jean Beyrouti.