Increase in online news-hoaxes: Obama killed by Twitter Hack

Fox News broadcast via its social media Twitter the death of President Barak Obama; Turning an already unideal landscape into something even less pretty- the case for aesthetic Jordan by the Ugly Duckling; Courage is fighting by flotilla; and the Lancet uncovers the devastating impact of occupation on mothers- in- labor at checkpoints; and relying on the internet during revolution.

Watch out for hoax or hacked news online where it's often a free-for-all. Questions of trust and media role online are rearing their ugly head again, with this latest faux death announcement.

Waleg [2]

Fox News Hacked! Tweets Obama’s Death

Fox News broadcast via its social media Twitter the death of President Barak Obama in another 'cautionary tale' of why not to believe all 'immediate' alert news or news via social media or indeed anything online generated. "Lots of people were probably shocked to see the message on Fox News’ political twitter account on the 4th of July morning. Rest assured that what was on @foxnewspolitics it was just a hoax. You see, Fox News’ twitter account was hacked by a group that identified themselves as Scriptkiddies."

The Blog of the Ugly Duckling [3]

Professional Tips for an Uglier City

Ugly Duckling tells of an ugly Jordan: A harsh word on the Jordan landscape. Even if beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, it would be a challenge to turn a blind eye to this 'opinion' on the somewhat drab aesthetics of this desert-clime. For those sensitive to national insults, perhaps take with a pinch of 'sand'? "Let’s face a painful truth; when it comes to nature, Jordan is not exactly the prettiest of all countries, first of all, it’s beige! We have no water, and we choose to build cities (or academies?) on fertile land and leave the desert. But you know it’s still not ugly enough for some people’s taste. So here’s how we make it uglier."

Desert Peace [4]

PHOTO OF THE DAY ~~ WHAT DOES COURAGE LOOK LIKE?

"What does courage look like? It looks like every one of the passengers in the Stay Human Freedom Flotilla. * And it looks like these Canadian passengers using kayaks to prevent the Greek Coast Guard from raiding their boat…(they were arrested."

From Occupied Palestine, With Love [5]

UK medical journal the Lancet: Checkpoints & Health

The devastation to the health of Palestinians under occupation is being studied by the esteemed Lancet medical journal, and includes finding on the damage to mothers caught in labor at checkpoints as well as and other health ailments in the OPT. "For three years now a UK medical journal, the Lancet, has been working with Palestinian health professionals and researchers to document the effects of stressful living - coping with economic difficulties and shortages, restrictions on movement, political tensions and fear of outside attack - and has just published its latest findings."

Arab Crunch [6]

Study: 63% of demonstrators during in the Egyptian Revolution Used the internet as the only news source

"It’s arguably proven that the internet had played the most important role as a tool that led to the successful revolution in Egypt, eMarketing Egypt made a study to explore how Egyptians dealt with the internet during the revolution."