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Today's Arab media is rife with paradox. Compared to only a decade ago, today's Arab world enjoys a dizzying variety of television stations, newspapers and Internet sites. The news and political discourse in these media outlets have decisively shattered the ability of states to monopolize information or control public opinion.

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