A MEDIA COUP IN LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH’S SUBTLE TAKEOVER: “Hezbollah’s militant takeover of Beirut and its systematic destruction of the authority of the state and freedom of the press suggests a sophisticated and planned campaign to take power. There is no hiding the violence Hezbollah used to seize Beirut and cut it off from the rest of the country. But as their media campaign is already showing, Hezbollah is employing subtle and sophisticated mechanisms to take over the rest of Lebanon.” And, of course, Iran and Syria are the real puppet-masters here.