"Democratic" protests of militias and organized rallies and demonstrations that soon turned into revelries of riot in the streets of the Lebanese capital Beirut, Lebanon's main port city Tripoli, and other regions of the country.

A "Day of Rage" was organized by former PM Saad Hariri and his aids in the Future "peaceful" movement, who took the streets along with the people in the first few hours of the day and gave speeches of sectarian and political incitement, to protest the failure of Hariri and denounce the candidacy of his rival Najib Mikati.

But yesterday proved which campaign was the one igniting the fire of incitement in Lebanon, and which team enjoyed sportsmanship in the democratic game of parliamentary consultations. Also, Lebanese Media had to pay the price for fulfilling their duties.

Tuesday was organized to launch attacks on the media, properties and dignities of people. Hariri's supporters as well as Future movement members turned berserk and were not hesitant about blocking the roads, highways, destroying properties, setting fires, and shouting slogans of incitement and tension.

During this day, Hariri's supporters' main targets were reporters and the Lebanese army. They set upon Al Jazeera's SNG vehicle, smashed its windshield and broke its satellite dish before setting it on fire. They attacked media crews belonging to OTV and NBN local channels. They also attacked other media sources that were present only to do their job.
NBN's (National Broadcast Network) reporter Rasha Al Zein said that the protestors attacked her while she was covering the incidents taking place in the Cola region, near Tariq Jdideh, and that they even tried to take her veil off. She assured the demonstrators were armed.

On her part, Press TV correspondent Mariam Saleh told moqawama.org she was also attacked by the angry demonstrators along with her crew members, but they were lucky to have been able to leave the place quickly follwoing verbal assault and stone-throwing.  She, like Al Zein, said that the demonstrators were armed.

"Reporters without Borders" describing it as a Black Day for Lebanon,firmly condemned the physical attacks on journalists in several Lebanese cities including Beirut, the northern city of Tripoli and the southern city of Sidon, during violent protests that followed the announcement of Najib Mikati's assignment for premiership.

Caretaker Minister of Information, Tarek Mitri, severely condemned Tuesday's violent deeds against journalists, calling upon security apparatuses to protect them as they assume their professional duties. Mitri also called upon protesters to cling to peaceful moves and respect journalists' rights away from any threat and pressure. 

Also, head of the Information and Telecommunications parliamentary committee MP Hasan Fadlallah condemned the attacks on media crews as a flagrant assault on the principle of freedom of expression, guaranteed by the law and the Constitution. "It represents a dangerous behavior to silence the media and prevent it of covering facts," he added in a statement.

Former PM Karameh criticized Tuesday's events, noting that the Future movement has lost with the crazy party it held.
Karameh said that accusing the assigned PM Najib Mikati of being Hizbullah's candidate, which was a loud-shouted slogan on Tuesday, pours into triggering sectarian incitement, particularly among the Sunnis.

According to Al Manar website, Islamic Labor Front coordinator Sheikh Zuhair Joaid said that the protests were neither spontaneous nor popular. He held responsibility those who called for the "Day of Rage" and stressed that PM-designate Najib Mikati represent the Sunnis. "Hariri urges people to demonstrate and protest and they portrays himself as innocent, hold them responsible and assail them," he said.