Tens of thousands of protestors throughout Yemen continued to demand the fall of President Ali Abdullah Saleh last month. This is a testament to the fact that the president and his ruling clique seem to have decisively failed in their draconian clampdown on the media, a clear bid to “monopolize the message.” Throughout the last bloody three months, which have seen more than 120 peaceful protestors slaughtered by security forces and their gun-slinging loyalists, journalism has also been a major victim. Dozens of incidents of beating, kidnapping and censoring local and foreign media have run in parallel to the regime’s erratic bloodletting. The youth protest movement has been quick to notice that their cause desperately depends on conveying the behavior of President Saleh in its full horror, and have made obvious common cause with international outlets. “Al Jazeera,” painted in bright white and broad calligraphic strokes, is emblazoned on the
