ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: A heated debate between two guests live on Lebanese Al-Manar TV turned violent on Friday when one guest hurled a glass full of water at another while discussing the Syria crisis.<br/> <br />Guest Salem Zahrani, who heads a media center in Lebanon and is known for his support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad exchanged insults with the other guest, Asaad Bshara who opposed the Syrian regime.<br/> <br />"I talk about Syria and I know what I am talking about," said Zahrani, during the interview on an episode of 'Talk of the Hour' a political program on Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV.<br/> <br />Bshara interrupted Zahrani several times and the heated discussion quickly turned into a shouting match.<br/> <br />"You watch Al-Dunya TV and you are talking to me?" Bshara could be heard saying to Zahrani, referring to a pro-Syrian regime TV station.<br/> <br />The host, Imad Mermel, tried to stop the interruptions when Zahrani interrupted Bshara to defend Al-Dunya TV. But the two guests continued the argument.<br/> <br />"Al-Dunya TV channel is more honorable than you," Zahrani said, adding that Al-Dunya did not receive funds from Israel, US and other foreign sources, implying other television stations were complicit with foreign forces.<br/> <br />"You keep on collaborating with the Israelis... You can't finish one sentence," Zahrani can be heard saying, while Mermel struggles to calm the situation.<br/> <br />"I have reports from international sources, and he (Bshara) is just sitting there, like an idiot, and doesn't know..." Zahrani adds.<br/> <br />The scuffle, quickly growing out of control culminated with Bshara hurling an insult at Zahrani, who in turn flung two glasses of water at his counterpart.<br/> <br />The host could be seen rushing in to stop the scuffle turning violent before the show was taken off air.<br/> <br />The show resumed after a commercial break with both guests apologizing to the public.<br/> <br />According to local media reports the Association of Reporters Against Violence condemned Zahrani's behavior and criticized the program for allowing the situation to escalate.
