Jordanian Journalists Wreck Studio on Live TV 

Hey, why doesn't this happen on Western TV? Two journalists who were taking part in a Jordanian TV debate about media freedom became so angry with each other that they wrecked the studio while they were on the air. Journalists Muhammad Sharif al-Jiyusi and Shakir al-Johari were about half-way through a discussion on the Jordanian 7 Stars TV network when the tone became heated. Apparently they let their opinions get the better of them and they decided to get into a fight on live TV and smash up the studio.

Jayousi accused Johari of being "deviant" in his backing of the revolution in Syria. Johari retorted that his colleague was paid for cheerleading President Bashar al-Assad. Jayousi then shouted: "Shut up". The pair then jumped up out of their seats and started wrestling around the desk, pulling off the table top and jabbing it at each other. Show host Zuhair al-Azza unsuccessfully tried to calm them down. Production staff intervened but Johari managed to aim a kick at his opponent before he was pulled away.

Later, al-Jiyusi says on his Facebook page he felt insulted by the way he had been called a supporter of Syria's ruling Baath party. It was "as if being a Baathist is a punishable charge, or an affront". Al-Jiyusi says he told the other pundit he is "honored to be a Baathist" and is a correspondent for the Syrian state news agency Sana and of the al-Baath newspaper. No charges have been filed so far.