Mr Hariri defends his decision by claiming that the airing of dirty laundry on international channels puts off potential investors and offends conservative Arab regimes.

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That starts by treating this moment not as some global airing of our dirty laundry but rather a national awakening to the reality that all of us -- girls and boys, women and men -- must do our part in cleaning it.

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To optimists, the airing of so much dirty laundry is good news.

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Foes of the regime in Syria have refused to welcome Mr Khaddam into their camp but have cheered his public airing of the regime's very dirty laundry.

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With the number of users booming, human resource experts say an employee airing -- or tweeting -- dirty laundry about work is a company train wreck waiting to happen.

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