News and Document archive source
copyrighted material disclaimer at bottom of page
NewsMine propoganda Viewing Item | Us launches arab satellite station { February 14 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active) http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1045116.htmhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1045116.htm
US launches Arab satellite station. 14/02/2004. ABC News Online
Last Update: Saturday, February 14, 2004. 8:16pm (AEDT) US launches Arab satellite station A new satellite television station funded by the United States Government has begun transmissions to the Middle East.
The station, Alhurra, or "The Free One", is aimed at winning hearts and minds in the Arab world but had already been criticised in the Middle East before its launch.
US President George W Bush says the new station is intended to cut through what he calls the hateful propaganda that fills the airwaves in the Muslim world.
With offices in several capitals and a budget of more than $US60 million, Alhurra is an expensive undertaking.
It will broadcast live from Springfield, Virginia to 22 countries in the Middle East and is operated by the same US authority that oversees the Voice of America.
It is meant to provide an alternative to existing satellite TV stations like al-Jazeera.
Several commentators in the region have rejected it, even before it goes on air.
"Where do they get this stuff from? Why do they keep up insulting us"? asked an editorial in Lebanon's Daily Star newspaper.
Among its first transmissions will be an interview with Mr Bush which the White House says will allow him to explain his commitment to spreading freedom and democracy in the Middle East.
-- BBC
|
| Files Listed: 36 |
This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been
specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material
available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political,
human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc.
We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with
Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research and educational purposes. For more information,
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use
copyrighted material from this site for purpose of your own that go beyond
'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
|