The board that oversees the government’s Arabic-language satellite television network is seeking an outside review after recent broadcasts that included inflammatory language referring to Israel or Jews.
The overseers of the network, Al Hurra, have acknowledged mistakes, even as they defended the journalistic principle of broadcasting views critical of the United States or its allies. The Broadcasting Board of Governors said the review would examine Al Hurra’s programming for “journalistic integrity and adherence to the standards and principles” of the federal law chartering American-sponsored programming, said Larry Hart, a spokesman for the board.
A broadcast in December included a lengthy speech by Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah. The network later said the speech had not been screened for anti-Israeli content before it was broadcast because no supervisor spoke Arabic.
|
|
|||||||
|
Login
Search
This Month
Month Archive
who employs me
|
Panel to scrutinize U.S.-funded Al Hurra
Comments
No comments found.
Trackbacks
TrackBack URL: |
email this blog
Don't have a reader account, but still want to commend/castigate? Send an email.
recent articles
tweet o' the moment
News sites i can't live without
The craft
Blogs i admit to viewing
blogs i don't admit to viewing
muzeek
|
|||||