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Al-Hurra

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TV Network

The Resume

    (February 14, 2004- )
    Satellite TV channel brodcasting to 22 countries in the Middle East
    Headquarters in Springfield, Virginia
    Funded by the US government
    Intended to counter anti-American bias of Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya
    $652 million budget in 2006
    Name translates as 'The Free One'

Why Al-Hurra might be annoying:

    According to a Zogby International survey, 0% of Arabs used it as their primary source of news and less than 4% chose it as their second news source.
    A printed message on the bottom of the screen referring to the founding of Israel as a 'catastrophe' aired for an hour.
    It aired an hour-long speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah urging his followers to attack 'the Israeli enemy.'
    It ran an interview with a Hamas leader who claimed the Holocaust never happened and aired uncritical coverage of an Iranian-sponsored conference of Holocaust deniers.
    Personnel from the network admitted that stories air unscreened because none of the executives speak Arabic.
    Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) asked, 'Why are American taxpayer dollars used to spread the hate, lies and propaganda of these nuts when our goal was to counter them?'

Why Al-Hurra might not be annoying:

    It is largely commercial-free.
    After the revelations of anti-American and anti-Israeli stories being aired, it agreed to a review by an outside panel.
    Given what it broadcasts, maybe we should be glad that Zogby shows no one is watching.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 72 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 43 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 60 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 78 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 97 Votes: 76.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 57 Votes: 64.91% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 61 Votes: 75.41% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 66 Votes: 74.24% Annoying