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	Al Hurra-Al Who?: Haven't heard? We're Free, They're Not!
		Al Hurra's free press mandate is to challenge what the U.S. Administration and the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees international broadcasting perceive, as the hate media in the Arab region.
		President Bush says that Al Hurra will help combat "the hateful propaganda that fills the airwaves in the Muslim world and tell people the truth about the values and policies of the United States." It seems to be doing so from a safe distance.
		Al Hurra is based, not in the Middle East, but in northern Virginia, U.S.A. While you might think that eyeballs would be glued to the U.S.-declared truthful alternative, so far no one is fully embracing the "free one" version, despite financing of $62 million in congressional funding for the first year alone.
	www.commondreams.org /views04/0309-06.htm (1095 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Al Hurra's struggle for legitimacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As a result, Al Hurra appears to be seeking a harder edge to its programmes in an effort to attract viewers and to make the channel a more popular platform for the discussion of US foreign policies.
		Al Iraqiya is the former state-run network that is now funded by the Pentagon and has been managed with the help of US consultants.
		Al Hurra has signed a one-year agreement with BBC Worldwide for a package of 45 documentaries, news and current affairs programming to bolster its schedule.
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=116426 (821 words)

	Viewpoint: The great Al Hurra debate - Commentary - Middle East Times
		According to one critic, Al Hurra is known as "Al Jazeera lite in the Middle East".
		Al Hurra gets its lightweight reputation in part because it "outsources" Middle East coverage, said Nematt, who was fired as an Al Hurra talk show participant after he criticized the station's management.
		Al Hurra's mission, by law, is to broadcast accurate and objective news and information without bias or favoritism.
	www.metimes.com /articles/normal.php?StoryID=20051209-092026-8598r (1093 words)

	Hip, Hip, Al Hurra! [on Alberto Fernandez, MES professors]: Explaining America to the Arabs--with no help from the ...
		That station is Al Hurra, the U.S. government-funded station established in 2003 to battle for the hearts and minds of Arabs bombarded by the anti-Americanism of stations like Al Jazeera.
		When Al Hurra first went on the air in early 2004, I was living in Morocco, a front line state in the post-9/11 culture wars.
		The old USIA crowd dislikes Al Hurra because its own hard-earned expertise--reaching out to captive nations under the thumb of Communist dictatorships--isn't directly applicable to a station seeking to appeal to viewers in countries whose friendly dictators we don't want to overthrow, but do want to prod toward democracy.
	www.campus-watch.org /article/id/2875 (1719 words)

	Arabs Glued to TV News - But Not to US Sponsored Al Hurra
		The television was tuned to Al Jazeera as we listened to Mr.
		By the time the Spanish railway bombings took place, frustration and disappointment had set in to such a degree that Al Hurra was only glanced at as we flipped between the coverage on Al Jazeera and Al Arabiyya.
		And that's why no one here was clicking to Al Hurra last week for coverage of Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, nor to coverage of the Pakistani Army's fierce battle with Al Qaeda and Taliban remnants on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
	www.commondreams.org /views04/0330-02.htm (1115 words)

	Viewpoint: Al Hurra struggling for ratings - Commentary - Middle East Times
		As a result Al Hurra appears to be seeking a harder edge to its programs in an effort to attract viewers and to make the channel a more popular platform for the discussion of US foreign policies.
		Although Al Hurra can expect the same access, US policymakers' decision to work with the competition shows that they understand that the network does not reach some of the most coveted viewers.
		Al Hurra's struggles may stem from the soft nature of some of its acquired programs.
	www.metimes.com /articles/normal.php?StoryID=20051128-093332-6251r (989 words)

	Al Hurra Joins Battle for News, Hearts, and Minds - Empire? - Global Policy Forum
		This is Al Hurra, a US-government-sponsored satellite channel that's now broadcasting to 22 countries in the Arab world.
		Al Hurra's newsroom bustles with some 75 staffers, most of them handpicked by Pattiz and his news director, Mouafac Harb.
		Imad Mousa, a senior producer, is an American of Palestinian origin and came to Al Hurra from Al Jazeera.
	www.globalpolicy.org /empire/media/2004/0224battle.htm (1025 words)

	Al Hurra: The free one
		An environment like that will be hard for Al Hurra.” The Jordan Times published a spicy and tart editorial in an admission of the lack of democracy and freedom in Arab nations recognized that “The region braces itself for a wave of change as the masses realize the errors of their fundamentalist ways.”
		Arab nations have consistently deflected worldwide attention from their own corrupt dictatorships, repressive regimes, and tyrannies in order to try to hide their won serious threats to their own people’s lack of democracy and freedom with crimes against humanity that include human rights abuses and violations that are amongst the worst in the world.
		Al Hurra is an uphill battle but a critical one in the media war for minds in the Middle East.
	www.kashmirtelegraph.com /0404/ten.htm (609 words)

	Al Hurra introduction prompts ire - The Washington Times: World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The latest focus of that frustration is Al Hurra television, which went on the air Feb. 14 with a program lineup including talk shows and investigative reports aimed at Arabs and other Muslims.
		Al Hurra's introduction came shortly before the Feb. 27 termination of VOA's radio services to 10 Eastern European states, while programming by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has not increased to fill the gap.
		He said Al Hurra is administered on a corporate model, ensuring greater separation from governmental pressures, and that Radio Sawa is expected to follow suit in a few months.
	www.washingtontimes.com /world/20040304-091513-1971r.htm (708 words)

	FT.com / World / US & Canada - Troubled TV network draws fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although it was established as a pan-Arab network to counter the perceived anti-American bias of the Qatar-based al-Jazeera network, Mr Rugh and other commentators say viewers describe al Hurra as a bland, poor-quality Lebanese station with a Lebanese slant that reflects the ethnic make-up of its staff.
		Magdi Khalil, a former employee of al Hurra (which means “the free one” in Arabic), wrote in a commentary circulated in the State Department that the network displayed the “typical flaws and mediocrity” of Arab news media.
		Al Hurra made his resignation public and told staff last week.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/8012f8f2-4ef7-11da-9947-0000779e2340.html (515 words)

	Keeping Al Jazeera in check - Editorials/Op-Ed - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Al Hurra is produced in Springfield, Va., and broadcast throughout the Arab world as part of U.S. public-diplomacy efforts and as a competitor to the Qatari government-sponsored Al Jazeera network, which broadcast news with an anti-American bias.
		Al Hurra has faced stiff competition in a satellite market dominated by Al Jazeera and the Dubai-based Al Arabiya.
		Should Al Hurra fulfill its purpose, and we hope it does, it would become a valuable asset in winning hearts and minds across the Middle East.
	washingtontimes.com /op-ed/20051018-092724-1086r.htm (520 words)

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		A June 2004 Zogby survey conducted by Brookings scholar Shibley Telhami found that Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya left Alhurra in the dust as far as Arabs' preferred news sources were concerned.
		Al Jazeera came in number one with Al Arabiya a distant second.
		Al Jazeera registered 88 percent with Al Arabiya second at 35 percent.
	www.tbsjournal.com /Archives/Spring05/wise.htm (5568 words)

	Mike Whitney: Al Hurra TV
		In the case of Al Hurra the obvious goal is to anaesthetize the public to the injustice of American foreign policy.
		We should expect that Al Hurra will emphasize the "generous motives" of the US in "liberating" the Iraqi people and that the 37 year occupation of the West Bank will be presented as a reasonable response to Palestinian terrorism.
		Al Hurra is simply the logical extension of this system, no different than the torture camps at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib; all jewels in the imperial crown.
	www.counterpunch.org /whitney10222004.html (2445 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| US Arabic channel a turn-off
		Al Hurra, "the free one", began its broadcast at 5pm in Cairo when Mohammad - who asked that his full name not be used - was still busy helping customers in his busy electronics store.
		Al Hurra's debut passed without notice in some quarters: most Egyptians cannot afford a satellite dish.
		Al Hurra's launch comes as the Bush administration pushes its "forward strategy of freedom" in the Middle East.
	www.guardian.co.uk /usa/story/0,12271,1149371,00.html (1000 words)

	Al Arabiya - SourceWatch
		Al Arabiya is a Dubai-based, 24-hour satellite TV news channel, established in February 2003 as "a more moderate alternative to Al Jazeera."
		Al Arabiya and its parent network, the Middle East Broadcasting Center are owned by Sheik Walid al-Ibrahim, the brother-in-law of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.
		The Jihadist Martyrs Brigades has called the station a "terrorist channel." The group also claimed it was responsible for an October 2004 car bomb attack on Al Arabiya's Baghdad office, which killed five station employees and wounded dozens more.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Al_Arabiya (362 words)

	The Middle East hates its new TV station. - By Ed Finn - Slate Magazine
		In its first week of broadcasting to the Middle East, U.S.-funded satellite station Al Hurra has earned little praise from its target audience.
		Al Hurra (which means "the free one" in Arabic) started broadcasting Valentine's Day as a none-too-subtle answer to Al Jazeera and other regional media's unfavorable reporting on U.S. foreign policy.
		Al Hurra is just the latest in a string of Middle Eastern public diplomacy efforts for the United States—previous highlights include the Arab-language Radio Sawa and Hi magazine.
	www.slate.com /id/2095806 (1014 words)

	Public Diplomacy Watch: Trouble at al Hurra? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Financial Times says the American-backed Arab news channel al Hurra is troubled.
		In a thematically related story, Arab news channel al Jazeera's forthcoming US channel Al Jazeera International has hired an American PR firm to counter suggestions that al Jazeera is little more than a mouthpiece for terrorists.
		The House of Representatives subcommittee for oversight and investigations - just wrapping up the UN oil-for-food corruption scandal - is to call a hearing on al Hurra this week.
	www.publicdiplomacywatch.com /2005/11/trouble_at_al_hurra.html (614 words)

	Al Hurra joins battle for news, hearts, and minds \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		ON AIR: Mohammed Loubchria adjusts a michrophone for Al Hurra anchor Samar Haddad, as she and coanchor Talal al-Sada (l.) prepare for a live newscast.
		Besides the straightforward newscasts, they say, they are running "connectors." In these 15-, 20-, and 30-second spots, anchors explain how they came to Al Hurra - an attempt to build connections.
		Al Hurra won't shy away from any important news, he continues, and he believes viewers will recognize that.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0224/p01s04-usfp.html (1064 words)

	Bush says yes to ArabTV - February 6, 2004 - Pipe Dream on the Web
		In an appearance at the Library of Congress, Bush said the network, Al Hurra, would join other U.S. government broadcasts that are aimed at cutting through the ``hateful propaganda that fills the airwaves in the Muslim world'' and telling people ``the truth about the values and the policies of the United States.''
		Al Hurra, Arabic for ``the free one,'' is the most expensive of a number of efforts that have been made since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks aimed at changing attitudes about the United States through government-supplied information.
		U.S. officials have acknowledged that they plan it as a rival to Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based satellite network, and Al-Arabiyya, based in Dubai, which have often drawn complaints about their programming from senior Bush administration officials.
	www.bupipedream.com /020604/wire/w2.htm (275 words)

	Article or Op-Ed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		And most of all, Al Hurra should be the preferred option for Arabs who want to understand what makes America tick—its politics, government, and society.
		Done right, Al Hurra could connect with them—individually, on a daily basis—in a way not possible for any other public diplo macy initiative.
		The old USIA crowd dislikes Al Hurra because its own hard-earned expertise—reaching out to captive nations under the thumb of Communist dictatorships—isn’t directly applicable to a station seeking to appeal to viewers in countries whose friendly dictators we don’t want to overthrow, but do want to prod toward democracy.
	www.washingtoninstitute.org /templateC06.php?CID=990 (1855 words)

	Muslim American Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		President Bush says that Al Hurra will help combat "the hateful propaganda that fills the airwaves in the Muslim world and tell people the truth about the values and policies of the
		U.S.A. While you might think that eyeballs would be glued to the U.S.-declared truthful alternative, so far no one is fully embracing the "free one" version, despite financing of $62 million in congressional funding for the first year alone.
		Al Quds Al Arabi, a newspaper generally critical of the
	www.masnet.org /articleinterest.asp?id=1030 (1016 words)

	U.S.-Funded Al Hurra Under Scrutiny - Center for Media and Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The State Department's Inspector General is investigating Al Hurra, the U.S.-funded, Arabic-language satellite TV network.
		According to the Financial Times, the Broadcasting Board of Governors asked for the investigation into "possible irregularities" with procurement and contracting as well as "concerns that viewing figures might be inflated." The BBG oversees Al Hurra, which has a budget of $49 million for 2005.
		The FT reports Kenneth Tomlinson -- BBG chair and until very recently a member of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- and Al Hurra news director Mouafac Harb will be called as witnesses for the November 10 hearing.
	www.prwatch.org /node/4150 (534 words)

	FOXNews.com - U.S.-Sponsored Arabic Stations Pay Off - Politics \| Republican Party \| Democratic Party \| Political ...
		The first ratings are in for Al Hurra (search) — the U.S.-based Arabic language television station that just went on the air in February, and they look promising.
		"Al Hurra" means "the free one" in Arabic.
		Preliminary ratings, based on phone surveys in major Middle Eastern cities in the first part of April, show that an average of 20 percent of the homes contacted had tuned in to Al Hurra during the weeklong period.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,118600,00.html (491 words)

	The Arabist » What Al Hurra really means
		The Arabist » What Al Hurra really means
		It means “The Free One” — free to stack its guest roster with Republicans, members of the intellectual wing of the Israel lobby and under-represent the Arab world, Democrats and Arab-Americans.
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	arabist.net /archives/2006/07/29/what-al-hurra-really-means (79 words)

	Accuracy In Media - AIM Report: Al-Jazeera and the Saddam Oil Bribes - June A
		Dorrance Smith, a former executive producer at ABC's "Nightline," wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal noting that, "Osama bin Laden, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and al Qaeda have a partner in al-Jazeera and, by extension, most networks in the U.S. This partnership is a powerful tool for the terrorists in the war in Iraq.
		Figures show that 77% of Iraqis cite TV as their main source of information; 15% cite newspapers.
		Spanish authorities arrested a correspondent for al-Jazeera, Tayseer Allouni, accusing him of having links to al Qaeda.
	www.aim.org /aim_report/3664_0_4_0_C (2679 words)

	Arabs glued to TV news - but not to US-sponsored Al Hurra \| csmonitor.com
		Arabs glued to TV news - but not to US-sponsored Al Hurra
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		SANA'A, YEMEN – For the past two months in small, smoke-filled rooms carpeted with discarded khat leaves, I have been watching television.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0330/p09s02-coop.html (1080 words)

	Online NewsHour: President Bush Interview With Al-Hurra -- May 5, 2004
		Foreign policy experts discuss the challenges their governments face in Iraq
		To counter what U.S. officials consider as an anti-American slant in some Arab media, the U.S. government has launched Al Hurra, a new satellite television channel broadcast to the Arab and Muslim world.
		Two analysts discuss the one year anniversary of the Iraq war and its impact on diplomacy and the war on terror
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/white_house/jan-june04/bush-alhurra_5-5.html (1941 words)

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