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| 2004-04-30 |
| EFL The first ratings are in for Al Hurra the U.S. based Arabic language television station that just went on the air in February, and they look promising. 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. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly (from a remote location) |
| #2 I am beginning to wish the US would sponsor a domestic news network featuring only news about the Muslim world, a la MEMRI & Daniel Pipes. The general populace certainly isn't getting much from the regular media nowadays. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2004-04-30 5:08:46 PM |
| #1 Sounds good. We ought to be able to produce television content that is twice as entertaining, interesting, and addicting as Al-Jazeera. If we can get a substantial audience, we begin to level the playing field and inject a dose of sanity to staunch the flow of conspiracy-obsessed anti-americanism being spoon fed to the arabs continuously. |
| Posted by: sludj 2004-04-30 12:45:36 PM |