Al-Hurra is a TV station in Iraq covering general news. Al Hurra ("The Free One" in Arabic) is an Arab-language satellite television service of The Middle East Television Network, Inc. (MTN), which is financed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a United States government agency which also runs the Voice of America radio network, the Arabic language Radio Sawa and the Arabic-English magazine, "hi." Alhurra was created to promote a positive image of U.S. policies to the Arab world. It has been criticized as an ineffective waste of money. Over $500 million has been spent on the service since its launch in 2004. This TV station is owned by United States government. The web site is presented in the Arabic and English languages.
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Mondo Times editors Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 12:51am on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 | The Fall 2008 issue of Carnegie Reporter included this about Al-Hurra:
"A June 2008 report published by independent journalism project Pro Publica noted that Al-Hurra's Virginia newsroom was heavily staffed with Lebanese Christians, while a State Department monitor described its broadcasts as "very pro-Lebanese, pro-Hezbollah.
"Journalists attending the Arab Media Forum in Dubai tended to be dismissive of Al-Hurra. One Arab journalist called it "the Pentagon channel," while another described it as "a joke - an expensive joke." Al-Hurra has a loyal following in Iraq, where pro-American Iraqis welcome it as a respite from the sharply polarized local broadcasters."
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