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Thread #87477 Message #1634294
Posted By: GUEST,beardedbruce
23-Dec-05 - 09:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Waiting for Moderate Arab Voices...
Subject: RE: BS: Waiting for Moderate Arab Voices...
first sticky-
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second sticky-
"Updates 01/08/05 : IslamicReform online"
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nothing at all about the quote at the top of the thread- but there is this-
"In an article titled "Welcome to the BBC! However...," Tariq Al-Homayed, editor of the London Arabic daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, criticized the Arab media, especially the television channels, which, he said, had for years been acting irresponsibly and were "ideology-laden" and "revenge-seeking." Al-Homayed said that a BBC Arabic news channel would be welcome if its administration was not left to Arab media representatives who would run it in accordance with their own ideological orientations. Al-Homayed was referring primarily to Al-Jazeera TV, as well as to Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV and the Saudi Al-Majd channel. "
fourth sticky- "Posted November 12, 2005 " last posting
So, NO comments about the statement at all. But thank you for the sites- I will check back and see what they have to say. I do note that none of them are either Arab media or government, though. CNN statement is thus not yet proven false.