Community | June 01, 2009 | 8 comments

US funded Arab station, Alhurra, is watched by 0.5% of Middle East

source: http://www.propublica.org/feature/alhurra-bleeding-viewers-poll-finds-but-spending-is-up-529

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Results from the largest public opinion poll in the Arab world indicate that Alhurra [1], the U.S.-funded Arab satellite station that has cost U.S. taxpayers more than half a billion dollars, is the least-watched station in the region and is losing viewers.

The annual poll [2], by the University of Maryland and Zogby International, was conducted in Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Residents there were polled on a wide range of issues including their views of U.S. foreign policy, the American presidency and their media habits.

The 2008 poll showed Alhurra with about a 2 percent audience share across the Muslim world's largest and most-influential countries. That share fell in this year's poll to 0.5 percent. Shibley Telhami [3], a leading Middle East expert at the University of Maryland and The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., said Alhurra's rating was so low that for the first time, it fell below the poll's margin of error.
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8 comments // US funded Arab station, Alhurra, is watched by 0.5% of Middle East

  • aspenlve
  • masterzip
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      masterzip  

    • I bet there is no use of the language "death to america." i would also bet that 0.5 percent of the people listening are employees of the U.S. government just monitoring it to make sure nothing controversial is ever said.

    • 2 years ago
  • Robroy1
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      Robroy1  

    • I agree, you can't bullshit people, except in America. The sheep in America like to be led and lulled to sleep with all kinds of propaganda, just look at the Bullshit Dumb Ya and his crew fed the American people. yet alot of the idiots in America still think Dumb Ya should not be in prison for murder among other things.

    • 2 years ago
  • Highr0ller
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      Highr0ller [removed]  

    • Arabs don't trust America, for good reason, and won't watch their news stories......but they love American films.
      Al Jazzerah is most popular in the Middle East.
      Nice hard-hitting news stories....they don't put a 'spin' on the news.

      Americans at home are fed a load of crap by Fox News etc. No need to export it.

      Put the money towards your mortgage with China.

    • 2 years ago
  • jh64487
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      jh64487  

    • of course, besides, al jazeera is actually fairly decent as long as you take certain issues they report on with a grain of salt. al jazeera is certainly excellent insight into the arab world.

      also, thanks for the new link, most excellent

    • 2 years ago
  • kellysontheroad
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