Mosaic: World News from the Middle East

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Mosaic: World News from the Middle East

Mosaic: World News from the Middle East logo
Format Reality Television
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Language(s) English
Broadcast
Original channel LinkTV
Original airing 2004

Mosaic: World News from The Middle East is the Peabody Award-winning 30-minute news program offered by US free satellite channel LinkTV. Mosaic features selections from daily TV news programs produced by national broadcasters throughout the Middle East. The news reports are presented unedited and translated, when necessary, into English. The show's producers (as of 2004) are David Michaelis, an Israeli Jew, and Jamal Dajani, a Palestinian American.[1]

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[edit] Distribution

Mosaic: World News from the Middle East is distributed over DirecTV, Dish Network, some US cable TV systems, and is archived by the Internet Archive, from which it can be viewed.

[edit] Sources

Mosaic: World News from The Middle East broadcasts news programs from Nile TV (Egypt), IRIB 2 (Iran), Al-Alam News Network (Iran), Iraq State Television (defunct since the US war in Iraq. Replaced by Al-Iraqiyah), Israel Broadcasting Authority: Arabic Channel (Israel), Jordan Satellite TV (Jordan), Future TV (Lebanon), National Broadcasting Network Lebanon), 2M-TV (Morocco), Palestinian Satellite Channel (Palestinian territories), Syria Satellite TV (Syria), Yemen State Television (Yemen), Abu Dhabi Television (UAE), Dubai Television (UAE), Arab News Network (Based in London, United Kingdom), Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya, Al-Manar (Hezbollah's TV station. Dropped from Mosaic in 2005.)

[edit] Funding

Mosaic is supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Firedoll Foundation, and by Henry and Vergilia Dakin.

[edit] Controversy

In January, 2004, and again in January, 2005, disputes arose over the airing of Mosaic on the public access cable channel of Newton, Massachusetts. Opponents of its airing argued that the program provides a distorted view of Arab broadcasts, and a venue for antisemitism, anti-Americanism, and "terrorist propaganda".[1] [2] Supporters of the program, while conceding that the broadcasts contain "anti-Semitic and anti-American content" argued that they "give Americans a diverse array of information about how the country is portrayed in the Middle East", and that their broadcast is a free speech issue. [3]

Mosaic has also been criticized by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, which claims it "whitewashes terrorism and promotes extremism".[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Stewart, Rhonda. "Middle East News Reports Are Not Welcomed by All, The Boston Globe, February 5, 2004. Accessed July 31, 2006.
  2. ^ Viser, Matt. Mideast Cable Show to Air 5 days, The Boston Globe, January 6, 2005. Accessed July 31, 2006.
  3. ^ "Supporters disagree, saying that the broadcasts give Americans a diverse array of information about how the country is portrayed in the Middle East. They say although there is anti-Semitic and anti-American content, it’s an issue of free speech." Andrews, Sarah. Arab News Program Sparks Outcry, The Newton Tab, January 20, 2004. Accessed July 31, 2006
  4. ^ Hollander, Ricky. "'Mosaic' Deceptions", Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, April 17, 2004. Accessed August 3, 2005.

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