Mosaic: World News from the Middle East

Mosaic: World News from the Middle East
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Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Broadcast
Original channel LinkTV
Original airing 2004

Mosaic: World News from The Middle East was a daily news program offered by the free American satellite channel, LinkTV. Mosaic featured selections from television news programs produced by broadcast outlets throughout the Middle East. The news reports were presented unedited, translated into English when necessary. The show's founding producer was Jamal Dajani, a Palestinian American and was co-produced by David Michaelis, an Israeli Jew.[1] It won a Peabody Award in 2004.[2]

Distribution

Mosaic was broadcast on Link TV, a free informational channel available on DirecTV, Dish Network and some US cable TV systems; and is archived by the Internet Archive, from which it can be viewed.

Sources

Mosaic broadcast news programs from Al Jazeera, 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.)

Funding

Mosaic was supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Firedoll Foundation, and Link TV viewers.

Controversy

In January, 2004, and again in January, 2005, disputes arose over the airing of Mosaic on the Public-access television cable TV 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][3] Supporters of the program, while conceding that the broadcasts may on occasion 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.[4]

Mosaic has also been criticized by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, which claims it "whitewashes terrorism and promotes extremism".[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stewart, Rhonda. "Middle East News Reports Are Not Welcomed by All, The Boston Globe, February 5, 2004. Accessed July 31, 2006.
  2. ↑ 64th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2005.
  3. ↑ Viser, Matt. Mideast Cable Show to Air 5 days, The Boston Globe, January 6, 2005. Accessed July 31, 2006.
  4. ↑ "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
  5. ↑ Hollander, Ricky. "'Mosaic' Deceptions", Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, April 17, 2004. Accessed August 3, 2005.

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