Iraqi Kurdish journalists criticize Arab satellite channels' coverage of war

Kurdistan Satellite TV in Sorani Kurdish ^ | 03/29/2003 | Translated 03/30/2003

[gaucho]

With a view to highlighting the negative role of some Arab satellite channels in their coverage of the Iraq liberation war, a group of university professors and the Kurdistan Journalists Union released a statement which said: In addition to their obvious bias in favour of the Iraqi regime, it is regrettable that most of the Arab satellite deliberately obscure and distort facts. It would be more worthy of them to report facts in a neutral way and without obvious bias.

Furthermore, instead of revealing the suffering of the Iraqi people at the hands of the Iraqi regime's authorities, these satellite channels dismiss some cultured Arab figures and resort to others who are known for their support for the Iraqi regime and fabricate facts as they please. They also suppress the voices of the true victims of injustice and the oppressed in order to maintain the stances that are hostile to the aspirations of the Iraqi peoples in the minds of individuals. The statement pointed out the positive role of the State of Kuwait satellite TV, which, unlike other Arab satellite channels, attempts hard to report to the public opinion the facts and the suffering of the Iraqi people.

These views are not uncommon in the streets in Iraqi Kurdistan. Citizens in Duhok Governorate have expressed their disappointment and regret at the attitude of the satellite channels, which attempt in various ways to distort most facts and ignore others, while most people expect media channels to provide them with facts as they are. One of the citizens said that this hypocrisy shows a reality that cannot be easily changed, and a clear demonstration of the failure of these channels to exercise freedom of expression and respect the views of others

[scooby321]

they won't show the murders of Basra

talk about concern of muslims

[crazykatz]

The more I know about the Kurds the more I trust them!!

The he_l with turkey!!

[Higgymonster]

Freaking BBC is driving me nuts. Did Sky News ever come back on the air where we can listen or watch it on the internet? How bout a back way into Fox anybody. I've gone through these:

http://www.halifaxlive.com/article.php?sid=182&mode=&order=0&thold=0

http://wwitv.com/ns.htm

We got anything else?

[crazykatz]

Bad, Biased coverage = BBC

[janette]

I have "Globe Cast" Satelite TV for getting German TV. It comes with all Arabian and Asian channels(most of them). It's realy scary to watch it because there is such an tremendous violence going on. They realy don't understand, why the USA is going to do this war. They see it as an invasion and nothing like freeing the Irak people. Volks it's realy scary, how the world reacts!