VOICES Publishing from the AAJA National Convention
Dearborn, Mich. is home to the largest concentration of Arabs outside of the Middle East. Many of the Arab Americans living here rely only on Arabic television for news coverage.
Why do they only prefer Arabic channels?
It will also analyze how some community members feel about censoring channels containing “questionable” content. In 2010, Denmark proposed a ban on two Arabic channels, Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, because they were viewed as a “threat to democracy.” In the U.S., one particular channel, Al-Manar, was designated as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity” and banned to American audiences.
There have been other efforts to ban Arabic channels in the past as well. Despite the ban, many people still gain access to these channels online.
