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Arab League: Establish Satellite Channel As Alternative To Incitement Channels

Arab communications ministers are expected to discuss, on January 24, the U.S. Congress's ban on the broadcasting of television channels inciting to terrorism.

The Arab League general secretariat yesterday called on representatives of Arab satellite media institutions to examine the possibility of establishing an alternative channel that will present the Arab media discourse to the international community.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, January 19, 2010

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