User:Chetsford/MBN


 * MBN does not have structural independence from the U.S. Government, similar to the BBC or Deutsche Welle
 * A 2009 scholarly study in the peer-reviewed Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, concluded that "the structure of governance in US international broadcasting did not enable the types of editorial independence enjoyed by some of Alhurra’s European equivalents"


 * Reliable sources consistently classify MBN as propaganada
 * In 2011, In These Times' David Szydloski referred to MBN as "propaganda"
 * In a 2013 column for The Atlantic, Elspeth Reeve referred to MBN as "propaganda"
 * In 2020, Politico's media columnist Jack Shafer referred to MBN as "propaganda"
 * In 2023, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting referred to MBN as "propaganda"


 * The limited studies that have been done of MBN universally deride its journalistic quality to the point that it no longer permits studies to be done of it
 * A 2006 report by the Government Accountability Office concluded that it "... does not have an ongoing training program to educate journalists throughout the organization about editorial and ethical issues"
 * In 2007, per Pro Publica, Alhurra broadcast a report that concluded "Jews had provided no scientific evidence of the Holocaust".
 * A 2008 study by the University of Southern California found that the "... quality of Alhurra's journalism is substandard on several levels" including it "relied on unsubstantiated information too often... [and] allowed the on-air expression of personal judgments too frequently".