US EditionUS-funded Arabic network Alhurra ends broadcasts after Trump’s aid cuts
- Alhurra, a US-funded Arabic news outlet, has ended broadcasts and laid off most of its staff due to funding cuts from the Trump administration, as stated by its head, Jeffrey Gedmin.
- Gedmin accused Kari Lake of avoiding conversations about the funding cuts in his termination notices to staff.
- Alhurra claimed to have an audience of 30 million but faced competition from Al Jazeera and other media outlets in the region.
- Gedmin criticized the funding withdrawal as a disgrace, stating that it undermines the free press in the region.
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Arab TV Network Financed Stops Emotions After Trump Cuts · Global Voices
Alhurra, the Arab-language television network created by the U.S. government after the invasion of Iraq, announced on Saturday that it will cease its broadcasts and fire most of the staff after President Donald Trump’s administration cut its funds. The channel began broadcasting in 2004 amid criticism by the U.S. authorities of the coverage of the Iraq war by the Al Jazeera network, backed by Qatar, and that two decades later maintains a dominan…
US-funded Al Hurra fires staff, goes off air after Trump aid cuts
Cairo: The head of a US-funded Arabic-language television and online news outlet that claims a 30 million-strong audience in the Middle East and North Africa terminated most staff and TV programming Saturday, accusing the Trump administration and Elon Musk of having “irresponsibly and unlawfully” cut off funding. In notices Al Hurra news staffers about their dismissals, chief Jeffrey Gedmin said he had given up on the US administration’s freeze …
Iraq: Arab-language media al-Hurra will stop broadcasting after financing cut off by Washington
It is the end of al-Hurra. This Arabic-language television channel, broadcast in the Middle East and Maghreb, financed for more than 20 years by the American Congress, will stop broadcasting. Its CEO accuses the Trump administration of having abruptly and illegally cut the funds of the channel.
US-funded Arabic network Alhurra ends broadcasts after Trump’s aid cuts
Alhurra, the Arabic-language network created by the US government after the Iraq invasion, said on Saturday it would cease broadcasts and lay off most staff after US President Donald Trump’s administration shut off funds. The network went on air in 2004, when US officials were complaining about coverage of the Iraq war from Qatar-backed Al Jazeera — which two decades later maintains a dominant role in Arabic-language media. “Media in the Middle …
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