Over the last few years, many private Arab satellite stations, operating from European capitals, have been established. In some sense, these stations belong to the Arab countries they represent. In the West, there is no such thing as a government-run media and a developed and effective private media exists in its place. Even though there is no such thing as a Ministry of Information in the US, federal law prohibits the government from owning the media or influencing it in any way. Differences between Palestinian Stations One cannot consider the various private stations in Palestine to be similar.
Some differences are more significant than others.
The most significant may be summarized as follows. Some stations set themselves clear goals as to the message they wish to convey. They achieve these goals via their private programmes and news coverage, including through programmes transmitted via Arab Satellite. Other stations do not seek to convey particular messages and only redirect programmes from Arab Satellite stations. The local programmes that these stations broadcast, are nothing more than games and personal dedications which lack creativity and meaning.