Many on the Al Hurra staff reportedly delighted to allow terrorists to spew their propaganda on US-funded TV into the Arabic-speaking world.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: WSJ: "Al-Hurra more like al-Jazeera"

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which runs Al Hurra and the rest of US government international boradcasting, is out of control.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: WSJ: "Al-Hurra more like al-Jazeera"

The competitor is not al-Hurra, an American government channel beamed from Washington that has struggled, and largely failed, to convince Arabs that it is objective.

ECONOMIST: Arab satellite television