Employees of Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV tried explaining to St. Petersburg Times columnist Susan Taylor Martin why their newscasts aren’t biased:
Mattar says Al-Manar’s reporting is objective, though she acknowledges she gets the “Israeli point of view” only by quoting other news agencies. Because it is an arm of Hezbollah, Al-Manar does not recognize the Jewish state, and refuses to interview Israeli officials or anyone who supports Israeli policies.
“There is no problem with Jews because they are Jews – we respect the Jewish religion and the Jewish people. Our problem is with Israeli policy in Palestine,” Farhat says. He notes that a crew recently flew to Britain to interview a Jewish professor, albeit one critical of Israel.
The US lists Al-Manar as a terror organization.
