A Kuwaiti publisher launched the country's first privately owned television station Friday, ending decades of government monopoly of broadcast news media. AlraiTV, which broadcasts by satellite, features news, dramas and movies as well as religious programs. Its name translates as "Opinion TV." "On this station, we are pioneers of freedom ... and openness," Jassem Boudai, the station's main owner, said in an editorial Friday in the newspaper Al-Rai Al-Amm, which he also owns. He promised objective reporting and talk shows void of "sensationalism."
| I love this. In many ways it's as significant as the Afghan elections. The more freedom and openness the Gulf States implement, the worse Soddy Arabia looks. Eventually, even the Soddies won't be able to ignore the fact that the neighbors are civilized and they're the poor relations. |
| I guess that'll be when the Soddies decide the Kuwaiti's are not islamic enough and start subsidizing "insurgents". |
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