Archive This: Feds Bust Al-Manar Dealer in NYC
The New York Daily News reports on the arrest of a satellite dish dealer, Javed Iqbal, who offered customers the Al-Manar channel. The Daily News notes “The Treasury Department designated al Manar, a Lebanon-based satellite TV station controlled by Hezbollah, as a global terrorist entity in March, making it a federal crime to buy the satellite service – even though the channel can be seen for free on the Internet.”
Aside from the first amendment implications here, banning alternative sources of news is the surest way to make them credible and desirable. Al-Manar is now The Station Big Government Doesn’t Want You to Watch.