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I would rather say that the media in the Arab world are restricted according to the cultural, political and social dictates of the region. They are not free to broadcast or publish an entire story. Every news story is sieved.
Even after living and working for close to 10 years in the UAE and drabbling in Media of all kinds, it has been my misfortune not to be able to read or write Arabic. Hence I am not competent to answer this question from the "Arabic" part of the question.
However, I have been deeply involved in buying space & releasing advertisements and client campaigns in all sorts of Arabic Media as many other across the Globe and from the perspective of a media planner I can say one thing for sure.. and this yardstick is universal & has got nothing to do with any specific region or language.. pls.read on.
First of all, there is no media that is unbiased (positively or negatively), local media give more importance to local news over bigger international news .. this is also bias, (but a bias approved or liked by its audience).
There is also this sacrosanct truth about media & its acceptability.. unless someone is holding a gun on their head, average audience, globally, is intelligent & sensitive enough to consume the media he or she identifies with and likes to consume. I also believe that Arab audience is intelligent enough chose the media that represents them and thus there is definitely an element of trust associated with their choice.
Therefore, media, that are circulating well (meaning enjoying audience trust) and for which advertisers are ready to pay money to buy space in it, are definitely approved by the audience it represents .. I would like to believe that this cannot happen without a certain degree of neutrality or unbias.
Ethics are the commitments that offer performers a record that respects the public and respected profession group. Topic related to the institution's policy .. First and respect for journalists of the laws and traditions of work. The important thing is the public order in the state in the commitment to democracy and give a space of opinion and freedom of expression.
As I don't speak Arabic, I have no idea what the journalists write or report. The only thing I can say on this topic is that reading a Saudi Arabian newspaper in English language, it is very government and royal family friendly and it praises the country and the royals. There's no criticism whatsoever.
I think it does because if it did not, the GCC would have the same distrust and skepticism to local media like it is in the West and parts of Eastern Europe, Russia most notably.
Media in the Arab world does not resort to using sensationalist titles (from what I saw) while Western news agencies do so and do that while slanting in favour of a political agenda; not ethical.
i dont think that
The authoritarian countries usually consider the press its right arm in misleading the masses
After years of dealing with the media in the region, I do believe that journalists and reporters in the Middle East are largely professional in the way they perform their duties. That said, media should always be handled with care and caution.
They largely do and most of the journalists are aware of the dos and donts
Arab word media abides by the journalism ethics only when they relate to events concerning commoners ,while for the royals they tend to be on the moderate side ,reporting only which they think covers their liabilities
Its all about regional customs, in some specific circumstances if it is happening in Arab Countries I don't get it as negative. It should be neutral irrespective to race, nationality, language and colour indeed!
The role of media should be like of a medial instead of instigater or aggressive medium for the nation. Now a days most media tilt towards their persoal interest.
As per system of that area the restrictions are there but they varied from country to country some where they are more harsh and somewhere they are little softer but overall the media is under the control of the rulers of the region rather then government and there are no specific guidelines or policies to follow.
