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RAMALLAH The lions share of Palestinian journalists, fearing official retaliation, routinely censor themselves, a report said.

Palestinian journalists staged a protest on Oct. 19 against restrictions on press freedom.

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms asserted that more than 80 percent of Palestinian journalists practiced self-censorship in their work. In a report, the center, known by its Arabic acronym, MADA, said these journalists censored details from virtually every newspaper or electronic media story before submission.

This is the most serious and dangerous kind of censorship, center director-general Mousa Rimawi said.

On Oct. 15, the center held a meeting on media self-censorship in the West Bank city of Ramallah attended by scores of journalists from Palestinian and international outlets. Rimawi said self-censorship had increased under the PA and Hamas regime.

The center presented a survey of Palestinian journalists on self-censorship. The report said 68 percent of journalists said their reports were frequently banned for publication or broadcast.

The study attributed self-censorship to fear of government, media bosses as well as Arab society. Those surveyed cited taboos in Arab and Palestinian societies.

Self-censorship negatively affects the freedom of expression and the professional level of the Palestinian media, which already faces many obstacles, Rimawi said.

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Published: October 18, 2014 (Issue # 1833)

Igor Chernyshev told the Izvestia newspaper that he aims to create a "forum for discussing the question of our country's information policy" with the editors of national media outlets. Photo: Pixabay

Days after President Vladimir Putin signed a law forcing foreign companies to sell stakes in Russian media, members of Russia's upper house of parliament have advocated applying state pressure to combat a glut of "negative" news that is poisoning the country's image, a news report said Friday.

The proposal's mastermind Igor Chernyshev told newspaper Izvestia that he aims to create a "forum for discussing the question of our country's information policy" with the editors of national media outlets in the upper house, which is known as the Federation Council.

"It's very important for formulating an image even within our government among people, among regions, let alone internationally," Chernyshev said.

"It is a wonky situation when national media show only what they themselves consider important or 'hot topics,'" he said.

Chernyshev's proposal comes hard on the heels of a law limiting foreign ownership of Russian media to 20 percent that critics say was designed to increase the state's leverage over media outlets. Previous legislation had set a 50 percent limit on ownership of radio and television media but left print where foreign companies have a huge presence untouched. The new law threatens the Russian assets of at least 15 international media houses.

Some media professionals were less than enthused by Chernyshev's proposal. Vladimir Pozner, a respected media personality and talk show host on state-run Channel One, said Friday that the idea strongly resembled the attitude towards media under the Soviet Union.

"There is no negative or positive information there is information This looks a lot like an effort to introduce censorship," Pozner told news website Slon.ru.

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