Satellite Channels Steal Academics' and Experts' Fees
by Dr. Abdul-Sattar Kassem
Corruption in Palestine is not confined to the Palestinian Authority; it runs through the limbs of a great many people at various levels. This is to be expected, for as the saying goes, if the master of the house beats the drum, the whole household will naturally dance.
Satellite channels and radio stations conduct interviews with experts, specialists, and academics; some of them offer a fee, and some do not, depending on financial circumstances and other conditions that each channel sets for itself. Usually, the channel or station will inform the person concerned that it intends to give him a fee.
From what I hear from some Palestinian academics and experts, there are satellite channels that promise to pay a fee, but when the person asks for it he is met with petty humiliations, or his right to it is simply denied. It has become clear to me that there are people among those working at these channels who steal from the academics. A number of them have contacted the officials of these channels and been assured that the fees are disbursed to the party authorized to deliver them.
…[Al-]Alam TV and Press TV stand out as the most shortchanging of the satellite channels toward those who appear on their screens.
There are satellite channels that are very honest, and that hand the person concerned his fee through professional means that leave no room for theft or shortchanging, such as Kuwait Television, Al Jazeera, and Qatar Radio.
Out in the open: I have a great deal of information on this subject, and I consider this article a warning to everyone who steals the fees of experts and specialists. Whoever has stolen money must pay it back to its rightful owners — enough of this shamelessness.
And I ask those who have not yet given me their testimonies on this subject to contact me.
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Source: Translated from the original Arabic, “فضائيات تسرق مكافآت الأكاديميين والخبراء” by Dr. Abdul-Sattar Kassem.
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