"1. They are clearly on a war footing, and aspects of a personality cult re Nasrallah are evident, but at the same time have tried hard to be reliable and maintain their reputation for accuracy. They often seem to go out of their way to base their reporting on "masadir al-3aduw". At times this of course means some talking head on an Israeli television show is endowed with official authority.
2. I have noticed they are very fast with their breaking news ticker, ahead of even Jazira and often at least 12 hourse ahead of Haaretz's website breaking news section (which is usually quite quick), at least when it comes to Israeli casualties. And so far they have to the best of my knowledge made no claims about Israeli killed and wounded that don't end up being confirmed by the Israelis within a day later. Their claims of Israeli tanks and vehicles destroyed haven't been verified. Not disproven, but not verified.
3. I'd like to emphasise they are reporting own casualties. Example: "al-muqawama al-islamiya tuziff shahidiha [Name], born in village A in year B, joined the Resistance in year C, attended numerous military courses, [perhaps some more details], wa hasala 3ala tanwih min al-amin al-3am" [whatever the latter might mean]. So they are definitely reporting casualties, and giving details of them. Whether they are reporting all of them can't of course be ascertained. But if Israeli claims that they have already killed the entire leadership, every Hizballah member, and all potential recruits are accurate, they don't seem to be pulling too much wool over our eyes, at least thus far.
4. They accept no - i repeat, no - criticism of individual Arab leaders. This is particularly evident with call-in shows and studio guests. Those who start with this are virtually immediately cut off, politely but firmly. Something akin happened during the Palestinian uprising - whether at the outset or during Defensive Shield I can't recall. Then it was more firm - those who cursed Arafat were immediately, and not politely, cut off, and "reminded" that Arafat is a national leader struggling against occupation, besieged etc. and Manar would not provide a forum for such attacks."
