[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Shirazi reference believes that "media outlets these days are a tool in the hands of the enemies of values, morals and humanity. Given the absence of the important and influential role of virtuous and pious people who follow the right doctrine in media outlets, these tools are thus exploited in achieving demonic and ill purposes." This is according to what’s posted on Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Shirazi’s official website.This perception is not new but it dates to years ago, before the death of reference Sayyid Mohammad al-Shirazi who encouraged his followers to be involved in the media field and not let others monopolize it. This made the Shirazi Movement later work on establishing more than 20 satellite television channels in different languages. This number is based on a statistic which Al Arabiya.net attained from a source from within the Shirazi reference
Researcher Bassem al-Zaydi at Imam Shirazi Center for Studies and Research thinks "satellite television channels are the most important means of modern media communication. Thus there were more focus on them in terms of contributors to establish them and recipients."