Most of the press is privately owned and is not subject to censorship as long as it refrains from criticizing the ruling family.
Al Wasat newspaper and the Bahrain Mirror are regarded as the country's opposition news sources.
[1] The country's television is state-owned and controlled by the Information Affairs Authority, which operates over five terrestrial TV networks.
[4] Due to the huge malayali population in the Persian Gulf region four malayalam newspapers also have editions from Bahrain.
Another malayalam newspaper Gulf Thejas was launched in Bahrain on 27 September 2012 by Akhbar Al Khaleej editor-in-chief Anwar Abdulrahman at a ceremony held in Manama.