Press TV was created for the purpose of presenting news, images and arguments, especially on Middle Eastern affairs, to counter the news coverage that appears on BBC World News, CNN International and Al Jazeera English.
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Press TV promotes Iranian foreign policy and has been described as Iranian government propaganda.
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Press TV said contributions to the show reflected the balance of opinion.
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Press TV has been accused by the UK's The Jewish Chronicle of broadcasting "the most disreputable of fringe causes", such as Holocaust denial, and of antisemitic conspiracy theories by the Anti-Defamation League.
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Press TV wrote that "If whites ran Press TV, one would have no difficulty in saying it was a neo-Nazi network".
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Moroccan journalist Hassan Masiky criticized Press TV for trafficking in a dangerous "work of fantasy" that is a "nonsense, nightmarish tale".
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In 2012, a report from the Anti-Defamation League alleged that Press TV has broadcast what the ADL described as examples of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and opinions.
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In early 2015, Press TV claimed Jews or Israel were responsible for the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris.
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Press TV described Kollerstrom, by then removed as an honorary fellow of University College London because of the article, as a "distinguished academic".
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In November 2013, the Press TV website reprinted an opinion piece in its 'Viewpoints' section, first written by M I Bhat for Veterans Today, although Bhat was a regular columnist for Press TV as well.
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In December 2012, Press TV aired a report entitled "Alberta takes aboriginal kids from parents at high rate" in which Joshua Blakeney, Press TV's Calgary correspondent, claimed that Alberta's child protective services were engaged in the human trafficking of First Nations children.
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Ferrari admitted joining Press TV "was one of the dimmest career decisions of my life", although he said he had not been pressurized to adhere to any particular line.
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Press TV claimed that Google “has refused to offer an explanation for shutting down the accounts, ” and that they have not violated any of Google's listed policies.
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In May 2011, Ofcom ruled that Press TV was responsible for a serious breach of UK broadcasting rules by airing a 10-second interview with Maziar Bahari, accepting that it had been obtained under duress while he was imprisoned.
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The extent of the fine was partly due to Press TV continuing to run the interview after warnings from Ofcom that the station had broken the Broadcasting Code.
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Press TV said the location of Press TV's editorial control had not changed since the licence was granted.
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Press TV said Ofcom's decision was a "clear instance of censorship".
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The very fact that Press TV is Iranian-owned makes it the ideal English-language platform on which to do so.
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