al-manar's programming consists of 25% music videos and fillers, 25% series and dramas, 25% talk shows, and finally 25% news and family shows. most of the programming is self-produced, although on occasion, programming from irib (iran) is used. the point-of-view of the programming is strongly anti-israel and anti-us. "appearing on al-manar, hezbollah secretary general hassan nasrallah frequently calls for `death to america`" and the statue of liberty is depicted "as a ghoul, her gown dripping blood, a knife instead of a torch in her raised hand."