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Al Jazeera is an international news network based in Qatar, broadcasting news from the perspective of the Islamic world. It provides in-depth news on world events. While it is government-owned,[1][2][3][4][5][6] it is less biased compared to other propaganda-heavy news stations in the region,[7] and is actually the one most sympathetic to the United States and the West, perhaps because it was founded by former CNN employees.
Some American news organizations and bloggers allege that Al Jazeera, as an organization, is a "terrorist sympathizer,"[8][9] although this may be because they view anyone with darker skin than themselves who looks vaguely foreign or who broadcasts tapes from terrorists as terrorist sympathizers.
Most people in the "international affairs"[10] business find the online English-language version invaluable. Even conservatives working in the field will read it, though often quietly.
[edit] Al Jazeera America
As Current TV was going belly up with falling ratings and revenue, it ended up being sold to Al Jazeera, broadcasting rights and all. Almost everything about Current, barring about half the staff, was repurposed and relaunched as Al Jazeera America, a surprisingly and stunningly well done news channel. In less than a year it's taken two Peabody Awards and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for programs aired — really.[11]
As one writer put it "Welcome back, real cable news."[12]
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Habib Toumi (13 July 2011). "Al Jazeera turning into private media organisation". Gulf News. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/qatar/al-jazeera-turning-into-private-media-organisation-1.837871. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY(COMMUNICATION) Dissertation
- ↑ Al-Jazeera's political independence questioned amid Qatar intervention, The Guardian
- ↑ Deconstructing Al Jazeera and its paymasters Let us build pakistan
- ↑ Al-Jazeera Gets Rap as Qatar Mouthpiece Bloomberg
- ↑ Qatari-owned Al Jazeera America makes its debut Reuters
- ↑ Please ignore lovely reports on things like Israel opening nonexistent floodgates.
- ↑ "Arab media act like terrorist sympathizers"
- ↑ StopAlJazeera.org
- ↑ Particularly those who do work on Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East.
- ↑ It seems like the channel has been given near-full editorial independence.
- ↑ My Tea Party Mom Loves Al Jazeera America, The Daily Beast