Hogwash. What an unbroken stream of vague unsubstantiated hogwash.
"owned by a bunch of dictators from the Middle East". proof please.
"OBL releasing tapes to AJ". yes, it's called journalism. you remember what news organisations are meant to do, right?
"they always seemed to have a magic touch of finding these terrorism videos nobody else could get". well, they are based in the middle east, might give them an advantage. i remember RTE (the national radio and television broadcaster in ireland) being the first to receive IRA messages so that puts RTE "magically" in bed with the terrorists doesn't it?
"From the rumors I heard". good, unsupported rumor, i'd just go ahead and not listen to those rumors maybe.
"I also remember quotes" "ridiculous Islamist propaganda" "spying allegations" "close to insurgents" unlike for instance the way western media underreports and misreports events, and has worked far too closely with the military. but again, i'd like to see some citation or proof please.
Drawing on the legacy of the groundbreaking Al Jazeera Arabic channel, Al Jazeera English (AJE) was launched on November 15, 2006 to more than 80 million households worldwide.
The 24-hour news and current affairs channel is the first international English-language news channel to broadcast across the globe from the Middle East.
Al Jazeera English’s global footprint continues to grow and now broadcasts to more than 220 million households on six continents in more than 100 countries.
Al Jazeera English is broadcast from four strategic broadcast centres: Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London, and Washington, DC. Unlike other international channels, Al Jazeera English’s broadcast shifts as the world turns providing the most comprehensive and contextual news coverage.
Al Jazeera English’s mission is to provide independent, impartial news for an international audience and to offer a voice to a diversity of perspectives from under-reported regions.
In addition, the channel aims to balance the information flow between the South and the North.
The channel of reference for the Middle East and Africa, AJE has unique access to some of the world’s most troubled and controversial locations. AJE’s determination and ability to accurately reflect the truth on the ground in regions torn by conflict and poverty has set our content apart.
I'm just asking that people think a bit more before knee-jerkingly rushing to judgement.
From the article: The channel was founded in 1996 by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, a small, oil-rich American ally on the Persian Gulf. Though sponsored by the Qatari government, in its early years the channel was considered by some western observers to be a beacon for democracy in the highly censored world of state-controlled Arabic media. In 1999, John Burns of the New York Times called Al Jazeera "hard-hitting" and "revolutionary." In his book "Al Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel that is Challenging the West," journalist Hugh Miles writes that Al Jazeera drew ire from across the Middle East for, among other things, allowing Israelis to appear on-air.
"owned by a bunch of dictators from the Middle East". proof please.
"OBL releasing tapes to AJ". yes, it's called journalism. you remember what news organisations are meant to do, right?
"they always seemed to have a magic touch of finding these terrorism videos nobody else could get". well, they are based in the middle east, might give them an advantage. i remember RTE (the national radio and television broadcaster in ireland) being the first to receive IRA messages so that puts RTE "magically" in bed with the terrorists doesn't it?
"From the rumors I heard". good, unsupported rumor, i'd just go ahead and not listen to those rumors maybe.
"I also remember quotes" "ridiculous Islamist propaganda" "spying allegations" "close to insurgents" unlike for instance the way western media underreports and misreports events, and has worked far too closely with the military. but again, i'd like to see some citation or proof please.
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I know you don't have to believe their corporate profile page but (if I may be allowed to quote in full): http://english.aljazeera.net/aboutus/2006/11/200852518555544...
Drawing on the legacy of the groundbreaking Al Jazeera Arabic channel, Al Jazeera English (AJE) was launched on November 15, 2006 to more than 80 million households worldwide.
The 24-hour news and current affairs channel is the first international English-language news channel to broadcast across the globe from the Middle East.
Al Jazeera English’s global footprint continues to grow and now broadcasts to more than 220 million households on six continents in more than 100 countries.
Al Jazeera English is broadcast from four strategic broadcast centres: Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London, and Washington, DC. Unlike other international channels, Al Jazeera English’s broadcast shifts as the world turns providing the most comprehensive and contextual news coverage.
Al Jazeera English’s mission is to provide independent, impartial news for an international audience and to offer a voice to a diversity of perspectives from under-reported regions.
In addition, the channel aims to balance the information flow between the South and the North.
The channel of reference for the Middle East and Africa, AJE has unique access to some of the world’s most troubled and controversial locations. AJE’s determination and ability to accurately reflect the truth on the ground in regions torn by conflict and poverty has set our content apart.