Ah yes, Al Jazeera. The network that states opinions as supposed facts, the network that airs old footage of children injured as if they were new, and the preferred network of choice for Bin Laden and the Muslim Brotherhood. Good old Al Jazeera

Loved it when they mentioned a couple of weeks ago that Israel killed one of Hamas's top men along with his wife and children. They conveniently left out the fact that this terrorist had four wives, and that he himself sent one of his kids to carry out a suicide bombing back in 2001. You remember 2001 right? The year a couple of American planes were hijacked by radical muslims with strong ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Yup, Al Jazeera always nails the story...in the most subjective way possible.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN is there something in particular you have against american professors of middle east history? moreover, are there any important points you think are obviously wrong?

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Al-Jazeera is everything which CNN is not. They tell truth backed by facts and not emotions or apathy.

BBC and Al Jazeera are the only two global channels, CNN should stop calling itself a global channel. They are fucking small minded with timid thoughts and opinions, a local channel.

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Originally posted by Kinezi Al-Jazeera is everything which CNN is not. They tell truth backed by facts and not emotions or apathy.

Well, I wouldn’t go that far, all media have interests and bias. But I would agree that al jazeera is a much better source of information than CNN and the like.

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Al-Jazeera journalists become faces of the frontline By Andrew England in Jerusalem (Financial Times) Published: January 14 2009 02:00 | Last updated: January 14 2009 02:00 Ayman Mohyeldin was in a coffee shop joking with colleagues in Gaza City when the first Israeli bomb struck, smashing into a police station just a short distance from where they were sitting. The tremors from the explosion shook the café, but it took a few minutes for the reality to sink in - Gaza was under attack. Since that moment 18 days ago, Mr Mohyeldin and his colleagues at al-Jazeera English, the satellite channel, have worked day and night, providing 24-hour coverage of the Israeli offensive in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis it has triggered. Donning a helmet and a flak jacket, Mr Mohyeldin has become one of the faces of the war, delivering calm and balanced analysis of the chaos and destruction going on around him in a soft American accent. With Israel banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza, al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned channel, has laid claim to being the only international broadcast house inside the strip. It has a team working for its Arab-language network, which made its name with reports from conflict zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan. For the English-language service, launched in 2006, the war has been covered by Mr Mohyeldin, a 29-year-old American of Egyptian and Palestinian descent, and Sherine Tadros, a 28-year-old Briton of Egyptian descent. And the crisis could mark a seminal point in al-Jazeera English's fortunes - just as the first Gulf war put CNN on the map. Last year the channel was struggling following high-profile defections. Tony Burman, a former editor-in-chief at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, was brought in as managing director to turn things round. He admits it was a "rocky ship" but says morale at the station is soaring. "I think one of the great morale challenges for al-Jazeera English has been a fear that a lot of its hard work is not being seen by enough people," he says. "I think that has turned around, I think people realise they are at the centre of a very important event." The channel is broadcast in 105 countries, including Israel, where it offers a stark alternative to terrestrial channels. But in the US, partly as a result of hostility to al-Jazeera from the Bush administration, its coverage is limited to a handful of states. It hopes to make further inroadswithin months, Mr Burman says. As an American citizen, Mr Mohyeldin finds the lack of coverage in the US the most annoying. "It's very frustrating to know that your work, and al-Jazeera English's work, which I think can really give people the reality of the situation . . . is not reaching people who can make an impact here on the ground immediately," he says. Minutes before the first strike Mr Mohyeldin, who has been covering Gaza since last May, and Ms Tadros, who is normally based in Doha, were joking about the improbability of an Israeli offensive, believing that no military action would take place until after the new US administration was in office and Israel had held its elections scheduled for February 10. But since then, the pair has witnessed the huge bombardment and loss of life, reporting from hospitals, rooftops and United Nations schools crammed with Palestinians seeking refuge. At night, they snatch two or three hours' sleep in their office in between working and the din of explosions. The biggest fear is the randomness of the attacks, says Mr Mohyeldin. "Even if you are just going to the supermarket to get food, there's a chance a car driving right by you could be a target of the Israeli military." On Friday, Mr Mohyeldin reported that a building next to the al-Jazeera office had been struck by Israeli fire. There were no casualties, but it was a frightening moment. "It was certainly something everybody started to read into; was it a message for this building, what were they trying to convey to journalists?" he says. "I mean, already three journalists have been killed in this war." http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cba2986c-e1da-11dd-afa0-0000779fd2ac.html

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN Well, I wouldn’t go that far, all media have interests and bias. But I would agree that al jazeera is a much better source of information than CNN and the like.

yeah +1, but its interests are very obvious so its easy bias to account for mentally, and appreciate the solid coverage.


but their panel discussions are great, people say what they say, so think what you want to think, the bias of the station wont change that. I find theres alot less interstaff babbling than networks like CNN and Fox---thats where the real bias of the station shines through.