Al Jazeera
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 21: Will Thorne accepts a Webby award for Al Jazeera English in the Mobile apps news tablet and other devices category onstage at the 17th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 21, 2013 in New York City.
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Because of the way American consumes television news, a lot of it is personality-driven. And so far, Al-Jazeera doesn't have those names to draw an audience.
For our listeners, the deeper question may be, 'Does Al Jazeera have the editorial independence to point a spotlight on human-rights abuses in Qatar?' ... I did a little digging on that, and while I maybe wouldn't give them an A, I would at least give them a B-minus or something.
Our listeners, we felt, were unlikely to be bothered by Al Jazeera, at least in the 'it comes from the Arab world, therefore it's not worth listening to' reaction ... If our listeners like Al Jazeera, if we can hold the Democracy Now! audience, then I think we have to think about making it a Monday–Friday, one-hour-long news segment.More quotes »
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The Daily Beast: Can Al Jazeera America ‘Save American Journalism’?
been following the ups and downs of Al Jazeera America all year, talking to staffers in the States, Europe, and the Middle East, and it’s still a good guess its pockets are too deep for it to fail, at least in the short term—or at least not before it launches. 5/25/13 from mediabistro.com Read more »
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Exiled Syrian Chemist Sheds Light On Assad's Chemical Arms
Former scientist tells Al-Jazeera ... an Arab news network headquartered in Qatar, notorious for carrying al-Qaeda press releases. The name means the Peninsula, as in the Arabian Peninsula. In recent years it has settled in to become slightly less biased than from Rantburg Read more »
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Keith Olbermann looks for a job: The secret emails revealed
has been emailing the heads of various TV networks looking for a job, including Phil Griffin at MSNBC, Emir Al Thani at Al Jazeera and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe state television. The Daily Caller has obtained these exchanges, and they are reprinted here for from The Daily Caller Read more »
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"The US disconnect over climate change"
joined scientists Michael Mann and Dana Nucitelli on the Al Jazeera English "Inside Story Americas" program on May 17 to talk about the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change, U.S. public opinion, the Keystone XL pipeline, geoengineering, and from Climate Science Watch Read more »
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Al Jazeera leads all Arab news channels: Survey
Both channels were way ahead of France 24 (810,547), Abu Dhabi-based Sky News Arabia (517,850) and Russia Today (90,061). “Al Jazeera continues to lead due to our distinguished commitment to a code of ethics along with editorial policies based on speed, accuracy from GulfToday.ae Read more »
