Now that Al Jazeera is availiable in the English language, I was wondering how many people had tried it out, and what, if any opinions anyone had on the news coverage.
I know that the reputation they have (in the west at least) is pretty biased. But is that because it is biased. Or is that just the view that has been propagated by (some) western countries, who obviously are reluctant to relenquish their monopoly on the dissemination of what is 'real and true'? Especially if those same stories are being broadcast by a news organisation based in the ME, that doesn't mind showing stories in a more visceral way than the often hugely sanitised way that western news organisations generally show.
I'm sure that any and all news organisations may claim to be unbiased, but because they are run by imperfect individuals, there is always a chance that some of those individuals may try to follow a personel agenda. And the very fact that it is based in the ME means that they will have leanings towards covering that region, as does the BBC in the UK, and CNN in the US. But, does that mean that they are biased?
Another point of view is usually a good thing, non?
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Another point of view is usually a good thing, non?
SURE! Until it interferes with MY point of view.
Their US coverage is currently limited to a single High Def cable channel and I think some far-flung local cable outfit. And streaming video off of their website.
In other words, no one in the United States is watching it because no one in the United States actually has access to it (short of the web and few people watch TV that way).
In other words, no one in the United States is watching it because no one in the United States actually has access to it (short of the web and few people watch TV that way).
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Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I've watched it quite a lot since it came out, mostly by curiosity.
And I must say it's pretty good. It's not more biased than any other news channel (BBC News, Sky News, CNN...), it's just biased differently. I was expecting a lot worse.
But they talk a lot of about issues that rarely get mentionned in the "normal" newschannels. They talk a lot about Palestine, so much that even I was getting fed up with those Palestinians after a while.
They also have a lot less of Official Statements, from governments spokesman for exemple, and much more from people in the street. Which is both good and bad.
They also had an interview with the leader of Hamas, that was very intresting. Things like that you don't see on usual TV.
So all in all, I think it's a very good thing. More points of views, and you finally get to see how The Others think, and talk, and their arguments. It's very educational, no doubt about it.
I can't really see any risks either. If all it takes to join the Jihad is listening to the leader of Hamas talk, then there is a serious problem with education.
No, all in all, it's good. I often switch between Fox News and AJ when I'm bored and there's nothing on TV, and it's a lot of fun.
And I must say it's pretty good. It's not more biased than any other news channel (BBC News, Sky News, CNN...), it's just biased differently. I was expecting a lot worse.
But they talk a lot of about issues that rarely get mentionned in the "normal" newschannels. They talk a lot about Palestine, so much that even I was getting fed up with those Palestinians after a while.
They also have a lot less of Official Statements, from governments spokesman for exemple, and much more from people in the street. Which is both good and bad.
They also had an interview with the leader of Hamas, that was very intresting. Things like that you don't see on usual TV.
So all in all, I think it's a very good thing. More points of views, and you finally get to see how The Others think, and talk, and their arguments. It's very educational, no doubt about it.
I can't really see any risks either. If all it takes to join the Jihad is listening to the leader of Hamas talk, then there is a serious problem with education.
No, all in all, it's good. I often switch between Fox News and AJ when I'm bored and there's nothing on TV, and it's a lot of fun.
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No, all in all, it's good. I often switch between Fox News and AJ when I'm bored and there's nothing on TV, and it's a lot of fun.
Sounds like a good way to pass the time, while waiting for TDS to come on in the evening.
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I wish we could get it easily here. It's be good for more people here to realize there's a whole section of the planet that isn't American.
Kelv, what can you expect when everyone around where you grew up, never leave their neigborhoods.
My daughter had a hard time understanding how her classmates could have grown up in Baltimore and never left, Cherry Hill.
My daughter had a hard time understanding how her classmates could have grown up in Baltimore and never left, Cherry Hill.
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I found this 'review' of the new Al Jazeera in English channel from a Daytona based journalist.
He ends his piece by saying,
He ends his piece by saying,
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To watch al-Jazeera up close -- to really watch it, rather than catch eight-second snippets of snidely filtered stereotype by "our" own networks -- is to see the rest of the world as it sees us, and from the street up. It's not a window on the world. That's the Travel Channel. It's the languages of the world, in English. Not surprisingly, America is turning a deaf ear. The only way to see the channel is to spring for a $6-a-month Internet subscription. Good enough, but still. Cable and satellite providers won't touch al-Jazeera. Censorship? Worse: Ignorance.
"If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders". Carlin.
Maybe it's because I grew up in europe, but AJ is not that differnt from "normal" news channels. It doesn't support killing Jews and Westerners, it doesn't tell people how to build a home-made suicide belt in less than 10 minutes, it doesn't even give OBL's email address (maybe cos we all know he's dead).
Obviously, it's very different from Fox News. But not so much from BBC News, or EuroNews (which rocks, by the way).
The subject matter is sometimes different, but the big headlines are broadly the same. They have cool little documentaries on places like tajikistan, but you get those on BBC News too.
Really, it's nothing to be afraid of. And if you're liberal-minded, it won't radically change your view on the world, or how you think the world sees America. If anything, it'll reinforce what you assumed.
Obviously, if you're Gbaji or Varus, then it's a different kettle of fish. But they see the rest of the world as Satan's playground anyway, so it wouldn't change much.
Obviously, it's very different from Fox News. But not so much from BBC News, or EuroNews (which rocks, by the way).
The subject matter is sometimes different, but the big headlines are broadly the same. They have cool little documentaries on places like tajikistan, but you get those on BBC News too.
Really, it's nothing to be afraid of. And if you're liberal-minded, it won't radically change your view on the world, or how you think the world sees America. If anything, it'll reinforce what you assumed.
Obviously, if you're Gbaji or Varus, then it's a different kettle of fish. But they see the rest of the world as Satan's playground anyway, so it wouldn't change much.
#10, Me, you wish you could still be half as radical. Just remember, y'all paused, let, wanted, it to be. In other news, I'm saying nighty-night sweet peas. <3
Edited, Nov 23rd 2006 7:02am by MonxDoT
Edited, Nov 23rd 2006 7:02am by MonxDoT
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