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Originally Posted by blankall
Except that Al Jazeera is not pro-Zionist/American...that's just a go to insult people like to throw out.
The truth is that Al Jazeera is owned by the royal family of Qatar, which is one of the most conservative countries in the world. Al Jazeera gives some interesting viewpoints, but they're essentially a middle eastern Fox News.
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Except that Fox News is an extreme right wing news channel that's respected by nobody outside of a few hillbillies in the deep South and Al-Jazeera is a left wing, secular media empire with viewership spanning across the globe and has been rated as one of the top 5 most influential brands in the world.
A few things about Al-Jazeera:
- first 24 hour news channel in the Arab world
- first Arab channel to refer to Israel as Israel rather than "the enemy" or "the Zionists entity"
- first Arab channel to invite Israeli Jewish politicians on the air, allowing their voices to be heard and debated along with Arab counterparts (some from countries that don't even recognize Israel). All this while their main sponsor, the government of Qatar is still at war with Israel.
- first channel in the world to show live coverage of the war in Afghanistan
- first channel in the Arab world to challenge Arab policies, allowing callers to voice their concerns in a free and democratic manner. So much so that Qatar has gotten into hot water with the GCC for allowing criticism of their policies.
All of this while also posting articles about Arab women's rights and other important topics on their website.
There are hundreds of things wrong with the middle east. Al Jazeera is certainly not one of them.