Posted on 06/30/2009 9:58:48 AM PDT by bs9021
Al Jazeera Coming Attractions
by: Brittany Fortier and Anthony Kang, June 30, 2009
Al Jazeera English is preparing for its July 2010 major-market American debut. The channel has previously experienced static in trying to penetrate the North American market, but plans are currently under way to prime this new audience. Recently, Washington D.C. correspondent Shahnaz Pakravan stated that October 7th, 2001 was the beginning of an “unfortunate era” of Al Jazeera when they were the first network to broadcast Osama bin Laden's initial message after the 9/11 attacks.
Most Americans are not familiar with Al Jazeera’s brand of news coverage, with the possible exception of its reporting on the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America. This coverage fueled the network’s reputation as being biased, with many critics alleging that Al Jazeera promotes propaganda instead of factual information.
The Arabic international news network has had a tremendous amount of success and presence on the global scale for decades now. Al Jazeera is a conglomerate funded by the state of Qatar with 69 international bureaus currently in operation, a number larger than CNN and the BBC.
Former CBC managing director Tony Burman has assumed the same role working for Al Jazeera English since mid 2008. Burman responded to criticisms of Al Jazeera during a panel held at the Washington D.C. Newseum on June 25, 2009.
The panel, which will be featured on an Al Jazeera special called “Changing Channels,” discussed how Al Jazeera English will differ from the mainstream news media that currently dominates the North American region. The special will also feature highlights of Al Jazeera’s recent international news coverage. “We’re coming to America,” says Josh Rushing, an international correspondent for Al Jazeera English.....
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Will be no different than MSNBC - and with the same ratings.
OH I can see it now. Endless glowing reports on obama, stories on how horrible this country is and on and on.....Oh now wait a minute. Dosen’t that material already show up on any of the alphabet soup networks?
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