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Al Jazeera America Sued for Bias Against Israel, Non-Arabs
Virtual Jerusalem ^ | 6/16/15

Posted on 06/16/2015 6:47:45 AM PDT by pabianice

The former head of Al Jazeera America's documentary unit announced a lawsuit against her former employer on Thursday, charging the American branch of the Qatar-based news network with a vitriolic bias against Israel, as well as discrimination against non-Arabs and women.

Shannon High-Bassalik, who formerly worked with CNN, NBC and MSNBC, sued the company for discrimination after being fired in February only half way through her three-year contract, reports The Guardian.

She charged the company with showing a blatant pro-Arab bias both in terms of employment and news coverage, with the most intense bias coming out against Israel.

High-Bassalik said the company's investigative unit head tweeted "Israelis are like Hitler," showing the pronounced antagonism of the supposedly professionally neutral news company.

And during last summer's counter-terror Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, she reported being told the mission was to portray Israel as the villain, and give an unfair slant in favor of the Arab and Muslim perspective of the conflict.

Likewise she was told many Arabs think the US staged the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America as a pretext to launch a war against Arabs in the Middle East, and that Al Jazeera America should follow this conspiracy theory as a guiding tenet.

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KEYWORDS: 911truthers; agitprop; aljazeera; antisemitism; arabstreet; enemedia; israel; mediawar; propaganda; trufers; yellowjournalism

1 posted on 06/16/2015 6:47:45 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

“a vitriolic bias against Israel, as well as discrimination against non-Arabs and women”

This can be said about 98% of the media.


2 posted on 06/16/2015 6:50:33 AM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: pabianice

Good. Them kick them the hell out.


3 posted on 06/16/2015 6:54:56 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: pabianice

Not sure who to clap for. The muslim PS or the liberal Dhimmi POS.


4 posted on 06/16/2015 6:58:44 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: pabianice

Copyright/trademark violation. The mainstream media have made bias against Israel and against the Jews one of their main marketing points. A relative newcomer like Al Jazeera has no right to poach on MSNBC/CNN/ABC turf.


5 posted on 06/16/2015 7:00:46 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: pabianice

Let’s not forget what POS sold his cable slots to Al-Jazeera either . . .


6 posted on 06/16/2015 7:53:00 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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