05th Apr 2003
Al Jazeera Back Online in English
I’m interested to see the English version of the Al-Jazeera web site is live online for the first time. As I reported earlier, when they first tried to go online, the site was hacked and and then was simply offline for several days, until yesterday (or at least that was the first I saw it). Meanwhile, Al-Jazeera gets itself kicked out of both the NYSE (see above link) and Iraq in the same week. Sounds to me like they’re doing something right. (Don’t forget, an axiom of journalistic motives if to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.)
I’ve only read a handful of stories so far, but I have to say, my first impression is that I’m surprised at the relative objectivity of the reporting, given how it has been so shamelessly vilified by the English language media for the most part. Bears paying attention to, in any event.
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