Al Jazeera English is rocking
0 Comments Published by Tom Gara on Friday, November 17 at Friday, November 17, 2006.
I'm loving Jazeera English. In one hours time (6pm GMT) they will be showing a long interview with Tony Blair, and from the clips they have been previewing, it looks amazing, and will certainly make the news tomorrow - Blair basically acknowledges the positive role he wants Iran to play in the stability and future of the Middle East - and the headline you will see around the world tomorrow morning is "Blair open to talks with Iran". You can watch it for free online here - only 15 minutes at a time though....
If Jazeera keeps scoring big time scoops and interviews like this, it will become much more likely that the channel will be picked up by a US operator - right now they are all too scared of the "broadcasting enemy propaganda" reaction they will get. That (bullshit) argument will become less tenable as the quality of the network and the news they present becomes globally recognised.
Arabist.net has a great run through of their Jazeera English's first day broadcasting, with plenty of thoughts on how the channel is looking so far.
If Jazeera keeps scoring big time scoops and interviews like this, it will become much more likely that the channel will be picked up by a US operator - right now they are all too scared of the "broadcasting enemy propaganda" reaction they will get. That (bullshit) argument will become less tenable as the quality of the network and the news they present becomes globally recognised.
Arabist.net has a great run through of their Jazeera English's first day broadcasting, with plenty of thoughts on how the channel is looking so far.
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