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Link Ch. 15 – “Control Room” documentary on Al Jazeera’s Coverage of War With Iraq

Broadcast via satellite from the small Arab country of Qatar since 1997, Al Jazeera has carried interviews with everyone from Osama bin Laden to Colin Powell and has been criticized for doing so by both the United States and Arab … Continue reading

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Link Ch. 15 – Al Jazeera Arabic carrying video of police running over protesters

In my commentary and blogging course today, we were talking about how Al Jazeera English differs from what Americans are typically used to seeing on television.  One of my students said he watched AJE for about 15 minutes yesterday and … Continue reading

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Al Jazeera English provides stunning coverage of rioting in Egypt

When I got into the office this morning and logged into Twitter, the news was flowing fast and furious about the anti-government rioting taking place in Egypt.  American cable networks were giving spot coverage of the story, but the national … Continue reading

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