i'm supremely disappointed in the CRTC that this station will not be airing in Canada.
i'm not saying al jazeera is the saviour of the free-press, or inferring that they are somehow "better" than any other news station. but the fact is, they are based in, and have a foothold in the area of the world where the most pertinent and important news today is developing. they have information bbc world or cnn may not have. they have sources those stations may not have. and most of all, they have a presence in the culture of the middle east that cannot be ignored.
the opening was pretty lame (especially the botched breaking news bulletin. somebody clearly missed a cue). and really, i know you just started, but the opening story of your network is.....yourselves? yikes. don't let all that western screaming get to your heads or anything now....
they probably won't change the way we get our news. but al jazeera may challenge not just how our established media reports stories, but rather what news is defined as, and why.
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