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Al Jazeera English

 
 
Our Lady Has Left the Building
19:41 / 19.11.06
So Al Jazeera is now broadcasting an English language news channel, a couple of channels away from FoxNews on my Sky box, but I understand they haven't found someone willing to pipe them into United States homes yet.

I haven't had much of a chance to watch it yet, so at the moment it just looks like a news channel that focuses on the middle-east and India/Pakistan. It'll be interesting to see how they report the next time the US rattle their sabres towards Iran, or Israel attack Palestine.

Anyone else watching this?
 
 
Olulabelle
21:06 / 19.11.06
My nearly brother in law has been consulting for Al Jazeera in Qatar this past week, and he said that it's like watching the exact opposite of the BBC. It's like two different ends of the opinion spectrum.
 
 
Benny the Ball
03:29 / 20.11.06
I'm in Qatar at the moment, and there was much excitement about the launch. So far though, I haven't seen it on. I;ve read the english language website launched simaltanously, and that seems to imply pretty much what has been said here. I'm looking forward to seeing it though.
 
 
Our Lady Has Left the Building
05:50 / 20.11.06
There's a number of BBC staff who are working for Al Jazeera now, Rageh Omagh, Darren Jordan and, of course, Sir David Frost, who must be very pleased with his trailers which make out that he's done nothing but hard-hitting, earth-shaking political interviews since the mid-seventies, rather than sitting on a sofa on a Sunday morning trying not to fall asleep.
 
 
Crestmere
07:19 / 20.11.06
I'm wondering whether they are going to try to adapt it for the English speaking world or just translate it, you know?

I think the first one would result in a more successful channel.

Honestly, I really don't see this being carried in the US. At best, its a channel you order a la carte for like 3 bucks a subscriber and its still only available in Dearborn, Michigan.
 
 
Our Lady Has Left the Building
15:46 / 20.11.06
It's being broadcast in English, spoken by British/Europeans, for the most part.
 
  
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