AL-JAZEERA AHEAD OF U.S. NETWORKS IN REPORTING GADHAFI DEATH

Once again, it was al-Jazeera that was far ahead of all other news organizations in reporting on the death of Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi. While some U.S. networks were waiting for confirmation of reports that Gadhafi had been killed, al-Jazeera was already airing cell-hone footage of Gadhafi’s body being dragged through the streets near his [...]

AL-JAZEERA ENGLISH HONORED BY ONLINE JOURNALISM AWARDS

It may still be struggling to find outlets on most cable systems, but al-Jazeera English has been attracting viewers, critical respect, and numerous awards, especially for its coverage of the recent Middle East unrest. Its latest honor comes from the Online Journalism Awards, which gave it its top award for al-Jazeera’s coverage of the uprising [...]

AL-JAZEERA CHIEF STEPS DOWN; TOO FRIENDLY WITH U.S.?

The longtime director of the al-Jazeera satellite news channel has resigned. Several reports linked the resignation of Wadah Khanfar to the release of Wikileaks documents claiming that Khanfar had close ties with U.S. diplomats and had agreed to remove some content that they had objected to. Al-Jazeera, however, said that Khanfar had been discussing the [...]

LIBYA COVERAGE: AL-JAZEERA FIRST WITH CRITICS; FOX NEWS, WITH VIEWERS

Al-Jazeera English attracted most of the critical praise for its coverage of the assault on Tripoli by Libyan rebels this week, but with only a handful of cable outlets carrying it in the U.S., that’s about all it got. Among the major cable news outfits, Fox News Channel drew the most viewers, averaging 950,000. CNN [...]

JOURNALISTS’ GROUP ALARMED BY ISRAELI ARREST OF REPORTER

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has again called on Israel to release al-Jazeera reporter Samer Allawi, who was arrested at a border crossing between Jordan and the West Bank as he was returning from a three-week vacation in his hometown near Nablus. The CPJ expressed alarm at Allawi’s continued detention by Israeli authorities. [...]

AL-JAZEERA FINDS A CABLE HOME IN NEW YORK

Al-Jazeera English finally has a presence on cable in New York City. Beginning today (Monday) it was being carried via Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS in the nation’s largest market as the result of a kind of subleasing arrangement with RISE, previously a Spanish-language channel. Al-Jazeera reportedly has been in discussions with numerous other [...]

WIKILEAKS REVEALS DETAILS ABOUT JOURNALIST DETAINED BY U.S. FOR 6 YEARS

An al-Jazeera cameraman who spent six years at Guantánamo prison before being released in 2008 was questioned repeatedly by his U.S. captors in hopes that he would “provide information on the al-Jazeera news network’s training program, telecommunications equipment, and news-gathering operations in Chechnya, Kosovo and Afghanistan, including the network’s acquisition of a video of [Osama [...]

AL-JAZEERA’S MAN IN CHINA BLASTS CHINESE COVERAGE OF LIBYA

Al-Jazeera’s bureau chief in Beijing has posted a lengthy essay on his personal blog condemning Chinese news coverage of the revolt in Libya and the Western response to it. Writing in Chinese, Ezzat Shahrour said that the Chinese media have continued to present a one-sided picture of the conflict, presenting the opinions of Libyan strongman [...]

AL-JAZEERA COMES UNDER ATTACK IN YEMEN

Yemen has become the latest country in the Middle East to crack down on al-Jazeera journalists covering political unrest in the region. On Thursday authorities there withdrew accreditation of all reporters, cameramen and other staffers working for the Arab news network and ordered that their offices in the country be closed. Appearing on the channel, [...]

GADDAFI LOYALISTS REPORTEDLY KILL AL-JAZEERA CAMERAMAN

An al-Jazeera cameraman has been shot and killed in an apparent ambush attack as he was returning from covering an anti-Gaddafi protest near the town of Benghazi, which is under the control of rebels. Al-Jazeera said that an on-air correspondent was also shot and has been hospitalized. Wadah Khanfar, director-general of al-Jazeera attributed the killing [...]

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