A recent issue of The Nation discussed Al Jazeera America, the new cable news network. According to the author, Reed Richardson, the network actually covers news, unlike MSNBC or Fox, which are both propaganda outlets. And then we have CNN, which spent roughly a month on a lost Malaysian airline.
The problem is that most Americans think of Al Jazeera as an Arab front. Actually Al Jazeera has correspondents in places Fox or MSNBC couldn’t find with GPS, such as South Sudan. The reporters strive to be objective. That’s different.
I’ll be contacting my local cable company to see if it will carry Al Jazeera. I’d like to see a real news program for a change.
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