Al Jazeera America Officially Launches With Sharp Jabs At Competitors

HUFFINGTON POST: …The network launched with an hour-long introduction to what it will be offering. The main message that the promo hammered home over and over again was that Americans were being denied the news they deserved on television.

Clips of Bill O’Reilly and Al Sharpton were played, and people in different towns were filmed talking about how underserved they felt.

“Americans want wider coverage and more real news,” Richelle Carey, one of the anchors hosting the promo, told viewers… (more)

EDITOR: How true. Let’s hope that Aljazeera doesn’t fall sway to the same temptations to gain advertisements and curry governmental favor.

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