NEWSMAX: The upcoming Al Jazeera America cable channel has ditched its plan to have 60 percent of its programming originate in the United States. Now, that figure will be 100 percent, The New York Times reports…
Critics, including the U.S. government, have accused the Qatar-based station of broadcasting terrorist propaganda, including tapes released by Osama bin Ladin. Others have said the stations are a mouthpiece for the Qatar government.
But Al Jazeera officials say they want only to provide an alternative news source for what they say is an underserved American audience. They have hired employees from CNN, Time magazine and other American news agencies and have promised to set up bureaus in cities such as Detroit, where there is a concentration of immigrants from Arabic countries… (more)
EDITOR: If Americans can suffer Fox News and MSNBC, they can also handle Aljazeera. Another point of view might prove beneficial.
