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Al Jazeera Too Araby For American Anchor

The top American anchor on Al Jazeera English left the controversial Qatar-based news network because, he said, the whole thing was getting a little too Middle Eastern. According to the Times, "headquarters in Doha provided more and more direction about the assignment of stories and the point of view... the English-language channel started to more closely resemble its larger sibling, the prominent Arabic-language channel Al Jazeera, he said." Americans and Brits have been upset about funding and alleged political interference for months. Things looked much different two years ago, when the anchor, Dave Marash, braved Stephen Colbert's show to champion the channel, arguing that Al Jazeera's English-language channel was virtually autonomous from the Arabic channel in Qatar: More »

12:46 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Ryan Tate
1,336 views, 8 comments

Latest by Hockeymom: Dave Marash is a great, old-school, story-teller.I suspect he wanted to preside over long, thoughtful pieces that presented multiple sides of every story. And that's probably what he was promised when he took the job. The network probably wanted short, catchy more »

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Al Jazeera's Internal Cold War

After barely a year on the air, Al Jazeera English is hamstrung by the very Western-Arab tensions the channel was created to mend. The Brits and Americans are recoiling as they lose once-generous funding from the Emir of Qatar and as the channel is transformed from a relative independent into something of a lapdog for neighboring dictators. Outside critics (like the Times of London) say the channel needs less wonky internationalism and more "news from home," i.e. America and Britain. That sounds a lot like the makeover Samantha Bee was mocking in her hilarious Daily Show segment on the launch of Al Jazeera English, excerpted after the jump. More »

1:20 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Ryan Tate
1,504 views, 5 comments

Latest by marconi: In a related story, Radio Marti has commenced stunting with repeated readings of "War, Racism and Economic Justice: The Global Ravages of Capitalism" By F Castro 365 hours a day, 12 days a week. Could there be a format change more »