Al-Jazeera plans English channel

[Khephra]

Arab satellite television station al-Jazeera plans to launch an English-language news channel by the end of 2005, according to a station official.

Project manager Nigel Parsons said the aim is to fill a "gap in the market" and counteract "unbalanced" reporting by Western networks.

The network's Arabic-language channel was criticised by the US government for its coverage of the war in Iraq.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3622162.stm

[Voltaire99]

1. Good for the intelligent and curious

But it's hard to lead 'Murrica to water, alas.

Meanwhile, Newsworld International remains the best of the foreign offerings, and as always there is the superb Democracy Now (via Net, radio and cable) for a critical perspective.

Waste no time on the Republican-diluted NPR or PBS!

[Ms. Clio]

2. INN World Report on FSTV is also good; so is Mosaic, on Link TV

for a glimpse of the Middle Eastern perspective. Link TV also has awesome World Music videos.

[lostnfound]

3. DN! also via Public Access TV in many cities

I watch it on Ch 17 in Houston

[wicket]

4. kick!

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