<!--QuoteBegin-shamu+Jun 23 2009, 11:52 PM-->QUOTE(shamu @ Jun 23 2009, 11:52 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-HareKrishna+Jun 23 2009, 01:02 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(HareKrishna @ Jun 23 2009, 01:02 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/21/76600.html
The Dubai-based television channel Al Arabiya said on Sunday that its Tehran bureau has been ordered to remain closed indefinitely for "unfair reporting" of last week's disputed presidential election.
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To put things in perspective: Al Arabiya was founded by US to counter Al Jazeera
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http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Rev...sp?ID=6054
Australian DVD review of "Control Room" (on Al Jazeera)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->By now everyone with even a passing interest in the war in Iraq will have heard of the Arab satellite news channel <b>Al Jazeera.</b> First going to air in November 1996, the station is now watched by more than 40 million people in the Arab world. It was established to provide Arab viewers with a more free and independent source for news than some of the state run media organisations many of the countries of the Middle East provided. <b>It was staffed primarily by former employees of the just-disbanded BBC Arabic television service</b>, with all the journalists strong believers in the staunch BBC ethos of balance and fairness in their news reports.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->The last bit of the line: BBC has "an ethos of balance and fairness"? Oh that's very funny. That's going to be my one-liner at the next workplace gathering. All my colleagues will fall over in hysteria. I'll <i>finally</i> be known as the witty one - coveted title. (Even though I'd have had to resort to plagiarism to become it.)
The Dubai-based television channel Al Arabiya said on Sunday that its Tehran bureau has been ordered to remain closed indefinitely for "unfair reporting" of last week's disputed presidential election.
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To put things in perspective: Al Arabiya was founded by US to counter Al Jazeera
[right][snapback]99108[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Totally irrelevant: Al Jazeera's origins lie in BBC Arabic TV service.
http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Rev...sp?ID=6054
Australian DVD review of "Control Room" (on Al Jazeera)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->By now everyone with even a passing interest in the war in Iraq will have heard of the Arab satellite news channel <b>Al Jazeera.</b> First going to air in November 1996, the station is now watched by more than 40 million people in the Arab world. It was established to provide Arab viewers with a more free and independent source for news than some of the state run media organisations many of the countries of the Middle East provided. <b>It was staffed primarily by former employees of the just-disbanded BBC Arabic television service</b>, with all the journalists strong believers in the staunch BBC ethos of balance and fairness in their news reports.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->The last bit of the line: BBC has "an ethos of balance and fairness"? Oh that's very funny. That's going to be my one-liner at the next workplace gathering. All my colleagues will fall over in hysteria. I'll <i>finally</i> be known as the witty one - coveted title. (Even though I'd have had to resort to plagiarism to become it.)