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It's worth noting that Al-Jazeera has improved a lot since its early days in 2002/2003. With the launch of their English news service they made a concerted effo
by Maktab 17y ago
It's worth noting that Al-Jazeera has improved a lot since its early days in 2002/2003. With the launch of their English news service they made a concerted effort to improve their act and become more impartial. They're still prone to inflammatory coverage, especially on their Arabic news service, but as I said it's a huge improvement over what they were before.
Unfortunately many people, both pro and anti-war, are still operating on the perceptions shaped by events seven years ago and they haven't noticed how much things have changed.
- jacquesm 17y agoYou mean the early days of the war. Al Jazeera has been around a lot longer than that, 1996 or 1997 iirc. They gained real notoriety in 2001 because of their covering of 'dancing Palestinians' after the 9/11 attack but they were operational long before that.
- Maktab 17y agoYes, sorry. I actually meant the early days of its wider (and particularly Western) prominence, when most of the people who frequent HN would have first heard of and formed opinions about it. I had admittedly forgotten about the Palestinians and 9/11 coverage though.