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Not sure that the mouthpiece of the ruling family of Qatar is a reputable source for anything, much less any topic involving Israel.

zhte415 9y ago
To complete the circle, however, Al Jazeera's China related journalism is excellent. And generally they seem to push the envelope in what they cover. And for their home turf, would you like to suggest a better source for middle-east related news?
- Cyph0n 9y ago
  I'm a huge fan of Al Jazeera for some issues in the Middle East, but I think the best all-round news source for the region is Middle East Eye[1]. Their journalists have a no holds barred approach to sensitive topics in the region. [1]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/ http://www.middleeasteye.net/
  - Inconel 9y ago
    I've never heard of Middle East Eye, but I'm always looking out for more sources of news so thanks for the link. Do you happen to have any specific articles handy, or general topics, that you feel they covered better than other news sources?
    - Cyph0n 9y ago
      Their best coverage is on topics related to the Gulf states. In particular, the arrests of human rights activists [1], the inner workings of the Gulf monarchies [2,3,4,5], and other similar topics which are rarely if ever covered by other news agencies, let alone state news agencies in the Gulf. I've only linked a sample of articles I could remember off the top of my head. Their archive has many more articles on similar topics. [1]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-jails-academic-10-years-over-critical-tweets-1123615330 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-jails-academic-10-year... [2]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-yemeni-president-says-emiratis-acting-occupiers-1965874493 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-yemeni-president... [3]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-senior-uae-royal-secret-trade-relationship-israel-1378256245 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-senior-uae-royal-... [4]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-uae-backed-plan-young-saudi-prince-be-king-1655506265 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-uae-backed-plan-y... [5]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-eyes-military-expansion-eastern-africa-2028510672 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-eyes-military-expansio...
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alva 9y ago
To be fair, this was a minor scandal that was covered by all the press in the UK.
nyolfen 9y ago
as a rule, alj's reporting for things outside of the middle east are reliably pretty good. inside the middle east they have more obvious biases, particularly w/r/t qatar. if you have specific quibbles with anything said in this documentary, by all means raise them, but if you're just going to throw shade without any specific substantiation then you probably shouldn't bother.
Cyph0n 9y ago
You might be able to say that about AJ Arabic, but AJ English is an entirely different entity. You'd actually be surprised how much autonomy AJ English is given in its reporting. Also, you could say AJ's reporting on Israel is biased, but why do you dismiss everything else? AJ has some of the best journalists in the world and continually pushes the barrier in its reporting worldwide.
- epmaybe 9y ago
  Until you just referred to them as AJ, I had no idea that they were the same as Al Jazeera. I saw videos on YouTube by AJ and just figured they were some other entity.
  - Cyph0n 9y ago
    Ah yes, I believe that's their US branch. IIRC, the AJ America news channel didn't do so well, so they pivoted to an online-only presence and rebranded to AJ+. You'd be amazed how many branches Al Jazeera has worldwide. Heck, they even have AJ Balkans[1]! [1]: http://balkans.aljazeera.net/ http://balkans.aljazeera.net/
dmoy 9y ago
If you don't want AJ's take on it, read it from haaretz: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.763768 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.763768 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.765533 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.765533 Even if you read both sides, it's hard to tell whether or not it's a loud mouthed idiot who thinks he's hot shit, or something more insidious like AJ and some Brits are insinuating.
- baybal2 9y ago
  Ah, you know, Likud's mouthpiece i24 even have an Arabic channel

zhte415 9y ago

To complete the circle, however, Al Jazeera's China related journalism is excellent. And generally they seem to push the envelope in what they cover. And for their home turf, would you like to suggest a better source for middle-east related news?

Cyph0n 9y ago
I'm a huge fan of Al Jazeera for some issues in the Middle East, but I think the best all-round news source for the region is Middle East Eye[1]. Their journalists have a no holds barred approach to sensitive topics in the region. [1]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/ http://www.middleeasteye.net/
- Inconel 9y ago
  I've never heard of Middle East Eye, but I'm always looking out for more sources of news so thanks for the link. Do you happen to have any specific articles handy, or general topics, that you feel they covered better than other news sources?
  - Cyph0n 9y ago
    Their best coverage is on topics related to the Gulf states. In particular, the arrests of human rights activists [1], the inner workings of the Gulf monarchies [2,3,4,5], and other similar topics which are rarely if ever covered by other news agencies, let alone state news agencies in the Gulf. I've only linked a sample of articles I could remember off the top of my head. Their archive has many more articles on similar topics. [1]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-jails-academic-10-years-over-critical-tweets-1123615330 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-jails-academic-10-year... [2]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-yemeni-president-says-emiratis-acting-occupiers-1965874493 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-yemeni-president... [3]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-senior-uae-royal-secret-trade-relationship-israel-1378256245 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-senior-uae-royal-... [4]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-uae-backed-plan-young-saudi-prince-be-king-1655506265 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-uae-backed-plan-y... [5]: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-eyes-military-expansion-eastern-africa-2028510672 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-eyes-military-expansio...
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alva 9y ago

To be fair, this was a minor scandal that was covered by all the press in the UK.

nyolfen 9y ago

as a rule, alj's reporting for things outside of the middle east are reliably pretty good. inside the middle east they have more obvious biases, particularly w/r/t qatar. if you have specific quibbles with anything said in this documentary, by all means raise them, but if you're just going to throw shade without any specific substantiation then you probably shouldn't bother.

Cyph0n 9y ago

You might be able to say that about AJ Arabic, but AJ English is an entirely different entity. You'd actually be surprised how much autonomy AJ English is given in its reporting. Also, you could say AJ's reporting on Israel is biased, but why do you dismiss everything else? AJ has some of the best journalists in the world and continually pushes the barrier in its reporting worldwide.

epmaybe 9y ago
Until you just referred to them as AJ, I had no idea that they were the same as Al Jazeera. I saw videos on YouTube by AJ and just figured they were some other entity.
- Cyph0n 9y ago
  Ah yes, I believe that's their US branch. IIRC, the AJ America news channel didn't do so well, so they pivoted to an online-only presence and rebranded to AJ+. You'd be amazed how many branches Al Jazeera has worldwide. Heck, they even have AJ Balkans[1]! [1]: http://balkans.aljazeera.net/ http://balkans.aljazeera.net/

dmoy 9y ago

If you don't want AJ's take on it, read it from haaretz: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.763768 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.763768 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.765533 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.765533 Even if you read both sides, it's hard to tell whether or not it's a loud mouthed idiot who thinks he's hot shit, or something more insidious like AJ and some Brits are insinuating.

baybal2 9y ago
Ah, you know, Likud's mouthpiece i24 even have an Arabic channel