>>I think you really have no experience of AJ I have followed it a bit, mostly on the net since I try to avoid tv. The net variant might be different from the

>>I think you really have no experience of AJ I have followed it a bit, mostly on the net since I try to avoid tv. The net variant might be different from the tv. I stopped when I realized why a news story was weirdly handled. It was done so it could be taken as not contradicting that some US military started shooting into a crowd without provocation. Which I really doubt would happen any western army. (Didn't save a reference, years ago.) >>the middle east is a passion of mine Frankly, I follow the ME news because the Middle East is a passion of my local (Swedish) media. :-) I have lots of fun comparing e.g. Reuters translations and checking in NY Times what is censored locally. I grew up trusting my local media -- it really shocked me, when I started to fact check them a decade ago. That is probably why I react to media which covers areas, but you have no idea of the spin and the political correctness. And my real interest in the Mid East isn't about the politics. It is the food and the music -- klezmer, Arabic music and their mixes (typically Balkan, which also has Turkish influences). Edit: Made clearer.