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Um, I think their "underlying ideology" is doing the best reporting on Egypt, and everything else they cover. These are seriously hardcore journalists with a v
by alexqgb 16y ago
Um, I think their "underlying ideology" is doing the best reporting on Egypt, and everything else they cover.
These are seriously hardcore journalists with a very global perspective. I suspect they're currently being flooded with resumes from disgruntled / disgusted / dismayed reporters at CNN, MSNBC, and even FOX - all of whom would give up their first-born to get back into real reporting, instead of the dreadful corporate infotainment that's busy getting relegated to the sphere of complete irrelevance and risible self-parody.
- aheilbut 16y agoThe guy in charge of Al Jazeera English used to run news at - wait for it... the CBC (that's the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). (http://english.aljazeera.net/aboutus/2007/12/200861501043226986.html http://english.aljazeera.net/aboutus/2007/12/200861501043226...)
- jarek 16y agoMore on Burman and AJE: http://www.walrusmagazine.com/print/2009.10-media-the-most-hated-name-in-news/ http://www.walrusmagazine.com/print/2009.10-media-the-most-h...
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- gruseom 16y agoThat surprises me. CBC news is terrible. Even its once-great flagship As It Happens on CBC radio has degenerated to the point that I just get sad.