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This is a loaded argument that requires citations. Since you're making the claim, can you please link specific articles from the Arabic site that make your poin

This is a loaded argument that requires citations. Since you're making the claim, can you please link specific articles from the Arabic site that make your point? As well as linking which Arab countries banned it and when? It's easy to just claim something, but it's crucial to back your point up front when it's particularly sensitive so as to not inadvertently spread misinformation. You may be correct, but that's why the citations are needed.

jdietrich 2y ago
>which Arab countries banned it and when? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1980191.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1980191.stm https://english.alarabiya.net/media/digital/2017/05/24/Websites-of-Al-Jazeera-Qatari-newspapers-blocked-in-Saudi-Arabia https://english.alarabiya.net/media/digital/2017/05/24/Websi... https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/28/al-jazeera-banned-iraq-sectarian https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/28/al-jazeera-ban... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-censorship-idUSKBN18K307/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-censorship-idUSKBN1...
- ceejayoz 2y ago
  The first link… > According to a news bulletin on the Qatar-based channel, Mr al-Hamr said the ban was being imposed because the station was biased towards Israel and against Bahrain. > Mr al-Hamr is said to have accused the station of being infiltrated by Zionists. "We believe (Al Jazeera) is suspect and represents the Zionist side in the region. We will not deal with this channel because we object to its coverage of current affairs. It is a channel penetrated by Zionists," he was quoted as saying. This is perhaps making the opposite point I think you intended to.
- eganist 2y ago
  Yeah, that's why I asked for when as well. Ceejayoz addressed the first point; I'll link this to address two and four: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/14/media-blocked-threatened-dispute-qatar https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/14/media-blocked-threatened... Although VoA is the USA's state sponsored news outlet, they have reasonably good analysis on what led up to the 2013 ban. https://www.voanews.com/a/al-jazeera-iraq/3306460.html https://www.voanews.com/a/al-jazeera-iraq/3306460.html
- samuria 2y ago
  I hope you actually read those articles, because 2 of them are saying Al Jazeera is biased towards Israel - hence why the ban, and not what you are trying to prove.
  - zaroth 2y ago
    Obviously that’s what they would say. The whole point of this discussion is that people tend to say things that advance their agenda, or are politically expedient, not because they are the unvarnished truth.

jdietrich 2y ago

>which Arab countries banned it and when? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1980191.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1980191.stm https://english.alarabiya.net/media/digital/2017/05/24/Websites-of-Al-Jazeera-Qatari-newspapers-blocked-in-Saudi-Arabia https://english.alarabiya.net/media/digital/2017/05/24/Websi... https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/28/al-jazeera-banned-iraq-sectarian https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/28/al-jazeera-ban... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-censorship-idUSKBN18K307/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-censorship-idUSKBN1...

ceejayoz 2y ago
The first link… > According to a news bulletin on the Qatar-based channel, Mr al-Hamr said the ban was being imposed because the station was biased towards Israel and against Bahrain. > Mr al-Hamr is said to have accused the station of being infiltrated by Zionists. "We believe (Al Jazeera) is suspect and represents the Zionist side in the region. We will not deal with this channel because we object to its coverage of current affairs. It is a channel penetrated by Zionists," he was quoted as saying. This is perhaps making the opposite point I think you intended to.
eganist 2y ago
Yeah, that's why I asked for when as well. Ceejayoz addressed the first point; I'll link this to address two and four: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/14/media-blocked-threatened-dispute-qatar https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/14/media-blocked-threatened... Although VoA is the USA's state sponsored news outlet, they have reasonably good analysis on what led up to the 2013 ban. https://www.voanews.com/a/al-jazeera-iraq/3306460.html https://www.voanews.com/a/al-jazeera-iraq/3306460.html
samuria 2y ago
I hope you actually read those articles, because 2 of them are saying Al Jazeera is biased towards Israel - hence why the ban, and not what you are trying to prove.
- zaroth 2y ago
  Obviously that’s what they would say. The whole point of this discussion is that people tend to say things that advance their agenda, or are politically expedient, not because they are the unvarnished truth.