Al Jazeera Now Has an English Site

[gryfin]

For those interested in a wide range of views, Al Jazeera now has an English site.

http://english.aljazeera.net/

 

[onthebottom]

Thanks for the link

Gryfin,

I had heard this was coming out. Always good to get another perspective.

OTB

 

[*d*]

Unfortunately, hackers and technical glitches are plaguing the new english Al Jazeera. http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2446907
Plus it seems that it was ousted from the NYSE. US business censorship??

(Nihad Awad, national executive director with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he was disappointed with the NYSE's decision.
"The New York Stock Exchange is behaving like the Iraqi regime," Awad said. "Iraq expelled American journalists and now it's doing the same. The censorship of the press by the business community is unjustified. It sends a negative message that it's all right to shoot the messenger.")
http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/25/news/nyse_aljazeera/

d

 

[Cardinal Fang]

It sends a negative message that it's all right to shoot the messenger."
d

Don't be too sure. This messanger caries its own weapon. Some refer to it as an "axe to grind."

Just a thought.....

 

[onthebottom]

I thought

it was damn slow.

What is with the NYSE, what would they have to say about an Arab news channel? *d*, if you don't mind taking a couple of steps back and giving me the background. Of course it's not like there are any jews in NY that would like to suppress a less Israeli friendly news source in the US. Or am I being paranoid?

OTB