Do you watch Al Jazeera network?

[Anonymous]

I like it, my husband thinks it is crazy that I watch it (still thinking of 2001, maybe?). I like getting other perspectives. Anyone else? Am I alone here?

[jsteele]

Yes, I watch it from time to time.

[Anonymous]

Read their website occasionally.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I do. I think they are much more unbiased than American news sources. And of course most would think me a bad American for even thinking that thought.

OP, have your husband watch The Control Room and see what he thinks then...

[Anonymous]

Absolutely. Also follow the Twitter feed of SultanAlQassemi who tweets from Al Jazeera English as well as Al Jazeera Arabic, among other sources.

[Anonymous]

All the time. I've been watching it the past two years pretty regularly. It shocked me how superficial most American news seems in comparison. However, I do find AJ to be very depressing at times, and have to turn it off. The British broadcasters on there also drive me a little nuts with their pronunciation of Arab names, too. It's not Moo-ba-RACK, it's Mubarak.

Alhurra, which is American, has been providing some good coverage of Libya as well. I've never really watched it (internet only here), but might start.

[Anonymous]

Yes now that it's online here in US. My first exposure to it was last summer in Guatemala - it was dubbed into Spanish (not sure if Al J. does the dubbing or not) and seemed factual and straight forward. A great deal of the news on TV there was from Al Jazeera feeds, certainly anything relating to the Middle East. I was impressed and have looked at the online site some these past weeks.

[Anonymous]

Yes - Al Jazeera and CNN has the best coverage in my opinion.
I watch both, mostly CNN but Al Jazeera when major news is happening in the Middle East.

[Anonymous]

usually read AJE web site when i want a more complete understanding of an event in the middle east. although i think cnn did a pretty good job with the recent events in egypt.

[Anonymous]

Watched it religiously (well, secularly, actually) during the Tahrir take-over.

[Anonymous]

I usually watch it off and on but since the uprisings in the Middle East started I watch it all the time and follow the reporters on Twitter. BTW you can get it on broadcast at 30-5 if you have good southern exposure. There's a public television station in Goldvein, VA (WNVC) that broadcasts international stations like NHK and RT.

I'm hoping that the boost it has gotten from the Egyptian uprising will mean that more people in the United States take it seriously and realize that it's a good source of news.

Also Ayman Moheldin has replaced Anderson Cooper as my news crush.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I usually watch it off and on but since the uprisings in the Middle East started I watch it all the time and follow the reporters on Twitter. BTW you can get it on broadcast at 30-5 if you have good southern exposure. There's a public television station in Goldvein, VA (WNVC) that broadcasts international stations like NHK and RT.

I'm hoping that the boost it has gotten from the Egyptian uprising will mean that more people in the United States take it seriously and realize that it's a good source of news.

Also Ayman Moheldin has replaced Anderson Cooper as my news crush.

Seriously. Didn't he grow up in Bethesda?

[Anonymous]

Watch it NOW and see Qaddafi in all his insane glory.

[Anonymous]

I think he's going to cry.

[jsteele]

I can see a hell of a SNL skit coming out of this. At the rate he is going, this may last all day.