adrian monck

Tag: Al Jazeera English

  • France 24 – Fromage…dommage!

    MY VERDICT?I wish France Vingt-Quatre was either more French, or more professional (like AJE). You’re promised dinner in Paris, but instead get burger and chips on the Champs Élysées.Now available on Sky 515. I’m watching a revoiced package from the French channel on Le Salon du Chocolat. Here’s how the Frenchness manifests itself: On chocolate…

  • Bienvenue France 24

    France 24 is on the air. Don’t you love those old expressions? What I really mean is, it’s on the net, streaming like it’s got an online prostate problem. The little I can see of it confirms my dodgy graphic fears. The journalism? Hello Airbus! It is a reminder that the folks at Al Jazeera…

  • Al Jazeera English – a US view from Cairo

    Check out Larry Pintak‘s excellent commentary on AJE.

  • TV news critics

    The Daily Mail has yet to replace its TV critic, and looks likely to leave the slot empty according to Peter Preston. Take a look at two recent pieces of critical work on TV news and go figure… Cotswold Life pin-up Adrian Gill – on the right (yes, literally and figuratively) – reviews Al Jazeera…