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Al Jaz English vs. Al Jaz
Interesting reaction to AJE from Jamal Dajani: The new channel’s editorial policy seems more restrained. When a 70-year-old resident died of his wounds after being hit in an Israeli attack on Gaza, the Arabic Al Jazeera reported that he was ‘martyred.’ At Al Jazeera English, however, he was simply ‘killed.’ Another major difference is the…
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Reuters Institute launch: Al Jazeera and the English language
So what if the picture is of the Radcliffe Camera, the Bod’s history reading room? Read on, there’s a scoop of sub-atomic, blogospheric size hidden in here… To the launch of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Al Jazeera DG Wadah Khanfar is on a panel with BBC Director of News Helen Boaden…
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Al Jazeera English – Arab reaction
On the day Al Jazeera English launches where better to visit than the offices of a leading Middle East newspaper? There is a complete absence of excitement at the launch of the new service. Although Al Jazeera’s international profile remains high, its Arabic channel has lost out in its own backyard to Dubai-based channel Al…
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Cheers to Al Jazeera English
A big welcome to Al Jazeera English. Available in the UK on Sky 514 tomorrow. I’ll be raising a glass to their success…though not as many as perhaps have already been raised…Britons at Al-Jazeera TV station rapped for ‘drinking binges’…Who could the alleged boozers be? If you can guess, you probably know.