Aljazeera English TV

[mentalfloss]

I've been using google news, and if there is a topic I will read multiple sources on the same topic to try and get as objective as possible.

 

[DaSleeper]

Seems to me that the only time you see bias in a tv station is when their view is opposite to yours....which doesn't mean they are wrong....it could just be you!

^^^^^^^^^^^^

I just happened to post after you....no reflection on your post or I would have quoted it.

No its not you Kreskin. Our news is screwed up. If people like DaSleeper can't see it, that's their problem, not yours.

Repost: just for you, the only reason you like aljazzera is because they agree with you

Seems to me that the only time you see bias in a tv station is when their view is opposite to yours....which doesn't mean they are wrong....it could just be you!

 

[AbtFet]

:lol:

 

[mentalfloss]

:lol:

 

[Tonington]

I spend more time getting my news from Aljazeera English TV these days because it is far less patisan, and much more informed, than the usual networks. They report on Libya, Syria etc and not once will they blame the US or inject biased rhetoric. If you haven't watched I recommend you give it a try.

I simply can't stand watching MSNBC (a wing of the Democrats) and Fox (a wing of the Republicans). Both of those networks exemplify everything that is wrong with politics and news TV.

There is no such thing as a neutral position. You can attempt to hold on to neutrality as long as you want but ultimately you will have to pick a side because it's impossible to have it both ways. And if you go down the line on all the issues and make a conclusion on each one, the pattern will reveal whether your right, left, have a religion or don't have a religion.

The reason why people try to claim the neutral position is because they think neutrality equals OBJECTIVITY. But this isn't true. People can be objective even when they aren't neutral. A doctor can give an objective diagnosis even if he has strong feelings for the patient. In fact, his passion for the patient may cause him to be all the more diligent in diagnosing and then treating the disease properly.

And I find it hard to believe that Aljazeera presents all the facts. How much reporting do they do on the widespread problem of Muslims persecuting non-Muslims in the Arab world? Does it even get mentioned?

If you love truth, watch Sun News. Just my opinion.

Did you read what Kreskin said? I didn't come away reading the opening post as if it were suggesting that Al Jazeera English is neutral....he called it "less partisan and much more informed" than other networks. That is to say he finds it more objective, he never even implied neutrality...

 

[Mowich]

Who wants "sanitised" news.....give me the facts and some different points of view and I'll make up my own mind who to believe.

Ah, and therein lies the rub, Sleeper..........'different points of view' would be grand but it is not what we get with so many 'news' channels these days. What we do get is a lot of people with exactly the same point of view saying almost exactly the same thing over and over again. To me the CBC represents the left. CTV represents the right - except for that chubby, sweaty little fellow who does Power and Politics - he's definitely not on the side of the right. :smile: I'm still not sure where Global stands but they definitely don't lean left.

If I want unbiased news coverage in the States, I watch PBS though I have problems with the word unbiased. I mean you would have to be dead not to have an opinion or point of view on something so how can anyone be unbiased? Still, Global in Canada and PBS in the States at least try to maintain a straight news broadcast devoid of most of the bias seen on other news channels. IMHO.

 

[damngrumpy]

There is a twenty four hour news cycle that must be filled and unbiased reporting be damned.
There is ultimately the personal opinion of the host and why? Today we do not have news
people, we have new commentators. In order to be a commentator, you have to have a
personal opinion. Even the news being performed by so called news people is first hashed
over by news commentators. I like a variety of opinions, the actual truth lies somewhere in the
middle anyway.
As for Aljazeera they have a definite agenda of their own, they just want to gain the confidence
of their viewers before pulling the bait and switch, which will happen somewhere between today
and the not too distant future.

 

[earth_as_one]

You won't get a diversity of viewpoints from a diversity of American cable news pundits. Most have similar if not identical viewpoints. Fox News could get away with one pundit, except they would loose the bandwagon effect created by a crowd of pundits with the same opinion.

Fox News pundit A relative to Fox News pundit B, does not represent a diversity of opinion.
FoxNews pundit A relative to CNN News Pundit B, barely qualifies as a different opinion, but you'd be hard pressed to identify the differences.

Al Jazeera relative to FoxNews would be a truly different opinion.

BTW, Al Jazeera is modeled after the BBC. Their agenda is to make money while presenting news of concern to their primary audience (Arabs). They license and maintaining high journalistic standards.

Aljazeera Satellite Channel was launched on 1 November 1996 following the closure of the BBC's Arabic language television station, a joint venture with a Qatar Media Corporation company. It had fallen apart after a year and a half when the Saudi government attempted to kill a documentary on executions under sharia law.[4]

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, provided a loan of QAR 500 million ($137 million) to sustain Aljazeera through its first five years, as Hugh Miles detailed in his book Aljazeera The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel That Is Challenging the West. Shares were held by private investors as well as the Qatar government.

According to Miles, the Emir had been contemplating a satellite channel even before he deposed his father the previous year. A free press complemented his vision of the emirate as a center of commercial development and progress.

Sheikh Hamad bin Thamir Al Thani, previously Qatar's Deputy Minister of Information, was chairman of the enterprise, although Aljazeera maintained editorial independence. It was hoped the channel would break even in five years through sales of advertising, news feeds and programs, as well as equipment rental. Much of the staff came from the 250 journalists displaced by the closure of BBC Arabic.....

Al Jazeera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you've never watched al Jazeera, I recommend viewing it. If all you know about al Jazeera is what American leaders and cable news claims about al Jazeera, then you are in for a surprise...

You can watch video of their broadcasts and read their news on their English webpage:
AJE - Al Jazeera English