Al Jazeera English (tv network)

Why Al Jazeera buying Current is a good thing for media, country

2013-01-04 03:00:00

I don’t care if Al Gore got more money than he ever deserved for his pathetic channel, or Glenn Beck got the short end of the stick in trying to buy it as an escape from his prison of media marginalization. All of that is ideological and...

Of course Al Jazeera has a bias, but it's not what most critics think

2013-01-09 04:02:00

Reading some of the nutty coverage of Al Jazeera's purchase of Current TV from Al Gore, I am not sure whether the problem is ideology or ignorance when it comes to the sorry state of media criticism today. Last week, I explained why I thought Al...

What Al Jazeera thinks of Baltimore

2012-08-19 09:12:00

Baltimore-area viewers won't see it in their TV listings, but this week a program will premiere on the Al Jazeera English channel that could do more to shape the world's image of their city than any other media coverage or civic promotion done all year....

Here's the Al Jazeera film on Baltimore that cable TV doesn't want you to see [Video]

2012-08-21 15:06:00

UPDATES with reaction to the film from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's office... Using digitalmedia once again to end run the cable TV industry, Al Jazeera English posted its latest documentary, "Baltimore: Anatomy of an American City," online Tuesday...

It's outrageous that Al Jazeera English is not on cable in most U.S. cities

2012-08-21 05:38:00

Al Jazeera English will premiere a thought-provoking and hard-hitting documentary about Baltimore tonight, but viewers here won't be able to see it on cable TV. That's outrageous, ignorant and maddening. That's the conclusion I came to last week while...

New report shows CNN International as top news channel in Africa

2012-07-19 00:17:00

I know some of my more parochial colleagues can't get past the troubles CNN continues to have in its prime-time American operation. And I am right up there in being dismayed by some of the moves management has made with Eliot Spitzer, Kathleen Parker,...

Syrian rebels free U.N. peacekeepers held in Golan

2013-05-12 02:20:05

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels on Sunday freed four Filipino U.N. peacekeepers whom they had captured on the ceasefire line between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last week. The rebels from the Yarmouk Martyrs' Brigade had said they were...

Philippines says four UN peacekeepers held by Syrian rebels freed

2013-05-12 00:32:02

MANILA, May 12 (Reuters) - Philippine Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario said on Sunday four Filipino U.N. peacekeepers held by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights had been released. Al Jazeera English television reported that the four, captured on the...

Who Will Run Al Jazeera America? Who's In, Who's Out, Who Passed (Exclusive)

2013-05-06 09:02:02

May 06 (TheWrap.com) - One of the biggest jobs in media is a new position and a high-risk opportunity: running Al Jazeera America. The job running the Qatar-based network recently bought from Current TV has high visibility and no doubt a high salary...

Will you watch Al Jazeera America?

2013-05-01 16:32:50

Shereen El Feki discusses her new book on sex in the Arab world

2013-03-09 08:00:00

As change sweeps across the Arab world, there are a variety of lenses through which to examine these changes: religious, cultural, political, economic. Shereen El Feki has chosen a decidedly less conventional lens with her new new book “Sex and...

Kerry pledges $60 million in aid to Syrian opposition forces

2013-02-28 06:05:00

ROME -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pledged an additional $60 million in aid to Syrian opposition forces Thursday, including food and medical support directly to armed rebels for the first time but turning aside their demand for weapons. Kerry,...

This is the Al Jazeera English anchor desk when the news service debuted in Washington in 2006.

2013-04-05 05:35:00

A Baltimore crime scene from 'Baltimore: Anatomy of an American City,' from Al Jazeera English.

2012-08-21 05:01:00

Police imagery in "Baltimore: Anatomy of an American City" from Al Jazeera English.

2012-08-18 00:00:00