Al Jazeera to replace CNN in Israel
Arab Media - Tue, 2007-10-30 06:02 By CCR
Cox News Service reported last week that Israel's largest cable provider plans to replace CNN with Al Jazeera. According to the article, the American news network "is regularly accused of biased coverage by conservative and right-wing Israelis, as well as U.S.-based pro-Israel organizations that monitor American news coverage of the Jewish state." So Al Jazeera, the pilloried "terrorist" news channel hated by Arab governments and the United States alike, is apparently less biased than its Middle Eastern counterpart in the eyes of Israelis. read more »
Cox News Service reported last week that Israel's largest cable provider plans to replace CNN with Al Jazeera. According to the article, the American news network "is regularly accused of biased coverage by conservative and right-wing Israelis, as well as U.S.-based pro-Israel organizations that monitor American news coverage of the Jewish state." So Al Jazeera, the pilloried "terrorist" news channel hated by Arab governments and the United States alike, is apparently less biased than its Middle Eastern counterpart in the eyes of Israelis. read more »
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