Al Jazeera English provides stunning coverage of rioting in Egypt
When I got into the office this morning and logged into Twitter, the news was flowing fast and furious about the anti-government rioting taking place in Egypt. American cable networks were giving...
View ArticleAl Jazeera, Egypt & the United States
In his book Three Blind Mice, media journalist Ken Auletta talks about how the first Gulf War brought CNN to prominence. He writes: It wasn’t until the war in the Persian Gulf began in January 1991...
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As I’ve posted previously, there’s been a lot of talk about why Americans should start paying more attention to Al Jazeera English. I’l be adding links here throughout the day. Outside The Beltway –...
View ArticleLink Ch. 15 – Al Jazeera Arabic carrying video of police running over protesters
In my commentary and blogging course today, we were talking about how Al Jazeera English differs from what Americans are typically used to seeing on television. One of my students said he watched AJE...
View ArticleLink Ch. 2 – Are you watching this?
If you are not watching Al Jazeera English this Friday, you should be! Also be following the #Egypt and #Jan25 hashtags on Twitter. There is even an “unstalling dictator” tweetmeme going around. Tweet
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