Friday, February 18, 2011

Aljazeera's coverage

I am seething.  The coverage of Aljazeera Arabic has become too blatantly politically biased for my taste.  They protect their allies and friends and go intensely after the rivals and enemies of Qatar (like the regime of Husni Mubarak).  I notice that when they gave very scant coverage of Iranian protests, they never if ever talk to opponents of the regime.  Only government propagandists are allowed to speak.  The GCC decided to stand by Bahrain monarchy, and Aljazeera quickly reflected that.  It is not the story anymore.  Aljazeera is extensively covering Libya and Yemen now: not close allies of Qatar.  If Mubarak was a member of the GCC, he would have been protected by Aljazeera.  Having said all that: you can't compare Aljazeera to the lousy, crude, offensive propaganda outlet of the House of Saud: otherwise known as Al-Arabiyyah TV.