Tuesday, July 12, 2011

YouTube documentation on Aljazeera

Former able anchorwoman, Lina Zahr Ad-Din, of Aljazeera Arabic has a new book about her experiences with the network (she was one of the famous four women who left a year ago).  In that book, she expresses alarm at the deterioration of standards at the network in recent months.  She says that most of the coverage is now driven from YouTube clips and that in the old days, editors at Aljazeera would not even allow use of YouTube footage unless verified and checked and authenticated.  She says that she was pleased that no more works for the network during the current crisis.