Al Jazeera = Fair and Balanced reporting?

[$5 Submissions]

Interesting media analysis: http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=8064

 

[DruSam]

You know what else is fair and balanced? My ass. :moon:

Although I will say our media is awful, because it is ALL about getting good ratings, not about reporting what is the most important and relevant at the time.

 

[Indy]

You know what else is fair and balanced? My ass.

But, I thought you're black? :ugone2far:

:drinkup:

*Will probably regret this message later

 

[DruSam]

But, I thought you're black? :ugone2far:

:drinkup:

*Will probably regret this message later

LOL Good point, +rep
I laughed pretty hard at that.

 

[Jon]

Fair and balanced? You have to be kidding me.. Al Jazeera has propoganda wings for all of the countries they cover. It's 100% bullshit. A ton of their funding also comes from people who also fund terrorism.

 

[Andrew]

From the article:

"Al-Jazeera is funded by the Emir of Qatar, and Al-Arabiya, which seemed to downplay the conflict in its early stages, is part of a media empire owned by a member of the Saudi royal family. Both countries are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim, while Hezbollah is Shiite. Sunni heads of state across the region initially condemned Hezbollah's kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, the spark that touched off this war, because it was seen as part of Shiite Iran's strategy to strengthen its position in the region at the expense of Sunni countries like Egypt, Jordan and the royal families of the Gulf."

 

[Stanley]

I'm going to disagree with you Jon, Al Jazeera is as biased as Fox is in America. I'm not going to go too indepth into this topic because it will only fuel arguments, and arguing over the Internet is pointless.

 

[Jdog]

All media is biased because there is money to be made.

 

[$5 Submissions]

Fair and balanced? You have to be kidding me.. Al Jazeera has propoganda wings for all of the countries they cover. It's 100% bullshit. A ton of their funding also comes from people who also fund terrorism.

I'm not saying I agree with the article. It's just an interesting slant at coverage and I found it interesting.

 

[yoey]

Fair and balanced? You have to be kidding me.. Al Jazeera has propoganda wings for all of the countries they cover. It's 100% bullshit. A ton of their funding also comes from people who also fund terrorism.

Please provide proof for this. Although i'm not really disagreeing with you, I would hate to believe something without a source.

 

[jerxs]

"I'm going to disagree with you Jon, Al Jazeera is as biased as Fox is in America"

And what do you think our media is any more pure than Al Jazeera? The media in our own country is just as corrupt and BS driven.

 

[Arc_Con]

personally, I really think it's quite hard for the media to be balance even if they say that they are.