Balder wrote:Альджазира - очень интересный канал, он подвергается гонениям как в США, так и в арабских странах. Это возможно первый получившийся арабский канал, который пытается быть независимым. Очень многие его репортажи - пристрастны, но по крайней мере, в отличии от CNN/FoxNews/MSNBC/etc, он пытается представить точки зрения всех сторон.
Вот интересная статья из "Тайма" про Аль-Джазиру и иже с ними. Хорошо написано, без истерики. Правда статья старая, еще из "допобедных" времен.
What You See vs. What They SeeПара цитат.
For its grisly pictures and aggressive coverage of the coalition, al-Jazeera in particular has been treated as a fifth column in the West. U.S. and British officials condemned it for airing footage of allied POWs' corpses, and the New York Stock Exchange and nasdaq have ejected al-Jazeera reporters. Hackers attacked its English-language website, replacing it with a red-white-and-blue U.S. map and the slogan "Let Freedom Ring". What better motto for people who shut down a news outlet?
Indeed, straight news on the Arab networks in many ways offers viewers a more complete and inside look at the war than U.S. TV does. They are given greater access by Baghdad, which sees them—as it saw CNN in 1991—as a conduit to the outside world.
Political and cultural considerations aside, Arab viewers have other reasons to trust these networks. They have often had more accurate information. U.S. networks and the BBC reported a revolt against Iraqi troops by ShiЊite Muslims in Basra last week, airing video of allied forces firing supportive artillery into the city. On Fox News, anchor Neil Cavuto crowed, "Don't look now, but the ShiЊites have hit the fan!" But al-Jazeera had a correspondent inside Basra, which appeared relatively orderly—quiet streets and groups chanting pro-Saddam slogans. Later the Western networks backpedaled. And for four days after U.S. TV said the allies had taken the port city of Umm Qasr, al-Jazeera correctly reported resistance there.
