Al Jazeera - the Arab CNN

Al Jazeera is center-stage in the modernization of Arab-language broadcasting. Al Jazeera, offers what no broadcaster in the region does - a world-class, free, uncensored, professional source of news and opinion. It is doing its job brilliantly, shown by the widespread criticism of its content by regimes in the region, Israel, and the United States. Of course it is sometimes biased - so are CNN, the BBC. "All news is something, someone, somewhere, doesn't want publish - the rest is advertising." (unknown) But its strength is that it allows dramatically opposing views to be aired. …