What's your big idea for Al Jazeera?

[princessche1]

more hamish and more ayman would work...

just kidding,

u r perfect

[RCvolunteer1978]

sorry I am over 50 yrs old but I do have you subscribe to my youtube account . I have been surprised a few times knowing that in the pass that this would be a great way of bring up the hatered for Americans and/or the Western way of life for me I think you should once per month pin point a city any where in the mid-east world and show the improvements like water wells clean drinking water in that area and/or new housing for the public instead of the mud huts ...

[aljazeerad]

MY BIG IDEA IS TO INTERVIEW SEVEN FAMOUS PRESIDENTS IN ONE WEEK

EVERY DAY ONE PRESIDENT(MAHMOUD ABBAS,AHMADINAJAD,....)

yOUR CHANNEL WILL BE VERY FAMOUS8

[Leutchik]

AJE should have the same amount of Jew-hatred in English that it has in non-English. That way, we can see what they REALLY think, not just the sugar-coated propaganda tripe massaged to elicit sympathy in the west.

[belalmoslim]

Al jazeera 24 uur/dag laten streamen op het internet.

24 hrs a day streaming from al jazeera on the internet

[gazzaeuro]

I would like free streaming of Al Jazeera English. I also would like extended "Listening Post" programmes. I would also like it to be more passionate like Press TV when their have debate shows. I always hoped Al Jazeera English would show the "Opposite Direction" live with English translation.

[blackjack9911]

I would like to see an Al Jazeera live 24 hour online high quality streaming news channel, such as Russia has with their Russia Today online channle.

[alaamg]

i would like to be in the websites some additional feature,,, like...

if somebody added a comment, then i can reply on it.

this is would be great to exchange information

and as you can see this feature is already exist on yourtube website

[maryfarrag]

I would like to have an option added to the site where news alerts are sent to an e-mail address.

[chrisrushlau]

You want to know "the way ahead"? So do all the news organizations in the US. The answer is "staring us in the face," and in this case, Al Jazeera is holding up a mirror (if that metaphor succeeds). I refer to today's analysis of Gaza by Nir Rosen.

If you tell the truth about the important stories and provide the evidence and put the argument in clear terms, people will enjoy your "product".

The question is, do you work for the truth or do you work for the liars?

[dingard]

I am from the Philippines. Your TV network is absolutely a new breath of fresh air. Keep up the good work.

Your reporters, however, should be more objective in reporting. They should avoid exageration.

[djlpvdl]

I would like to see an English language telecast available on cable or satellite in the United States. I am very tired of the US news stations that do nothing but put forth the US/Zionist position. It's time to get a new view in front of the American people. Time to humanize Arabs and Muslims and not just show one side of things.

[stopgenocides]

Al-Jazeera is definitely a news media slowly getting global recognition. It all depends on neutrality. In my observation, it takes different position in different conflicts. It's main focus is Middle East and is understandable. Position there is, it brings out the sufferings of the people and Israel's arrogance in the name of war on terror. But Al-Jazeera coverage in Sri Lanka, country under genocide, it supports the government who actually does genocide. Then no difference between BBC or CNN

[abilkhan]

stick to the truth no mater what. The tomorrow is yours.CNN IS SINKING SOON AND BBC WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO SINK BECAUSE OF THEIR PARTISAN NATURE. They are working more for creating trouble than peace.E very body have known them already.

[OgAdEniAnMaN]

Surely Aljazeera is the only stallite channel which i spent most of my time,iam a student in Egypt "Cairo University the Faculty of computer Science" what i can say is Aljazeera bring it out every hiden action let us know,aljazeera you always remain the best"

[jesscocoa]

By far the best news on television anywhere in the world. I spread the word. So should you. The more people who watch, the more people seeing and hearing the truth...from all sides.

JD Hong Kong

[Zuckdawg]

ALJAZEERAENGLISH...I think you should have more Jew hatred on your comments board. There are not enough neo-nazis and those seeking to kill Jews (sorry, Zionists). Keep up the good work!

[chrisrushlau]

I heard the term "zionist" for thirty years before I realized it meant something more than what Zuckdawg apparently thinks it means, something bad. It means the return of Jews to Israel. It began in the nineteenth century in eastern Europe, I believe, as far as an idea taking political shape. Oliver Cromwell, on the other hand, when he was dictator of England in the 1650's, wanted to bring back the Jews previously driven out of England so he could send them to Palestine and bring Apocalypse!

[aminlover9]

news and weather..aljazeera talks about asia australia not canada please talk more about canada

[bagladyNo1]

I miss the political cartoons Al Jazeera English presented. Often a cartoon can illustrate cogent opinions not generally offered by public information. Please re-instate! Thank you

[omaread]

i would like to see Al Jazeera with an English Channel offered on Satellite in the US...

[aqrab]

This channel is very important to see all angles and no just another "press" that obeys to US interest. I think that a great idea to increase Al-Jazeera audience is create a Spanish version, remember Spanish is language very important in this world, I speak for many people in Latin America that just see an angle of news that some governments want we listen ...and trust.

[CapitalistHolocaust]

Offer Noam Chomsky a weekly column.

[scentciti]

Al-Jazeera English website: create more articles, bigger Sports section, add Life Section (health and lifestyle), change the website to more interactive site with a search engine.

[ddchalmers]

Search "Al-Jazeera Channel (Behind the scenes) Their mistakes" on YT - best viewed in Arabic - maybe someone would upload an English subtitled version...???

[nagi04]

3. Al-Jazeera English TV should change the design of the text background to more interactive text and background like Al-Jazeera Arabic and CNN.

4. Al-Jazeera English website: create more articles, bigger Sports section, add Life Section (health and lifestyle), change the website to more interactive site with a search engine.

[nagi04]

1. Al-Jazeera English should broadcast in North American (worldwide), just like how the world is allowing cnn to be international. Why can't they allow Al-Jazeera to broadcast in America?

2. Al-Jazeera Spanish since Spanish might be the world 2nd spoken language.

[bluesbegedel]

Yes! Let's do the debate of the decade! Bill O'Reilly vs Anderson Cooper on the Riz Khan show live for an hour!

[Musicofthissphere]

'every side and every angle' please. You always have the same positions and they're always slanted in the ssame directions. there is nothing multivariate in this channel or your programs

[JustaGoy]

The demos stated are an insult to the rest of us...

In the US, get Al Jazeera mainstreamed by placing it on a mainstay satellite (i.e., Dish Network 129º) in HD, and NOT on Dish Network's 108º (dedicated SD international satellite requiring a separate dish). Make it part of basic programming.

This will require a gratis contract (or there about) to get a significant foothold in the States.

Anything else is unacceptable...

[rookieasif]

did he say send entries if your 18 to 40, what about old people huh?

[ddchalmers]

Oh, 16 + 17 yr-olds (etc etc) don't have an opinion either - why bother sending them to school, eh?

How to make an utter fool of yrself in 41 seconds, Scottie (Hamish MaccDonald)..... (get a hairstyle instead of merely shorn like a sheep, uhh).

Can someone 'throw a shoe' at this twit, pls?!?! Or "beam him up" - to Planet X!!!

[kakapi]

where is the multiculturalism in Aljazeera English channel? only people come from London or Studied in London or who Worked in London they only seems to get job in this channal, its not diverse community of journalist, because i think your selection of former Director of News and Program and HRM is wrong, i think these journalist are money driven see the mock video they made in BBC before they come to Quatar, you dont have American news anchor thats why you dont get cable deal in USA

[JGJbluewin]

A Big Idea : move your american broadcasting centre from Washington to Sao Paulo or Buenos Aires, and transform the Washington centre in a supporting bureau. Open a news centre in Africa, may be in Nairobi, and transfom London in a supporting bureau.

[global2012]

im from the united states of america love your channel and web sight.our news in the us is biased.

[ddchalmers]

BTW, here's an idea - do a story for CHRISTMAS!

Like how the REAL Christianity is a West Asian religion (often erroneously known as "the Middle East") and the real Lebanon/Palestine Christmas songs - from whence Jesus came, sung by legendary Christian Maronite (originally Phoenician/Aramaic) singer, Fairuz (Fayrouz), a woman who may have been very much like Maryam, the mother of Jesus.

Search "Fairouz - Christmas Part 3" on YT, LOL

Merry Christmas!

[bluesbegedel]

Fairuz isn't Maronite she's Orthodox Christian

[ddchalmers]

Tks for yr correction, bluesbegedel. Orthodox is even better (I hope), such is the divisiveness of religions that they are ever divided amongst themselves. Best to remember Fayrouz for her voice.....

Moi Mmlle Berry on yr channel!

[bluesbegedel]

Hey, any recommendations for good Lebanese female singers beside Fairuz? Those with good voices not good looks

[ddchalmers]

Ahh, try Julia Boutros..... Re her "Ahibaii", it was on Aljazeera in 2006 - and still collecting donations for victims of the Lebanon invasion on her main website, I believe.

[bluesbegedel]

Thanks. I know her. Very inspirational songs!

[ddchalmers]

Only between " 18 - 40"??? Quite frankly, I find that offensive and insulting - as well as blatantly/ignorantly discriminatory (age-ism).

I am age 59, I watch YT regularly, have posted AlJazeera clips on blogs and DO NOT appreciate that my views are not worthy of consideration by some d!ckhead white Englishman.

Your punishment is to promptly do a SERIES on "age discrimination". Perhaps u shld start with yr cretinous Englanders, uhh?

[ddchalmers]

Actually, "Hamish MaccDonald" must be Scottish. What an idiot, then!!! How did they get to be like that...???

[pozzdonn]

Wow... 18 - 40 year old's have the only valid opinion of what's wanted from a 24 news channel? Is it also that they have the only opinion to which credence is given, as well?

[pepz77]

Photo...from the viewers....i want to see more photojournalistic images...from around the globe.

[ghtyvn]

On da real

Get a 24/7 channel in America like CCN has

[biggerflexible]

Big idea? I think AlJazeera is doing great job.

[goongaparbat]

I think Bush deserved more than a shoe being hurled at him. This bast#rd had lakhs killed in Iraq(in some instances the whole families wiped out in indiscriminate American bombing of the Iraqi towns). Kudos to the journalist who threw the shoe and called Bush a dog. I think Bush is a pig or even worse than that. This war criminal should be tried in the Hague for going to war against Iraq on a false pretext. He is a mutt of the street variety.

[kakapi]

My Big Idea for ALJazeera is Hire/Train more Arab/Asian/African journalist because you said you push news from East to West so train the local people you have lot of westeners thats enough

[bluesbegedel]

How about transfer some of the telecasters from AlJazeera Arabic to AJE, like Jamal Rayyan, Faisal Al-Qassim, Iman Ayyad, Lina Zahr Al-din, etc.

[kakapi]

justice, truth and honesty will take this organization to the top

[1149morris]

Good work and badly needed. How about some press on Madoff. Madoff can rob billions and get bail? A poor person in the U.S. couldnt get bail if they robbed a pack of cigerettes.

[afrircans1970]

PLEASE DON'T patronize your listeners like FOX News. You have the Muslim audience & happen to lean a bit to the Left - that's fine. People WANT to know the Islamic take on things. Islam & truth can & do co-exist.

Just don't patronize your audience. That's FOX News style.

Personally, what I would want is LOGIC projected in the news rather than emotionalism: primarily because I believe that is the road to peace. The more you hammer EMOTIONALISM; the less objective you appear. I'll leave it there.

[MatthewPallas]

Wow! There are a lot of very ignorant people posting comments here. Just one example:

"to work for Al Jazeera you have to be muslim, no matter where you are from. So all their reporters have to be trained in Pollywood.

It would suck to know the company you work for is owned by a bunch of terrorist."

Firstly, muslim and terrorist are not the same thing.

Secondly, many many Al Jazeera workers are not terrorists. Like Sir David Frost, Lt. Josh Rushing, Veronica Pedrosa, Richard Gizbert etc.

[hamburger3phone]

I like the video,you should stay little bit longer so I understand what you said.if you need help call me.I been all over the world.I worked at UN for one year.Un is just simbol.

[bluesbegedel]

It would be good also if AlJazeera launches AlJazeera Spanish worldwide especially for Latin American audiences!

[asifhkin]

r u stupit, don't use the dirty words.

[thequietkid10]

if you think Al Jazeera is too pro western then you might want to get out more.

[ieodksnw787]

wow, blatant age-ism.

[AHadi83]

Could we know the media outlet you tune to ?

just give us an example , and lets try to

keep the conversation intelligent

[z080838]

I want a news channel not called Al-Jazeera

[relaxedmoody]

please fire riz khan... this idiot is genuinely-artificial and super annoying...

[AHadi83]

i am with you , not big fan of him

But , he was so calm on the India terrorist attacks , and gave amazing reports

[bluesbegedel]

Replace him with Faisal Al-Qassim... The Faisal Al-Qassim show he he he...

[ddchalmers]

There's nothing wrong with Riz Khan. He is far more competent - and friendly - than most Western news anchormen.

[kaisisking]

I would so go into more of the major world languages, like Spanish, French, Russian, Mandarin, Hindi/urdu,

[thuglife992]

stream ur channel online, at high quality, and not some special internet edition, oor a few clips. people shud be able to get onto the channel whenever they need it, and free of charge

[AHadi83]

Due to copyright and distribution restrictions

that cant be done

[evilthought]

It sure can be done if there is will. Restrict the stream in countries where there are distribution restrictions.

[MatthewPallas]

Already done through Livestation. Not sure if it works in the US though!

[TaskiyahEmaani]

i would like more coverage from xingjiang province and the issues effecting the ughyers thank you and keep up the good work.

[MuhsinTheMomin]

another propaganda machine for the elite. you sold out

[TwoThirdsMajority]

O RLY?

[Voltaire128]

Why do Americans, constantly display their arrogance and ignorance? Remember when tanks entered Baghdad in 2003,all the media networks showed Iraqis cheering, and some spoke English,saying"Thanks for liberating our nation, but Please!,Please!,take your army back to America.We can manage things now!" If BUSH had listened then,we would not have the'shoe throwing incident',one of the highest insults Arabs can display,epitomising the disgust Iraqis are feeling about the mess BUSH has left them with.

[ANGLEBOOT]

oh you must have turned it off right after they said that. And missed all the looting,killing and the raping of women in the street.

We didn't listen to that Iraqi Saddam, we knew not to listen to the Iraqi people.

Al Jazeera is the biggest propaganda machine in the middle east.

"Al Jazeera Renewal project targeting the young"

Man now thwy are after everyones kids.

[TwoThirdsMajority]

Thank you you ignorant fascist

[ANGLEBOOT]

Well TwoThirdsMajority, to be called a fascist or a terrorist.

Hummmmm, I'll take the fascist any day.

to work for Al Jazeera you have to be muslim, no matter where you are from. So all their reporters have to be trained in Pollywood.

It would suck to know the company you work for is owned by a bunch of terrorist.

[TwoThirdsMajority]

So, have you finished Mein Kampf yet?

[franticsummer]

angleboot, thats what america wants you to think, the american government hates aljazeera because it unbiasedly reports on everything, while american media only shows what it wants ppl to see

so are u telling me sami al hajj was a terrorist? if so, why'd they let him go? and why didn't they find anything on him?

(btw, he's a reporter for aljazeera that was held in guantanamo, check him out)

[alSation81]

well I've come to this network to find out what the shoe-throwing journalist had to say; the western media only seems to think that Bush sneering and making jokes about it is actually 'news'

one gets the feeling a true statesman would have asked what the issue was

so this is where (I hope) a lot of people come to find the real story without the anti-Arab bias so rampant in western "journalism"

ie just keep up the good work!

[tanyasbigbrowneyes]

Have every one send thier old shoes to the White house protesting the war.

[juzores]

that hamish mcdonald is really good and he is at the same age of me .i wish i was an anchor instead of doctor

[Ramox3]

lol i wish i was a doctor not an engineer

[juzores]

i wish i was an engineer.belive me ramox3 being adoctor is very stressful thing .lol but enigneer oh my thats very cool

[TwoThirdsMajority]

I wish i was a doctor not a TARDIS assistant

[davemakesawave]

I wish I was a Tardis assistant and not a multi-millionaire.

[juzores]

you must  mix the youtube site with the original website

[mrshutter77]

Right Spanish language news media is consumed with Right wing & left wing propaganda & smear campaigns. We need a Al-Jazeera or in Spanish Al-Yazira.

[mrshutter77]

Do you have any plans to launch a news channel in Spanish? If you haven't I think you should becuase internationally its right behind english in term of a language being widely spoken, you can also penetrade deeper into the iberian & latin american markets, & can be a vehicle to bridge the gap between Eastern-especially Arab & Islamic cultures-- and Iberian & Latin American Cultures. Spanish language news media needs you breath fresh air perspective on the news agenda.

[swimtwobird]

mediocre. also would it kill

you to build some actual web

infrastructure? what are we

all doing camped out here in

youtube? it feels naff.

[Koggvos]

Why bother reinventing the wheel when YouTube is free of charge, global and open for comment? Most of these videos are on their main website as well so nobody has to 'camp' anywhere.

[swimtwobird]

try and be a bit less s**t, frankly.

the american election coverage was

terrible. the mission may be honourabe

but the output is pretty mediocare..

[LoveIsTheAnswer26]

Spread peace love and understanding.

[1149morris]

Thanks for the good work. Please bring as unbiased news coverage as possible. I would like to see coverage on how global capitalism affects the average worker (pitting all the workers in the planet against each other for the lowest wages).

[nextdimensions]

yeah, tell us all your ideas and where you live

[bluesbegedel]

AJE should invites Bill O'Reily to the Riz Khan show!!

[TwoThirdsMajority]

I'd pay huge bucks just to see that!

[workingclasssociety]

keep up the good work. the format of the shows are great. I would like you to focus more on the lack of media coverage in terms of depth. cnn, cbs, fox all of them are just talking heads and no investigative journalism.

[scentciti]

al jazeera need to change there website why you have to use youtube for your videos? your website look like restaurant website.

[iadiedee]

Deported where? I'm 3rd generation American you idiot! I *AM* from the west and staying here. Sometimes I think it's just to piss small minded people like YOU off.

Get the crowbar and open that pea brain a bit. I know there's gray matter in there SOMEwhere.

[UltimateHater1]

I would like Al-Jazeera-English journalists to throw shoes at war criminals.

[george4title]

Here's my Big Idea - Cant get through to your email:

From Riverside California

You Tube Vlogger

Big Idea:

Expand upon the idea of viewer video responses on the Listening Post - Contract with YouTube Vloggers like myself for commentary and analysis!

In Fact you could create show with 'talking heads' from the youtube community. These are individuals that already have a following of millions of viewers per month and are already respected by the general Online community

George

[Wolfsbane909]

Keep up the good world, even though we all know that NO CABLE PROVIDER IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA will carry Aljazeera English. thanks to the internet we don't have to listen to the filtered Republic Propaganda BULLSHIT such as Fox News!

Create more public awareness that there are alternative news stations out there even though I will NEVER see an Aljazeera clip ever on TV in America...

[zizoubilly]

Have you heard of Press TV?

[Organjic]

how about exposing the NWO.

[thequietkid10]

sorry Al Jazeera news doesn't do fiction,

[Organjic]

lol, um take out your own buck and turn to the back, translate words near the pyramid.

[thequietkid10]

uh, they were talking about the New World Order that started in the 1700s. You know the rejection of the absolute monarch in favor of the nation state.

Besides how could it be possibly for this to be globalist propaganda, when in 1935 we weren't in any global organizations. It just so happened that the multi-national globalist entity known as the UN appeared, ten years later. New Order of the Ages could be applied to anything.

[vanreybroeck]

we propose a day of fast think

[badgeless]

jimmyster: you wrote in your profile:

"If you want a reasonably intelligent conversation concerning the problems that this World is facing, then get in touch."

and this about who your friends are:

"They must have an IQ that is at least a little higher than that of the average cretin, let's put it that way. And they tend to DISCRIMINATE [emphasis yours] at every level and opportunity possible!"

Did someone without your high standards hijack your computer for the above comment?