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Al Jazeera English is gaining a following in the United States for its extraordinary coverage of the Egyptian protests, with American viewers tuning in to watch the network's broadcast live online. But will the English-language network's much-praised Egypt coverage challenge existing perceptions of "anti-American bias" and convince cable providers to finally add it to the dial?
The Bush administration condemned Al Jazeera's Arabic-language network for its critical coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and decision to air tapes and statements obtained from Osama bin Laden shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, for instance, blasted Al Jazeera's 2004 coverage of civilian casualties in Iraq as "vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable." And there were more than just verbal salvos leveled at Al Jazeera in the Bush years: the U.S. military fired missiles at Al Jazeera's offices in Kabul in 2001 and dropped bombs on the Baghdad newsroom in 2003.
So it's not surprising that when the Qatar-based network launched an English-language version in 2006, it had to contend with an adverse reputation among many in the U.S. audience as a pro-terrorist media outlet. U.S. cable providers initially refused to carry the English-language network, which included established television correspondents from ABC News and the BBC. Five years later, Al Jazeera English is available in more than 100 countries but in just three American cities: Washington D.C., Burlington, Vt., and Toledo, Ohio.
The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim wrote Sunday on the Al Jazeera English blackout amid calls for more U.S. cable providers to start carrying the network as the Egypt crisis continued to build. Now, Al Jazeera executives are trying to harness this audience interest into pushing for more widespread distribution. Al
Anstey, the managing editor of Al Jazeera English, told the New York Times on Monday that he hopes "now is a turning point."

Al Jazeera executives can make a strong case that there's an appetite for international news—at least during moments of upheaval. The Times reports that the website's livestream has been viewed more than 4 million times, with 1.6 million of the views from inside the United States. The network's web traffic is up an astounding 2,500 percent.
So far, cable and satellite providers—such as Comcast, DirecTV, Verizon FiOS, and Time Warner—haven't said publicly if they'll take steps to carry the network. [Update: Company statements] And yet, Americans are tuning in.
"Al Jazeera has absolutely owned this story," said George Washington University professor Marc Lynch, author of a book on Arab media, who's also recently written on the network's role, along with social media, in the Tunisian uprising.
Al Jazeera's Egypt coverage "fits right in with the sort of thing that they've been doing for the last decade," Lynch said Tuesday on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown." "Al Jazeera, they're really invested in questions of Arab reform and Arab democracy and they've been scathingly critical of the Arab status quo. It's the one thing they agreed with the Bush administration aboutâ€"that Arab dictators were the problem."
For that reason, strongmen in the region such as Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak aren't big fans of the network. Mubarak's authoritarian regime—which has tried crushing independent news sources and beaten journalists since the protests erupted—shut down Al Jazeera's Cairo bureau on Sunday and has detained several of the network's reporters. Still, Al Jazeera English continues to cover the Egyptian protests, trying to protect some correspondents on the ground by not revealing their identities.

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[oshh09]

What a good video. I thought you were some kind of Bill O' Reilly supporter at the start of the video, saying the kind of things he would! AlJazeera Arabic never aired a beheading BTW. I wouldn't call them anti-American either, given that even on their Arabic channel, most of the anchors worked for the BBC in the early 90s.

Its about time AJE is allowed on American TV, their Egypt and now Libya coverage has been great. Fantastic journalism.

[miggimags]

@oshh09 Thank you so much! It means a lot to me to know that 1) people are watching this video until the end for reserved judgment and 2) That you enjoy hearing about topics that REALLY matter in this world. I think I have finally found my vid niche for youtube and I will work harder to bring more vids like this one to my channel. I hope you sub and keep watching my vids! Thanks and have a good one! - Miggimags

[wwwy2000]

i dont think you have even watched the channel when you are already talking bad about it.

[miggimags]

@wwwy2000 woah buddy :-) You should REALLY watch this video until the end..... 

[neverstop1001]

Al-Jazeera is the only real and honest news network

I follow both the Arabic and the English channel and believe me when I tell you that they are journalists with responsibly and they deliver the truth and only the truth

[miggimags]

@neverstop1001 Yeah... I have been slowly but surely noticing that. A friend of mine does P.R. for the military. When I asked him, " Al-Jazeera, friend or foe?" He said: "To be honest with you, Al-Jazeera (from my point of view) has been the most legit reporting media outlet that he has ever seen" Too bad my buddy's job is to muzzle the Al-Jazeera influence.. Thanks for the comment!

[ned900]

im Irish. i love Al Jazeera. theyre the only media outlet i trust.

your government bombed them coupla times, fucking scumbags.

[Luinwethion1]

I like the Aljazeera English channel, they have very good reporters, and they're working hard to wipe the "terrorist channel" association that some people may have.

Of course you can't trust just one news network, it's good to take another point of view, so that's why i watch the BBC World News, for me both are the best news network in the world.

[maktry]

when u compare aljazeera to fox news .. its way ahead

but u can compare it to cnn

[addan76]

@miggimags the lie and propaganda is becoming more stronger then the truth in this world

but how long it can wark the lie the answer is hilliry clinton who spok out and say what is in her hart

and you did in this video

[addan76]

al jazeera stands for real news first and for most

al jazeera air true news then the propaganda like american channels

who adopted lie to make a money and propaganda of zionist who pay more money

thay own evil propaganda in thay media so i don't think americans hard thay own media other then zionit propaganda of 24/7

[GunGirlNewYork]

Excellent insight! I am hooked on Al Jazeera online ever since the Egyptian protests. I think American news outlets will be blown out of the water once Al Jazeera come to our shores. They put so-called "American Journalism" to shame.

Great Job!

[Mrmikemike46]

I WATCH ALJAZEERA FOR THE 1st. TIME IN EYGPTS PROTESTING. DARN GOOD REPORTS. VERY GOOD!