Why blame Al-Jazeera for broadcasting this footage? Don't everyone want to know the truth?

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.

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[InfiniteOneOfficial]

I love how the US puppet media calls networks that broadcast the truth "anti-American". Anything pro-truth is anti-American [government]... Wake up people.

[jaguarkurd]

@InfiniteOneOfficial Our people have been awake for so long under the occupation of the under world turmoil.

[startCHINAstar]

Free Egypt from western oppression!! Egypt needs development, prosperity and stability!! Egypt must be free!!

[U23Z26I9]

Take note America. This is how you protest your government.

[DrBones666]

@fuckaljazeera23 You're either a tea party fool or you work for the govt.

[DrBones666]

USA is a nation of cowards and bullies. They don't like the truth.

[rtinsavannah]

RE "this is how you protest". Our government isn't sending armed police after us en masse - YET. But it will, soon. Or rather, the globalists that have taken it over.

[Lumanix1]

Zionist pigs, have pissed all over the American People face, its about time a fair and balanced news network like Al Jazeera is present to get provide us great unbiased international news, rather than FOX, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC and all the dickheads around,

[JPSwissCheese]

Check your facts in the Description

[MissTeenPregnancy]

Gotta give it to these egyptian citizens. They are tough.