Al Jazeera English

I noticed in several of these news stations that while they were very professional and very similiar to U.S. News they seemed to mispell words and sometimes use improper grammar some examples are: rumour, defence, programme, Organise, per cent. Besides these errors I thought that majority of these stations did not seem any more biased or different then American news stations.


1. How effective do you think the Internet will be for Al Jazeera as it attempts to reach a U.S. audience?

I believe that the internet is the most effective way for Al Jazeera to reach the U.S. audience. They obviously do not have any other choice if American cable companies refuse to broadcast them. I think if Al Jazeera wants to make it to cable television it will not be anytime soon. As stated in the given assignment majority of Americans do not want Al Jazeera to broadcast in America.



2. Based on your own observations, do you think that Al Jazeera English should be allowed to broadcast in the U.S.?

Based on my observations I do think Al Jazeera English should be allowed to broadcast in America. After watching several newscasts I believe that Al Jazeera English uses a "Murrow paradigm" of traditional journalism. They seem very professional and I saw little to no bias in their newscasts and interviews. I think that American's need to expand their horizons, it is true we have many 24-hour news channels but all of these are American based with American agendas, I believe it is healthy for one to look at different sides of the stories and see how other countries are broadcasting the news.


3. What, if anything, do you notice about Al Jazeera's approach to telling the news? How is it different than the U.S.-based TV news outlets that you have experienced?

I personally did not notice much of a difference at all in Al Jazeera's approach to telling the news compared to Americas approach. They interviewed people who had opinions on both sides of the story as well as some opinions that American news stations would probably not broadcast.


4. While on the Al Jazeera site, be sure to check out the network's published Code of Ethics. Based on your own observations, do you think they are adhering to them?

I believe that Al Jazeera follows their code of ethics. I feel that they probably follow their code of ethics even more so because of all the past alligations of them being a biased network.