Al Jazeera Named RTS News Channel Of The Year

Al-Jazeera English has seen off competition from Sky News and the BBC to be named news channel of the year for the first time at the RTS television journalism awards.

Comments

[ProgressivesLoveAmerica]

11:44 AM on 03/04/2012

Congratulations, Al Jazeera!

I'm always impressed by their coverage of a wide variety of topics that never get covered in mainstream American corporate media.

Unfortunately, there's no such thing as a "mainstream liberal elite media." It doesn't take a genius to figure out that some media outlet owned, operated, controlled, and funded by a hand-full multinational corporate conglomerates can never be truly liberal!

That's why I always supplement my news with Al Jazeera, Russia Today, and Democracy Now!

You'll never hear CNN having a critical, in depth, and discussion on the Neoliberal schools of economics that have driven economic development globally for the past 30 years. MSNBC won't even do that.

You'll be hard-pressed to find ANY mainstream news outlet criticize American foreign policy because even programming on the notoriously "liberal" NBC is brought to me by Lockheed Martin- a major military contractor.

I'm glad to have access to alternative media!

[jkkFL]

02:13 AM on 02/26/2012

Bravo Al- Jazeera!!
Who knew you would become a Trustworthy news source for the US?!!!
Onward and Upward!

[hollywoodjaxx]

10:36 PM on 02/25/2012

Outstanding news coverage...balanced reporting!
Well deserved.

[sawadee2000]

08:59 PM on 02/25/2012

I don't get Al-Jazeera at home, but when I'm traveling I often watch it in hotels. I have always been very impressed with there reporting.

[LMPE]

08:30 PM on 02/25/2012

Well, Al Jazeera IS one of the most trustworthy news organizations out there.

[OGigi]

11:27 AM on 02/25/2012

Y'all deserve this award. Refreshing that politcal news is not your TOP headlines like here. US "news" portrays politics at the top of the hour news.

[tnanimation]

03:54 PM on 02/24/2012

Al Jazeera makes SUN TV 'News' look like a kid pretending to be on TV behind a cardboard box.
Just started watching (Al Jazeera) recently, truly balanced and thought provoking, without the hysterical hype.

[OGigi]

11:28 AM on 02/25/2012

And without the internet, we would be stuck with a constant dose of buy this buy that and politics is the only news.

[season555]

01:21 PM on 02/24/2012

An hour with Al -Jazeera and one will know every important issue in the world for that day.

I am amazed by the amount of journalists they have. Last night they had one reporting from a small town in Patagonia in Chile.

[SamKnause]

10:27 AM on 02/24/2012

They do a great job.

Congratulations !!!!

[SonnyRollinsNotBono]

02:05 AM on 02/24/2012

Dear HuffPost:

I would be helpful if you could spell out what RTS stands for. Not all of us are in the know or acronyms experts. A few RTS I've found: Reformed Theological Seminary, Regional Transit System, Resistance Training Specialist & Risk Theory Society, among many.

Congrats to Al-Jazeera English for winning this RTS-thingy award. Love AJE. Thank you.

Sonny Le

[Bruce Forbes]

07:58 AM on 02/24/2012

How'd you miss "Risky Tata Se.x"?

[MinnesotaRoots]

08:13 PM on 02/23/2012

You dont cover hollywood enough. Where were you on the important stufflike charliesheen?

[jkkFL]

02:15 AM on 02/26/2012

Boooooo!

[lulubelle1956]

06:16 PM on 02/23/2012

well deserved and overdue. itnis the best reporting of news available in the usa.

[gmb007]

03:42 PM on 02/23/2012

Well done! Al Jazeera is an EXCELLENT news source!

[OGigi]

11:29 AM on 02/25/2012

imagine that, just the news............ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[MarcEdward]

03:28 PM on 02/23/2012

But you still cannot get it on cable in most of the nation.
Guess it wouldn't serve the interests of the wealthy who own the media that we get another point of view.

[getoffmedz]

04:06 PM on 02/23/2012

You can get much of their content in English at http://www.aljazeera.com/

Your comment is quite accurate.

[OGigi]

11:24 AM on 02/25/2012

And thankfully until they start censoring our internet, english aje is available

[Vikram Shiva]

03:27 PM on 03/23/2012

The RTS or Royal Television Society is basically a group formed in 1927 to talk about television. So quite old and esteemed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Television_Society