Al Jazeera

Dear Sarah Palin, Please leave - we don't need your sort in Ohio!

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Steven Denlinger

In the old days of the West, when someone did irreparable harm to a community, the Sheriff took the culprit to the edge of town. He told that person ...

DNC: From An Arab Prism

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.28.2008 | Media


Jamal Dajani

Several Arab networks dispatched their best anchors to Denver to beam a sliver of American politics to more than 300 million viewers in the region.

House GOP Candidate Mistakes Interview Request For Kidnapping Attempt

Politico | Josh Kraushaar | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


Retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West thought he'd left behind the specters of Iraq when he decided to run for Congress in Florida. But a recent interview ...

On The Road Again, With Begging Bowl And Stick

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Most reporters ask the same questions. Meena from Al Jazeera was different. She really wanted to know about "citizen journalism," and made me think all over again about the "citizen" part of the equation.

US Funds Anti-American Arab Broadcasts

ProPublica | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


An Arab-language television network and radio station, founded by the Bush administration to promote a positive image of the United States, has aired ...

Master Media Manipulations and the Art of War(-selling)

Rachel Haimowitz | Posted 06.13.2008 | Media


Rachel Haimowitz

Tthe story of Obama's victory has and will continue to drown out all the other recent news. And boy, was there some big news made by Scott McClellan this week.

American Anchor Quits Al Jazeera, Citing Too Much Control From Qatar

New York Times/TV Decoder | Brian Stelter | Posted 04.04.2008 | Media


Dave Marash, the most prominent American anchor on Al Jazeera English, has quit the 24-hour news channel, citing an increased amount of editorial cont...

New Bin Laden Tape Says Europeans Should End US Help

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on Europeans to stop helping the United States in the war in Afghanistan, according to excerpts of a new audiota...