Al Jazeera News - The New York Times: "Since its start in 1996, Al Jazeera has become one of the most influential broadcast networks in the Arab world. Its all-news and public affairs format reportedly reaches 40 million viewers from its base in the tiny Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar. American networks like CNN buy its footage and exclusive video.
Al Jazeera’s freewheeling broadcasts have long made it the bête noire of Arab governments, and in some earlier instances they have succeeded in reining it in. Western governments see it as shaping a narrative of popular rage against oppressive American-backed Arab governments (and against Israel) ever since its founding. That narrative has long been implicit in the channel’s heavy emphasis on Arab suffering and political crisis, its screaming-match talk shows, even its sensational news banners and swelling orchestral accompaniments."
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