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Article: What we're missing: it's a shame two new cable news channels are so hard to find in the U.S.(BROADCAST VIEWS)(Al Jazeera English and France 24)(Viewpoint essay)
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- American Journalism Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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What if they launched a news channel and nobody here could watch? Would anyone care to know what they're missing?
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The latest entries in the global TV news game, Al Jazeera English and France 24, are practically invisible in the United States. That's a shame, because they really do offer something different from standard cable news fare.
How different? Well, consider that until now, if you wanted news in English anywhere in the world, you had just two choices: CNN or the BBC. Both channels claim to reach more than 260 million households, and that's not all they have in common. Their worldview is decidedly Western, and they ...