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Article: Al-Jazeera English airs another view.(TV - RADIO)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2007
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Byline: AARON BARNHART - McClatchy
In the weeks and months after 9/11, the American news media's gaze turned beyond our borders in a way it hadn't since World War II.
And a new wave of international news channels is still expanding viewers' horizons.
One of these upstarts has a familiar-sounding name: al-Jazeera English. Launched last fall by the same oil-rich emirate of Qatar that runs the Arabic al-Jazeera, it was offered free to cable companies across America. Exactly one took up the offer - a tiny Vermont carrier serving 2,000 households.
Even at no charge, it seemed, adding al-Jazeera English wasn't worth the potential backlash ...