Transcript: Washington Correspondent Departs Al Jazeera

SUSAN STAMBERG
NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
04-05-2008
Washington Correspondent Departs Al Jazeera

Host: SUSAN STAMBERG
Time 12:00-13:00 PM


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In 2006, Dave Marash signed a two-year contract to become the Washington-based anchor of Al Jazeera English. It was a controversial move. The larger, Arabic language Al Jazeera, has often been criticized for broadcasting messages from Osama bin Laden, also showing brutal footage of American soldiers killed in Iraq, but Mr. Marash, a 16-year veteran of ABC's "Nightline," pledged that Al Jazeera English would be much more than just a translated version of its Arabic parent.

Last week, Dave Marash quit Al Jazeera ...

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