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Transcript: Al-Jazeera English Struggles For U.S. Audience
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RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
02-24-2009
Al-Jazeera English Struggles For U.S. Audience
Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time 10:00-11:00 AM
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
One television network that's covered Iraq quite closely is Al-Jazeera. It started broadcasting only in Arabic, and then more than two years ago, added Al-Jazeera English. Al-Jazeera English is now seen in some 130 million households around the world, although few of those households are in the U.S. American viewers can watch the 24-hour news channel in just a few spots: Toledo, Ohio; Burlington, Vermont. As NPR's David Folkenflik reports, Al- Jazeera is fighting to change that.
DAVID FOLKENFLIK: Let's say you were a reporter ...