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Article: PROFESSOR: AL JAZEERA NOT ANTI-AMERICAN
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- United Press International
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- December 2, 2002
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Professor: Al Jazeera not anti-American
WASHINGTON, Dec 02, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -
- Al Jazeera is not anti-American, and U.S. officials are missing
an opportunity by not getting their message out on the Qatar-based
Arabic TV network, an Egyptian-born communications professor said.
The West is not using the 24-hour satellite channel as it should,
said Stonehill College Professor Mohammed el-Nawawy in a phone interview
from Easton, Mass.
Many Americans had never heard of Al Jazeera until after the attacks
of Sept. 11, 2001. Then, out of the blue, the network seemed to be
a vehicle for Osama bin Laden to get his message out to the world
through ...