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Aljazeera
is the largest and most controversial
Arabic News Channel in the Middle
East offering news coverage 24 hours
a day from around the world with focus
on the hottest regions of conflict.
Programming also includes a wide selection
of high-pitch political talk shows
and documentaries and emotional debates
and sensational arguments covering
events of the moment.
Founded in 1996, and based
in Qatar, the Al Jazeera news network
is the fastest growing network among
Arab communities and Arabic speaking
people around the world. With
programming focusing primarily on news
coverage and analysis, the station has
earned the loyalty of a large audience
and the enmity of various critics who
argue that Aljazeera is overly sensational
with a bent on showing bloody footage
from various war zones as well as giving
disproportionate coverage to various
fundamentalist and extremist groups.
Criticism from various government
has helped the channel increase its
credibility with an audience that is
used to sensorship and biased coverage
from official government outlets. Al
jazeera is not likely to critisize its
own benifactor, the emir of Qatar and
the government of Qatar.
AlJazeera's programs are available worldwide
through various satellite and cable
systems. In the US, it is
available through satellite,
the fastest growing satellite network
in the country.
Programs in Al Jazeera are devoted
to various topics with an emphasis on
pan-Arabic issues such as the Palestinian
/ Israeli conflict, the war in Iraq..while
being careful in its coverage of internal
political issues of Arab Gulf countries.
While political programs tend to be
the most popular, other shows covering
news about Business, Culture, Sports,
Health also get their share of the audience.
Interactive programming that involve
audience participation are also highly
popular since they are considered ground
breaking in that region of the world.
These shows tend to be very sensational
and presented in such a way as to increase
the emotional pitch and arguments among
the panelists.
Regardless of the political bent given
to news coverage at Aljazeera TV, the
audience watching is always large and
numerous.
AMC
can help you communicate with this
audience.
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