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After a memo was leaked showing Al Jazeera English equating terrorists with freedom fighters, a network executive is now encouraging memo leaks.

Al Jazeera America, which had hopes of challenging the other cable news networks with more in-depth programming, has taken a giant step backward with the announcement that it has canceled its morning programs and is dropping its 4 p.m. news hour. It will also be moving its 6 p.m. coverage to 7 p.m., according to The […]

On Tuesday of last week, two reporters who identified themselves as being affiliated with Al Jazeera English were thrown out of a pro-Israel conference in Washington, D.C. after filming events that were closed to the press. Christians United For Israel (CUFI) had originally denied press credentials to the reporters, due to Al Jazeera’s anti-Israel bias. […]

Former Al Jazeera English anchor Dave Marash blasted Current TV on Sunday, saying that the network failed in part because it was “bush league,” and accused former Current TV owner Al Gore of crony capitalism over his methods in launching the network. Marash: Well, first, it looked bush league. Its production values were simply not competitive […]

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The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons has obtained an internal memo from Al Jazeera English announcing that they are scaling back their operations in Washington, D.C.: Dear All, Today in our Washington DC office we are completing the “next frontier” project to restructure our broadcast model for News contribution from America. From April 15th, we will no […]

Five years after its launch, the Qatar funded Al Jazeera English (AJE) television network has finally landed on a major cable system in the U.S. Time Warner Cable (TWC), the nation’s number two cable television provider with nearly 15 million subscribers, launched AJE on its system in New York City as of midnight last night. […]

Conservatives who cheered the decision by a Los Angeles-based PBS affiliate to quit the system last year had their hopes for conservative programming dashed by the station’s decision in February to devote much of its airtime to the Qatar-owned Al Jazeera English. KCET-TV, which had been a PBS affiliate for more than 40 years, cut […]

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2011 – Following continued investigation and grassroots outreach, Accuracy in Media has verified the cable giant’s opposition to granting Al-Jazeera English carriage in the United States. “This is just one more victory for Americans this week,” Director of the Center for Investigative Journalism Cliff Kincaid said. “Correspondence with the Comcast Vice President […]

Cliff Kincaid joined WNDB AM 1150 in Daytona Beach, Florida to discuss the questionable exit of Fred Grandy on WMAL (Washington, D.C.) following his tough criticism of radical Islam. The interview also covered AIM’s newest campaign to Block Al-Jazeera English from American markets, lessening the risk of future domestic terror plots. For more information on […]