Accuracy in Media

Wow: An Egyptian court has recommended the death sentence against six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. A verdict on Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013, and four other defendants in the […]

Al Jazeera, which is in the process of shutting down its English language channel, announced Sunday that it will cut 500 jobs starting today to combat the effects that low oil prices are having on its operations. The network, which is owned by the oil and gas revenue-dependent Qatari government, is being forced to trim […]

This could blow a huge hole in the Al Jazeera report which named several high-profile athletes (such as NFL quarterback Peyton Manning) as users of human growth hormone, also known as HGH.

The NFL veteran QB, who currently plays for the Denver Broncos, says he may sue Al Jazeera for the HGH report that named him.

Internal e-mails were made public, and they didn’t like the sympathy toward the satirical magazine and its staff.

Al Jazeera Arabic, the sister network of Al Jazeera English, removed a story published on its website last week that questioned the “legitimacy” of the videos showing the execution of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff,  calling them a “Hollywood” fabrication. According to Al Arabiya News, the story suggested that Foley likely fabricated the video […]

WASHINGTON — Al Jazeera, a Qatar-based Arab language channel, is forming plans for a vigil outside Egyptian embassies to try to get the Egyptian government to free their journalists. Reuters reported that four journalists have been arrested by the Egyptian government, and three have been charged with aiding a “terrorist organization.” The English-language part of […]

CNN may be a cable-news ratings laggard, but it has managed to beat its rivals, Fox News and MSNBC, as the number one trending news source on Google. The search engine giant released its annual trends list this week, giving CNN an early Christmas present in what has been a mixed year at best for […]

WASHINGTON — After several Al Jazeera employees quit the television network and accused the network of propaganda, Al Jazeera is focusing their attention on complaints against the Egyptian government. Reuters reports that Al Jazeera reporters say the Egyptian government is trying to intimidate them as they report on the current upheaval within the country. Al […]

Al Jazeera is under scrutiny for subversion in Egypt, and facing a mutiny from its own reporters over supporting the Muslim Brotherhood there. But The Washington Post assures us in a story that the channel’s official launch in the United States is on August 20, and its coverage, will be different. Philip Seib, author of The Al Jazeera […]