I don't really think this story should surprise anyone. In it we learn that former Al-Jazeera manager Mohammed Jassem al-Ali tells Odai Hussein that Al-Jazeera is his channel. While not surprising, it is disturbing. The media here in the states have allowed Al-Jazeera's reporting set the tone on many issues involving the war in Iraq, and also the larger Middle East, and here we have evidence that the managers of the network are not above cozying up with some of the most disgusting regimes in the region. Anything that comes to us from the U.S. Media via Al-Jazeera should be viewed with critical questioning and extreme skepticism. Unfortunately, is we the news consumers who have critical skeptics, because many of our media outlets have abdicated that role.
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