Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Al CNN?

Al Jazeera's coverage of Russia's war crimes in Ukraine has actually become almost indistinguishable from that of the MSM.

The shift toward pro-Western positions had started when AJ was seeking greater market penetration, particularly in the US. The AJ website is now also running paid ads.

I would describe AJ's coverage of Russia/Ukraine as:

  • uncritically pro-NATO/US/UK/EU,
  • ahistorical with regards to the post-cold war region East European region,
  • sometimes hysterical but nearly always highly emotive,
  • on a loop: R/U coverage has crowded out most other coverages.

    I now fear for future coverage of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict...

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