Normally I read/watch BBC. This week I felt the need to savour non-western media.
Will report more later
I'm sure you'll find it revealing - they have a few good journalists working there - and another outlook on life. There are always two sides to every story
- the people being interviewed are those unlikely to be given a voice on most western media, including everyday people in conflict countries. you get much more context to the stories presented.
- production/presentation is a lot less professional than say BBC or CNN. I'm talking about everything from camera shots, make-up, graphics and transitions from one story to another.
- the accents can be annoying, but you get used to them after a while.
- I watched a couple of programmes. Riz Khan's interview of Klaus Schwab (founder of World Economic Forum) was just a QnA, I was quite disappointed. Insightful, but avoiding any controversy and very linear.
- Ghida Fakhry is the Soledad O'brian of Aljazeera... damn she's hot!
I figure I'll give the subscription a month or 2 and see if it grows on me
Sure they do. Since it was you guys that let the 9-11 hijackers into your country then cross into ours.
Uh, we may have let them into our country, but we certainly did not "let" them "cross into yours". People from here still have to go through US customs before entering the US.
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