I thought it was extremely interesting to see different world news channel and how they decide to air their news. I felt that a lot of the sites were extremely biased. For example Russia Today and Al Jazeera English news sites were a bit "anti-American." On their sites, it was clear that they were trying to play up their countries, while bashing America at the same time. It wasn't in the most direct sense, but subtly that seemed to be the trend. The news station that i felt delivered the news with the "Murrow standard" of ethics was BBC News. When watching the news on this station, I felt like I was watching most stations in the U.S. It seemed to have the most non bias news. I also thought that Press TV seemed to be less bias than Russia Today and Al Jazeera English.
1. How effective do you think the Internet will be for Al Jazeera as it attempts to reach a U.S. audience?
I don't think that Al Jazeera will be very effective to reach an audience in the U.S. I think that there are plenty of other online news sites for people to watch, the last one I think people would turn to is a biased site that has already gotten negative feedback from Americans, such as after 9-11, which was such a traumatic event.
2. Based on your own observations, do you think that Al Jazeera English should be allowed to broadcast in the U.S.?
Based on my own observations I don't think that Al Jazeera English should be allowed to broadcast in the U.S. I think this because I felt uncomfortable watching it, and I think that many other Americans would feel the same way about the news that they are broadcasting and the content on their website. I just think that if they are going to try to air all over the U.S. that they need to change the way they broadcast their news.
3. What, if anything, do you notice about Al Jazeera's approach to telling the news? How is it different than the U.S.-based TV news outlets that you have experienced?
One difference that I did notice was that they had news reporters traveling all over the world to cover news stories. For example they had reporters in London, Cairo, and other parts of the country. The other difference that I noticed was that a majority of their news stories were focused on middle-eastern events.
4. While on the Al Jazeera site, be sure to check out the network's published Code of Ethics. Based on your own observations, do you think they are adhering to them?
Although it seems like I have completely bashed Al Jareeza, I think they are relatively trying to follow their code of ethics as much as they can. Like many American news sites, Al Jareeza may be a little biased because of where it is based and the news stories that I'm sure they are entitled to cover. Just like the American news sites and stations. However, it is hard to tell because this is the first exposure I have had to Al Jareeza news.
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