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Dude Al Jazeera's fuckin fantastic
It is quite literally the only news I'm aware of which is (1) fairly big and professional, competent (2) not automatically pro-Western on everything (3) not run by some government, and filled with stories about how that government's great and any bad stories about it are evil lies
While not run by the government, the Al Jazeera Media Network is partially funded by the government of Qatar. I don’t think this is a negative, but something people should be aware of.
Yeah fair enough. If you want to know shady things about Jared Kushner (edit: or good things about Israel), they're probably not gonna say a god damned word.
Even aside from potential or actual bias, there's a pretty wide gap between bias and the incitement that the Israeli government is accusing Al Jazeera of. I don't have to fully endorse the entirety of Al Jazeera's coverage to think that shutting them down and criminalizing them is a pretty huge overreach.
For those looking to better understand the biases of any given media outlet, this is a good place to drop a recommendation for Citations Needed podcast with Adam Johnson and Nima Shiraz.
It's a great media analysis and criticism show. Who watches the watchers? These fuckin guys!
They are the remnants of BBC Middle East, hence que quality. They are, however, funded by the government of Qatar, and you won’t see that country being cast in unfavorable light in their articles. But other than that, they’re great.
Remnants? What happened to them?
A really good article about it. TLDR: BBC decided to close it. But do read the article, it shows why Qatar decided to fund it, and it's really interesting.
(3*) [unless for some weird reason you want news about Qatar]
@mozz
I've realized that a while back. Just thought I'd rub it in, I already follow them.
There's several others. Even Israeli news outlet 972 is killing it
I hope Yuval Abraham wins a Pulitzer for the report on Lavendar and other AI systems driving the genocide