Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"One should add to this the extraordinary influence of the al-Jazeera network across the Arab world. Regarded by many in the region as the most authoritative source of news, it enjoys the sublime fate of being criticized by both American conservatives and Muslim fundamentalists. And it now broadcasts in English, an intriguing turn of the tables." [Kennedy: Parliament of Man, Kindle Edition, Location 5801] "Al Jazeera Media Network is a major global news organization, with 80 bureaux around the world. The original Al Jazeera Arabic channel's willingness to broadcast dissenting views, for example on call-in shows, created controversies in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. The station gained worldwide attention following the outbreak of the war in Afghanistan, when its office there was the only channel to cover the war live." [Wikipedia]