WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006
Washington Post
"The goal here," says
Dave Marash,"is to be able to give the best-reported, most transparent report of all the English-language news channels." The Al Jazeera English anchor and former "Nightline" reporter tells
Paul Farhi that many people question his association with AJE, which launches today. "People label you a self-hating Jew, a traitor to Israel and Judaism. It's hurtful but dismissible. ...It makes me angry more than it pains me. Who arrogated the power to them to know what's inside of someone else? Anybody who knows me knows I'm not ashamed of my religion."
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Major cable, satellite providers refuse to air Al Jazeera English (NYS)
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AJE will be carried in US on four obscure satellite, Internet outlets (Inky)
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Cable news competitors unfazed by Al Jazeera's launch in US (USAT)
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