http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog The Rise of Al-Jazeera and the Hate America Media Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:31:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Iraqi government has issued the following statement: “The Al-Jazeera channel continues in its overtly hostile attitude towards the Iraqi people and continues to contribute to the spread of death and destruction by adopting a line that is frankly hostile to the Iraqi people and govvernment. We condemn this attitude ... http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog/iraq-threatens-al-jazeera-with-legal-action/ Reuters reports from Baghdad that Iraq's government on Wednesday accused Al Jazeera television of helping to "spread death and destruction" in its reporting.The channel was banned in Iraq two years ago but was allowed to resume operations recently. The story went on: "The cabinet called on parliament to take legal action against ... http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog/al-jazeera-spreads-death-and-destruction-in-iraq/ Al-Jazeera English covered the "anti-war" rally in Washington on Saturday, highlighting the appearances of Jane Fonda and Rep. John Conyers. Interestingly, the story quoted Hani Khalil, "a member of the United for Peace and Justice Group," as saying the protesters wanted to send a message that "Americans are against the ... http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog/al-jazeera-covers-anti-war-march/   Danny Schechter of media channel.org laments that too few foreign propaganda channels, such as Al-Jazeera English, were at the recently concluded National Conference for Media Reform. He asks, "Why no presence from the Al Jazeera English Channel that can't get on the air in the US?" Maybe it's because Al-Jazeera ... http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog/al-jazeera-at-fort-riley/ How did cell phone video footage of Saddam’s execution appear on Al-Jazeera television just hours after Saddam was hanged? AP said the “leaked” video showed the former dictator being “taunted” near the end, with some witnesses shouting "Go to hell!" before he dropped through the gallows floor in a noose. The ... http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog/was-al-jazeera-behind-leak-of-saddam-hanging-video/ The Weekly Standard has taken note of our criticism of the new channel. In an article, Louis Wittig finds Al-Jazeera English (AJE) guilty of airing "deceptive and terrorist-promoting segments." One example: "ON ONE OF THE DAYS I was watching, the London desk had breaking news from Gaza. A hundred-plus Hamas gunmen had ... http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog/al-jazeera-english-propaganda-for-americas-enemies/ Al-Jazeera's bias in favor of Hamas is being alleged by the Fatah Palestinian organization. The Israel Insider has the story. So does Frontpagemag.com We noted this fact last July in one of our AIM Reports: "Al-Jazeera has played a clear role in the rise of Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) and its ... http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog/al-jazeeras-pro-hamas-bias/ It is getting to be a fairly common mistake -- citing something on the wrong Al-Jazeera web site in order to make a point about the controversial channel endorsing something or other. This time, WorldNetDaily claims that a Jimmy Carter letter to Jews was run by Al-Jazeera. But this is NOT connected to ... http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog/the-wrong-al-jazeeera/ A UPI story began: "Most Americans can't get Al Jazeera English, the new news network that U.S. cable and satellite TV does not yet offer. But Pentagon employees can." It was about the channel being on closed circuit Pentagon TV. One can understand this, since the Pentagon needs to monitor ... http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog/the-pentagon-and-al-jazeera/ GlobeCast - a subsidiary of France Telecom - is the only cable or satellite provider that is beaming Al-Jazeera International's signal into the U.S. And it takes a very unusual satellite dish to pick it up. Still, it's a major victory in the global war on terrorism. Accuracy in Media is renewing its ... http://www.stopaljazeera.org/blog/french-rescue-al-jazeera-intl/