One of the best documentaris I've seen recently is The Control Room. It's about Aljazeera news, and how difficult it is to develop an Arab global news network that can complete with CNN and other networks. It is a very insightful film, about how Arab countries are skeptical about Aljazeera because they are not very familiar with freedom of the press. Also skeptical are western news networks, thinking that Aljazeera will put a "spin" on the news that will be one sided. Turns out, Sec of Defense Rumsfeld turns out to be the only one sided news source in the documentary. A US Marine Corp information officer discusses the role of news networks with producers from Aljazeera, and the result is really fascinating - the marine the the Aljazeera producers learn alot from each other, and agree on many points. The best part is when the interviewers ask an Aljazeera producer how to bring peace to the Middle East: "easy," he says, "just issue everyone a US Passport." Really funny, but so true. Check out Aljazeera for news
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Aljazeera has recently refused to air some of the terrorist video they are being sent, although they view them to confirm the authenticity of them. Also its interesting how America made there own news broadcaster in Iraqi to compete with Aljazeera.
http://english.aljazeera.net
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