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Al Jazeera’s Listening Post on Egypt’s revolution
The biggest story in the world right now is the ramifications of the Egyptian uprisings. Al-Jazeera English has been a beacon of reporting and insights over the last weeks (and indeed, leaves every other global news network for dead because it understands the world isn’t simply about what London or Washington thinks or wants). I…
Memo to US media: Egypt wasn’t about you
Ayman Mohyeldin is the Cairo correspondent for Al Jazeera English. In two recent interviews (one with the New Yorker and the other with New York magazine) he outlines the responsibility of reporting during an uprising. Note the way he highlights the ego-driven nature of much Western journalism: For a day or so, the story in…
Journalism from the streets of Egypt (and that’s not from the BBC)
This is why Al-Jazeera is bringing a necessary revolution in global news reporting. Embedded and Washington and London loving journalism should have no place. Except on Fox News and CNN.
Media that doesn’t spread fear of Islam
Only on Al-Jazeera (almost impossible in the Western, corporate media): Tariq Ramadan and Slavoj Zizek on the future of Egyptian politics: