Qatar, Egypt and Saudi Arabia in June 2017 in a bid to launch an anti-Qatar alliance banned the Al Jazeera and asked for the complete shutdown of the network by the House of Thani in their 13-point agenda citing that the Qatari Monarchy and their station is giving voice to those involved in terrorism in the region. The Slogan: “Covering all sides” is explained by the management as their commitment to give space to every side be it Israel, Iran or Al Qaeeda and its late founder OBL. The network is seen by some as a Sunni voice in the Middle east while clashing with the Shia population and their interests in the region but the network claims non-partisanship. Call-in shows and other untraditional methods to produce the news were received by Arab audiences.ĪJM owned by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is claimed to be having editorial independence and states that the financing and grants do not come directly from the state machinery.
At the time of American invasion AL Arabic was the only station with direct presence in Afghanistan and covered the live war scenes. Afghan War was a significant event in the history of the channel as it lifted the upstart network medium-status franchise into a globally acknowledged broadcaster. It maintains the status-quo of leading news outlet in Middle East and also holds the status of a major market share holder in the Western part of the globe. The state funded enterprise the station has over the time evolved into a multi-facility broadcaster and can be seen everywhere across the globe sourced by 80 news bureaus at different sites. Al Jazeera Arabic also known as Jazeera Satellite Channel is a Qatari broadcaster O&O by Al Jazeera Media Network.
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