Lensmith
Member
My local cable company here in Nicaragua has Al Jazeera on one of it's channels. After hearing so much about it, I must admit it's interesting to see the complete product.
They have all the production values of any US network incuding the news crawl at the bottom (which runs "backwards"). Stock market numbers from around the world run in the lower corner just like CNN and FOX.
They show an amazing amount of what many might consider pro American video too. US soldiers giving out food and candy. Leading Iraqi kids in songs. Being welcomed in some cities.
They even have a guy in an insert box doing sign language translation for the deaf!!!! The facial expressions of the deaf signing person as he translates is almost something from a Saturday Night Live skit.
Do any of the American cable companies carry AJ? i would be surprised if they did but thought I'd ask.
My preference for news is still BBC but that is not meant as a slight against the American coverage.
I think we are seeing a real historical evolution in how television news covers and affects world events. That is probably a "duh" statement but I can't think of any time in the past that broadcast information has had this much influence on a day to day basis.
They have all the production values of any US network incuding the news crawl at the bottom (which runs "backwards"). Stock market numbers from around the world run in the lower corner just like CNN and FOX.
They show an amazing amount of what many might consider pro American video too. US soldiers giving out food and candy. Leading Iraqi kids in songs. Being welcomed in some cities.
They even have a guy in an insert box doing sign language translation for the deaf!!!! The facial expressions of the deaf signing person as he translates is almost something from a Saturday Night Live skit.
Do any of the American cable companies carry AJ? i would be surprised if they did but thought I'd ask.
My preference for news is still BBC but that is not meant as a slight against the American coverage.
I think we are seeing a real historical evolution in how television news covers and affects world events. That is probably a "duh" statement but I can't think of any time in the past that broadcast information has had this much influence on a day to day basis.