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Warpy

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8. It's the best news resource in the area

Reply to lapucelle (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 04:53 PM

Friday

Just don't expect to see any puff pieces about Israel. In fact, I haven't seen them do any puff pieces about anyone.

Their in depth reporting of stories from Africa to SE Asia is stellar.

If you want to know what's going on outside Europe and the US, check in once in a while. It's old fashioned repiorting that doesn't use loaded language to create bias.

I also recommend France 24 and DW streaming.

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Uncle Joe

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Al Jazeera English Live [View all] Uncle Joe Friday OP

It's Qatari STATE media. N/T lapucelle Friday #1

That's why I posted this paragraph in the OP from the good folk at Wikipedia Uncle Joe Friday #2

Who exactly are the "folk" at Wikipedia, and what exactly makes them good? lapucelle Friday #5

Nothing in that paragraph from Wikipedia in the OP was in disagreement with your initial post, so what is the issue? Uncle Joe Friday #6

It's still Qatari state media with a checkered record on reporting the facts and "misleading extreme editorial bias. lapucelle Friday #9

All that matters is whether the information is true or not, and Al Jazeera is as good as anyone else Uncle Joe Friday #11

P.S. In case you missed it, Apparently Gideon Levy, a columnist, and member of the Haaretz Editorial Board, said that Uncle Joe Friday #7

It's the best news resource in the area Warpy Friday #8

... lapucelle Friday #10

I put it on my roku machine Rver Friday #3

I try to stay flexible, and pull from as many substantive information sources as possible. Uncle Joe Friday #4