r/JewsOfConscience • u/Concentric_Mid • 22d ago

Discussion - Flaired Users Only AlJazeera English

Hi all, new member here. AJE is funded by the Qataris. What other arguments do Zionists use against AJE? I've heard people pejoratively use "AlJazeera watchers" as people who are biased, brainwashed, or ofc, antisemites.

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u/Thisisme8719 Arab Jew 22d ago edited 22d ago

Al Jazeera English is funded by Qatar and appeals to sensibilities of left-wing anglophones. But they do include articles which highlight human rights abuses there and aren't more favorable to the Qatari govt than other outlets are. They can hardly be called a propaganda outlet like RT is with Russia.
Their reporting is in depth, they hire respectable anchors and journalists, hosts all kinds of guests etc. They have a left-wing bias that's unfavorable for Israel, but so what? Most news outlets have a bias, and people who attack them for their biases probably won't have an issue citing Times of Israel or even Jpost. Saying that they're "Qatari propaganda," "leftists," "anti-Israel" or whatever are just a low-level and crude criticisms that shouldn't be taken seriously.

Anyway part of media literacy is getting news from a variety of sources and biases while being mindful of it. It's why I'll read ToI and WSJ too.

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u/Zellgun Non-Jewish Ally 21d ago

AJ Arabic is the one that is much more problematic in the same way as Hebrew news outlets are in Israel. AJ English is a great source as long as you’re clever enough to detect bias and do your own fact-checking.