Thursday, April 24, 2008

Zimbabwe Recount Violence and Al Jazeera English

The rolling tragedy that is Mugabe's Zimbabwe continues. Now, as the recount procedes, there appears to be a campaign of violence and intimidation being carried out. It  appears to me that the intended effect is to silence opposition in areas where the Mugabe regime plans to re-invent the results.

This Al Jazeera report is worth watching. They provide physical evidence of the claims being made. I subscribe to their YouTube Channel and find it to be consistently good and much less biased than most US news outlets. In fact, I find it hard to detect any overt bias at all. It's more like the BBC. Any bias is more likely in the choice of story rather than slant to the report itself. Al Jazeera also appears to be able to go to places other news services can't or dare not to go. 

2 comments:

  1. I agree with your comments on al Jazeera. I have used there english news site as a news source for over a year now, and really like it. It's surprising how often al jazeera reports a major Middle East story and our mainstream media doesn't pick it for a week or so. You're right that their stories seem impartial, although their choice of stories may illustrate a bias. It is definitely refreshing to see the other side of the story.

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  2. Thanks. Glad to see I'm not the only one.

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