Thing is Al-Jazeera has turned on Syria. They are running heavy coverage of the celebrations that took place after the resignations.
Al Jazeera gets lots of grief. The Arabians and Qatari say they're too pro-western biased, the Americans say they're too pro-Arab biased? WTF is "pro-western" or "pro-arab" anyway? Harbus calls it "The World's Most Controversial TV Station" They were banned from the NYSE and later from reporting in Iraq. One of their correspondents was accused of being a Taliban spy. Hell, they fired al-Ali to placate the West, then the Near East turned on them. Seems they can't get a break. Now Qatar is under intense American pressure to sell Al Jazeera television. As if it's any of Dick Cheney's business. I think that guy is in a tough position, and I respect what he's trying to do, which is just giving news coverage, some commentary, and a whole lot of sensationalism. (not unlike what our own newsmedia do.)
