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In reply to the discussion: Howard Dean calls Al Jazeera America 'The Fox of the Muslim world' [View all]joshcryer
(62,277 posts)Dean is specifically bashing Al Jazeera America, which is likely made for US consumption in order to profit. Only 40% of its coverage is Al Jazeera English, so I suspect it's more mainstream and suited for American sensibilities (which I should say, sucks, btw).
Here's Al Jazeera America covering the event that Dean said that Al Jazeera America was parroting the Iraqi line: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/1/mortar-attack-killsseveraliniraniandissidentcampiniraq0.html
Here's Al Jazeera English's version of events: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/09/201391125338385422.html
It's clear which version is unbiased and which version is slanted toward not ruffling feathers. The America version sort of puts the dissidents in a poor light and puts into question who attacked who, the English version unequivocally makes it clear that they were attacked and mentions the UN's condemnation (which wasn't even in the American version).
Does that makes Al Jazeera wholly biased? Not if only 40% of their reporting is on the American version of the show!
I still say Al Jazeera English is some of the best reporting in the Middle East by far.