Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Al Jazeera exodus: Channel losing staff over ‘bias’

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Al Jazeera exodus: Channel losing staff over ‘bias’

Click here to access article and 3:30m video from RT (Russia Today).

Al Jazeera once enjoyed an excellent reputation for objective reporting about Mid-East affairs, but no longer. Although details of this transition are not yet available, it is clear to me that Empire political operatives went to work on Qatari rulers who own this news service to insure that they served the needs of the Empire. Because of the very biased and selective coverage of recent events in the Mid-East, we are seeing key staff and journalists leaving this news agency.