rebecca's pocket

» Think Again: Al Jazeera demonstrates how erroneous the popular portrayal of the network really is. (FWIW, I've never found them to be particularly biased, just Arab-centric instead of American-centric.) But here's the part that is most interesting to me: they are planning to start global broadcasting, and it sounds like they really do have some innovative ideas about how to do that.

Although it has hired a large number of Western journalists, it won’t look much like CNN. The network’s coverage will “follow the sun” throughout the day, airing from Kuala Lumpur for 4 hours, Doha for 11 hours, London for 5, and Washington for the remaining 4. Reporters and editors in each locale will present news from their region’s perspective, and the entire world will watch the same satellite feed at the same time.

(via rc3oi)