Saddam: I’d Rather Watch Al Jazeera Than Listen To Cablers Who Are Quoting It

“The American networks’ mere whisper of the execution of Saddam Hussein is exactly the reason why we need access to international news channels,” Lost Remote’s Steve Safran blogs. “Even our news channels, giving this story the time it deserves, are stuck quoting Arab news sources. We, as news consumers, should demand the ability to get news as it is reported from around the world. I would much rather be watching al-Jazeera right now than skipping through channels to see who is quoting it.”

How’s Al Jazeera English performing tonight? Here’s the Internet stream. According to an e-mailer, “even when CNN and the Arab media were reporting the execution, they carried on unaware of what was happening for many minutes…”

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