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September 02, 2004
New York | Al-Jazeera & The GOP

The S. F. Chronicle profiles Al-Jazeera’s convention coverage. Here’s a tidbit:

“The U.S. cares a lot about explaining America to the world. We’re telling the American story without any cost to taxpayer money,” al-Mirazi said in a playful stab at Al-Hurra, the U.S.-funded Arabic-language network unpopular in the Arab world, where many perceive it as a White House mouthpiece.

See … there you go: AJ is “telling the American story.” (You knew that already, right?)



Posted by Alan at September 2, 2004 04:11 PM | TrackBack
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Try not to confuse the American Story with the story some Americans want to tell.

Posted by: Don [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 2, 2004 05:05 PM

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