Al Jazeera America, the U.S. wing of the Qatar-based Arab media company, is shutting down operations in its cable television unit within three months
Launched in 2013, the channel was billed as a more progressive and left-leaning news outlet for a younger audience. Some called it a propaganda effort by the Qatari government, which helps fund the parent company Al Jazeera. Others applauded its independent viewpoint on current events, particularly its documentary work that garnered a variety of awards.
There was little doubt, however, that regardless of its politics, the content had not resonated with the American public. Al Jazeera started with a bang, posting job openings for 170 journalists and hiring the likes of Ali Velshi and Soledad O’Brien away from CNN. That did little to attract viewers, with only around 30,000 viewers per night tuning in after two years of operation Read more…
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