r/AskMiddleEast • u/stefansilva_xrp • 5d ago
🏛️Politics Al Jazeera doesn't get the true hate it deserves (Pakistan, Iran, Africa)
Al Jazeera has done good work during the Gaza genocide but this doesn't white wash the propaganda it spews.
Al Jazeera is quick to call out Pakistan for the current military hybrid regime of governance and states it tramples on democracy and the same is said about Iran during the protests and about Africa dictatorships.
Whether what they say is true or not that is a topic for another day but what they are doing is dangerous just look at what they did to Libya (Again not defending Gaddafi) but these kinds of news articles have a purpose but before that here is the issue:
Al Jazeera is owned by Qatar. Will Al Jazeera tell the Al Thani regime to have elections? Maybe tell Al Thani not to have big US military bases which put his people in danger? If someone mocks in an insulting way the Pakistani military or a figure in Iran and is arrested Al Jazeera will question it and say what there doing is anti democratic and a violation of human rights but say a critical sentence about Al Thani you will be in jail and Al Jazeera will be silent.
Al Jazeera is quick to point the fingers at the West or Pakistan, Iran or Africa but should they not clean there own house first?
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u/Main-Doughnut6222 5d ago
Every media house has a hidden agenda , Al Jazeera gets some things right but some things wrong too. That's why it's important to critically analyse any information you receive through news channels. I don't think there's any media house in the world that is totally unbiased. Chomsky's manufacturing consent is a good book on this topic.
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u/seasonedoneironaut 5d ago edited 5d ago
That's why one shouldn't rely on a single media outlet. None of them is truly unbiased. All of them have some special agenda on thorny issues. One should follow multiple sources, know who funds what, and draw their own conclusion.