US media coverage of Al Jazeera

Demand Al Jazeera

Attention from American news outlets shows that the network is in the spotlight, but not yet widely available on TV.

Last Modified: 24 Feb 2011 19:31

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The newsroom at the headquarters of the Doha, Qatar-based Al Jazeera English channel [Reuters]

Largely unavailable through US cable and satellite providers, Al Jazeera has recently received a large amount of attention in the American media.

The coverage focuses on the role of Al Jazeera's TV broadcast and websites - both in Arabic and English - during popular protests in Egypt and the subsequent political turmoil.

Read the articles below and find out more on how you can Demand Al Jazeera in the USA:

New York Times	Al Jazeera English Arrives on NY Cable Al Jazeera Hopes Reports From Egypt Open Doors in U.S. Seizing a Moment, Al Jazeera Galvanizes Arab Frustration Al Jazeera English Finds an Audience Al Jazeera Finds New Paths In U.S. Channels Join Fight To Broadcast Al Jazeera In Egypt The TV Watch: 'Skins,' Sex and Foreign Affairs Al Jazeera's Egypt Coverage is Deep, but Hard to Find Al Jazeera Covers Protests Despite Hurdles
Huffington Post	Al Jazeera English Launches in New York City I Want My Al Jazeera Al Jazeera English Hopes Online Buzz Will Help Cable Campaign Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin on Mideast Revolution, US News Al Jazeera English vs. The Charlie Sheen Channel Hillary Clinton's Al Jazeera Comments Draw Attention of US Media How to Watch Al Jazeera on Your TV Al Jazeera and the Promise of the Arab Revolution Jews for Al Jazeera! Egypt: Al Jazeera Signal Disrupted Arab Channels Band Together Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of US
Baltimore Sun	Mubarak TV: It's Al Jazeera, then everyone else Mubarak: US cable jumps gun, Al Jazeera shines More Al Jazeera Egypt coverage on satellite TV
Los Angeles Times	Al Jazeera English coming to the US? U.S. mends frosty relations with Al Jazeera For the Arab world, the revolution will be televised, on Al Jazeera
Washington Post	Al Jazeera draws criticism, praise for coverage of Arab revolutions An opening to the Arab world 'Demand Al-Jazeera in the USA' campaign Broadcaster gives American outlet to Al Jazeera
Boston Globe	Al Jazeera English: Not just for Cantabrigians Turmoil in Middle East prompts Cambridge cable TV to air AJE An Al Jazeera fan, sent by Colin Powell Let US see Al Jazeera
Miami Herald	As Arab world roils, Al Jazeera finds its 'CNN moment'
Christian Science Monitor	Has Middle East turmoil reserved a slot for Al Jazeera on US TV?
San Francisco Chronicle	Al Jazeera, once targeted, now welcomed by US government Absence of Al Jazeera English in US is troubling
Philadelphia Inquirer	Al Jazeera seeks TV distribution deal with Comcast Comcast should add Al Jazeera English
Wall Street Journal	Al Jazeera English Makes Its Case to Comcast
ABC	Clinton: Al Jazeera is 'Real News', US Losing 'Information War'
Fox News	Columbia University Awards Top Journalism Prize to Al Jazeera English Glenn Beck: Why Do Elites Love Al Jazeera?
AP	Clinton media criticism buoys Al Jazeera Al Jazeera English Gets A Temporary U.S. Home On Link TV Mideast unrest highlights tiny Qatar's big role
Time	Clinton Applauds Al Jazeera, Rolls Eyes at US Media Why the US Needs Al Jazeera Al Jazeera Gets Its Moment
The New Yorker	Falling for AJE
New York Magazine	Hillary Clinton Has a Crush on Al Jazeera Q&A With Ayman Mohyeldin, AJE's Correspondent in Cairo
The Nation	Washington Embraces Al Jazeera Demand Al Jazeera English
USA Today	Al Jazeera English gains cachet in U.S. during Egypt rallies
AOL	Can Al Jazeera Capitalize on Its Newfound Popularity?
Comedy Central	The Colbert Report: Ayman Mohyeldin
Reuters	Special Report: Al Jazeera's news revolution Talking heads block Al Jazeera TV in U.S. - Zucker
Foreign Policy	What Al Jazeera shows and doesn't show The Al Jazeera Revolution The Al Jazeera Effect
NPR	Clinton Lauds Virtues of Al Jazeera: 'It's Real News' Covering Protests, Al Jazeera Boosts Fans, Enemies Al Jazeera Tries for Wider US Audience Al Jazeera's Profile Continues To Rise In U.S.
New York Daily News	Al Jazeera English news network finds home on New York cable channel
New York Post	Egypt puts spotlight on Al Jazeera blackout
The Daily Beast	Ayman Mohyeldin: Al Jazeera's breakout star How Al Jazeera Shook Its 'Terror TV' Label
Star Tribune	Midwest needs to hear Al Jazeera Three reasons why Americans should have access to Al Jazeera
Kansas City Star	Why do we have Current TV but not Al Jazeera? 10 channels that could be replaced by Al Jazeera & no one would care Today's the day to demand Al Jazeera The easiest way to get Al Jazeera English
The Atlantic	The AJE Show Guided by Social Media Does America Finally Want Its Al Jazeera TV? Why I Love Al Jazeera
Wired	Storyboard: Al Jazeera English Enters the Stream Al Jazeera in Talks With Comcast Over US Distribution As Egypt Erupts, Al Jazeera Offers Its News for Free to Other Networks
GlobalPost	Al Jazeera English debuts in New York City Al Jazeera English vs. Russia Today
TheEpochTimes	Al Jazeera Seizes Moment in Spotlight
Philadelphia Biz Journal	As world watches Middle East, Al Jazeerea lobbies to get on Comcast Of American TV and Al Jazeera
Arab Media & Society	Can Al Jazeera leverage its 'Egypt Moment' into an American audience?
State Journal-Register	Al Jazeera offers on-the-ground perspective
Philly Mag	Hey Comcast, Give Al Jazeera a Shot Why Comcast Should Carry Al Jazeera
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette	Al Jazeera's coverage garners praise from Clinton
On Milwaukee	OnMedia: An Arugment for Al Jazeera
Scranton Times-Tribune	Air Al Jazeera
Politico	Al Jazeera has fans in Obama W.H. Official weighs 'the phenomenon of Al Jazeera'
Twitter Media	I Want My AJZ
Marketplace	Al Jazeera English to launch U.S. campaign
Market Watch	Al Jazeera English makes case to Comcast
Media Matters	Bill O'Reilly on lack of balance on Al Jazeera
Buzz Machine	Cable companies: Add Al Jazeera English Now
Business Insider	Hillary Clinton Says Al Jazeera Is Putting American Media To Shame Glenn Beck: Hillary Clinton Has the Hots For Al Jazeera Even President Obama Is Watching Al Jazeera
Bloomberg	Al Jazeera Enrages Dictators, Wins Global Viewers With Coverage
Bloomberg BusinessWeek	Al Jazeera Can Help US Join Conversation: Lee C. Bollinger
Salon	Al Jazeera's Egypt coverage embarrasses US cable news channels
Harvard Law Blogs	Al Jazeera in Egypt is cable's 'Sputnik moment'
Counter Punch	This Revolution is Brought to You by Al Jazeera
Lost Remote	Al Jazeera now streaming on TV in US via Roku How Al Jazeera used Twitter to distribute its TV signal
Mondoweiss	How do you say 'All the news that’s fit to print' in Arabic? Help bring Al Jazeera English to US airwaves
Fast Company	Al Jazeera in Talks With Comcast, Time Warner Al Jazeera Launching English-Language Children's Channel Al Jazeera, Stymied in U.S., Launching Turkish-Only Channel
Hollywood Reporter	AJE Rep Meets With Cable Execs in Push for More US Carriage
Mediaite	Sam Donaldson To Al Jazeera: 'Thank You For What You're Doing'
TechCrunch	Al Jazeera's Social Revolution (In Realtime)
Multichannel News	Can Al Jazeera's CNN Moment Last?
GigaOm	12 Ways to Watch Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera, Roku and the Future of Online Video Forget Cable; Al Jazeera English is Now on Roku Why Al Jazeera Owns Internet TV's Egypt Coverage Al Jazeera Traffic Skyrockets Due to Egyptian Unrest
PC World	Roku, YouTube Give Al Jazeera English New Paths to Your TV
Nieman Lab	#DemandAlJazeera: How Al Jazeera is using social media to cover Egypt
Mashable	Al Jazeera Launches Twitter Dashboard to Track Uprisings Al Jazeera Launches Twitter & Meetup Campaigns To Bring Broadcast To US
Monsters and Critics	Al Jazeera makes powerful new friends in US
The Raw Story	US officials flock to appear on Al Jazeera
Media Bistro	Al Jazeera English Finds Love From White House Study: Americans Think AJE is Unbiased ... When It Has a CNN Logo Al Jazeera's Al Anstey: 'We are categorically anti-nothing, & pro-nothing' Al Jazeera Opens Talks With US Cable Providers Which Cable Channels Could Go To Make Room for AJE? Despite Bitter Exit from Al Jazeera, Dave Marash calls AJE 'Must-See TV' AJE Leads Egypt Coverage, But Most Americans Still Can't Watch It
ReadWriteWeb	How Al Jazeera Is Using Promoted Tweets & Trends to Get Into U.S. Al Jazeera Releases Egypt Coverage Under Creative Commons

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