Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Arabic News Channels: Which One To Watch??

With the advent of the Arab spring, one feels a certain amount of hunger for news, news and more news. Of course we mostly turn to Al-Jazeera news, but, is this always the wise choice??
Reliability of any news channel coverage depends on which country is being covered. For in depth coverage of the country of your choice, you may find the following guide useful:

Country
Useful
Useless
Algeria
Al-Jazeera
Algerian TV
Libya
NBN and all else
Libya TV, New TV
Jordan
Al-Jazeera
Al-Arabia, JTV
Syria
Al-Arabia
Al-Jazeera, STV, Al-Manar
Yemen
Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabia
YTV
Bahrain
Al-Manar, New TV
Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabia, Bahrain TV
Oman
None
ALL
Iran
Al-Arabia
Al-Jazeera, Al-Manar

      
I hope you find the guide useful. Kick back and enjoy the next revolution coming soon to a country near you.
Note: I cannot give advice on Tunisia and Egypt as leaders and alliances are not clear yet.
           No mention of Al-Hurra as nobody is watching it. Watch it on your own risk.

2 comments:

  1. Just to make ur guide more comprehensive i think you can add:
    BBC Arabic for all countries is useful
    France24 for Syria
    Ro'ya channel for Jordan

    my regards

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  2. BBC Arabic is doing better coverage for Syria than any other news

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