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September 03, 2004
Oh shit
I was worried about disillusioned voters, not the next generation of Arabs....
Al-Jazeera TV brings GOP to the Arab worldFor 40 million viewers in the Arab world, Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based satellite television channel, provides a window into the intricate world of American politics. This week, its 16 reporters and staff will air 13 hours of broadcasts from the convention -- more time than the combined coverage of America's major television networks, ABC, CBS and NBC.
Al-Jazeera's coverage includes live broadcasts from the channel's skybox above the convention floor in Madison Square Garden, interviews with Republican delegates, dispatches from outside the midtown Manhattan convention center and two talk shows, one of them modeled loosely on CNN's "Crossfire" and featuring Arab American Democratic and Republican commentators.
For many of Al-Jazeera's viewers in the Middle East, these insights into the American political system are more than an excursion into foreign politics, said Hafez al-Mirazi, the Al-Jazeera Washington bureau chief.
"American politics for them is almost domestic politics," said al-Mirazi. "The Arabic society wants to know how serious are the statements they hear about America's commitment to democracy."
Lee Atwater, meet Muqtada Al-Sadr.
Posted by Mike at September 3, 2004 02:36 AM
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