Al Jazeera to close?

And remember that the BBC Arabic ex-staff could be perfectly described as 'disgruntled' in this context. They were ultimately made redundant because of a political move by Saudi. Many joined Al Jazeera, which is now facing closure as a result of yet another political move by Saudi.

I hope there dont go, its one of the better news outlets going..

I trust RT more than I trust All Jazeera frankly...

If you are talking about Al Jazeera English - then wow. Just wow.

AJE is pretty journalistically sound - with a strong rosta of trustworthy presenters, producers, reporters etc.

RT? Definitely not. Working there is close to writing a resignation letter for your career in TV News.

Yes, they are well respected and have a reputation for quality journalism. You don't find the likes of RT publishing their code of ethics online: http://www.aljazeera.com/aboutus/2006/11/2008525185733692771.html

AJE, at least at launch, was largely staffed and managed by former employees of UK-based news organisations. There was a bit of an exodus from companies like ITN, Sky and APTN (less so the BBC) in the run up to its launch so is very British both in terms of style and journalism.

Indeed. Liz Wahl and Sara Firth made high profile resignations and they didn't get a high profile gig afterwards. Firth is freelancing at TRT World.

Interestingly, BBC's Alice Baxter worked as a presenter for RT "for over six years":
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5w45343kD1t9jsX0bGfwVnb/alice-baxter

Bryony MacKenzie (as Bryony Mansfield) also worked for RT and ended up on South East Today. I don't remember Alice on Putin's propaganda outlet though.

Ah, here's Alice on RT from 2011.

I worked for Press TV...and I'm still around.

Ouch. That's like trusting Breitbart over BBC World News

Or the Daily Sport.

The whole statement in itself is oxymoronic. AJE is almost entirely internationally venerated, whereas RT smacks of being a mouthpiece for the Kremlin.