KE
Saw this from the Independent website:
Like all of the channels in the al-Jazeera portfolio - including a children's channel, a sports channel and a documentary channel, as well as the original Arabic news channel - the Qatar government will fund the English news service. The international channel will be given between three and five years to break even.
Mr Parsons insisted that it would be completely impartial. "I don't think being government funded has any implications in terms of freedom. We have had absolutely no interference whatsoever. The BBC is government funded and for me that is one of the most balanced and impartial broadcasters around," he said.
Mr Parsons is being disingenuous here. The BBC is not government funded - it has no money of its own. It's us taxpayers that pay for the BBC.
Full story at:
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article318034.ece
Like all of the channels in the al-Jazeera portfolio - including a children's channel, a sports channel and a documentary channel, as well as the original Arabic news channel - the Qatar government will fund the English news service. The international channel will be given between three and five years to break even.
Mr Parsons insisted that it would be completely impartial. "I don't think being government funded has any implications in terms of freedom. We have had absolutely no interference whatsoever. The BBC is government funded and for me that is one of the most balanced and impartial broadcasters around," he said.
Mr Parsons is being disingenuous here. The BBC is not government funded - it has no money of its own. It's us taxpayers that pay for the BBC.
Full story at:
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article318034.ece
JO
Now ex Grampian, STV and current GMTV correspondent Alan Fisher is to join Al-Jazeera.
john04 posted:
Since announcing plans to open a London office and launch an English-language service, al-Jazeera has signed up a number of staff from the BBC, ITV and Sky to join the station.
They have also signed Paul McKinney, who was previously head of news at Scottish Television.
They have also signed Paul McKinney, who was previously head of news at Scottish Television.
Now ex Grampian, STV and current GMTV correspondent Alan Fisher is to join Al-Jazeera.