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Blake Connolly
Founding member
CA
So, basically what AJ are doing is saying ''Western news outlets don't offer the breadth we will'' and have hired as many Westerners from as many Western news outlets as they possibly can to try and provide a counterbalance?
As far as I'm concerned, it is still a state-run channel (albeit mainly funded by one man), and a very oppressive state at that. Any journalist happy to work for such an organisation probably needs their head looking at.
I won't judge it until i've seen it, but everything I've heard hasn't raised my expectations.
As far as I'm concerned, it is still a state-run channel (albeit mainly funded by one man), and a very oppressive state at that. Any journalist happy to work for such an organisation probably needs their head looking at.
I won't judge it until i've seen it, but everything I've heard hasn't raised my expectations.
CA
Oh, right, so that means it's a better place?
North Korea has a lower crime rate than the UK, and nicer weather, but I'm not beating a path to Kim Jong-Il's door.
It is not a democratic state, they make judicial decisions mostly on Islamic law's teachings, their human rights record is an absolute atrocity.... erm, do you want any more?
North Korea has a lower crime rate than the UK, and nicer weather, but I'm not beating a path to Kim Jong-Il's door.
It is not a democratic state, they make judicial decisions mostly on Islamic law's teachings, their human rights record is an absolute atrocity.... erm, do you want any more?
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A jobs a job, but how do Al Jazerra get a hold of the Osama tapes? Why dosent the US get somone to work for Al Jazerra and find out?
MA
Yes, sure it's a dictatorship there, so is its neighbour the UAE, but plenty of ex-pats happily work in both states, and I've done work, (but not worked) in both. They're interesting places to visit, but I certainly wouldn't want to live there. Anyway if you read the originally quoted article Mr Cole will be based in London.
cat posted:
Oh, right, so that means it's a better place?
North Korea has a lower crime rate than the UK, and nicer weather, but I'm not beating a path to Kim Jong-Il's door.
It is not a democratic state, they make judicial decisions mostly on Islamic law's teachings, their human rights record is an absolute atrocity.... erm, do you want any more?
North Korea has a lower crime rate than the UK, and nicer weather, but I'm not beating a path to Kim Jong-Il's door.
It is not a democratic state, they make judicial decisions mostly on Islamic law's teachings, their human rights record is an absolute atrocity.... erm, do you want any more?
Yes, sure it's a dictatorship there, so is its neighbour the UAE, but plenty of ex-pats happily work in both states, and I've done work, (but not worked) in both. They're interesting places to visit, but I certainly wouldn't want to live there. Anyway if you read the originally quoted article Mr Cole will be based in London.
W1
Salaries considerably higher than anything paid to equivalent levels in the UK, tax-free, and with a very generous benefits and relocation package (inc. a flight home every 2 months) probably helps journalists to make a decision. Live sensibly doing that for four years, then come home and live without much of a mortgage.
Then again, if Stephen Cole is going to be their main London anchor, Allah help them.....
cat posted:
As far as I'm concerned, it is still a state-run channel (albeit mainly funded by one man), and a very oppressive state at that. Any journalist happy to work for such an organisation probably needs their head looking at.
Salaries considerably higher than anything paid to equivalent levels in the UK, tax-free, and with a very generous benefits and relocation package (inc. a flight home every 2 months) probably helps journalists to make a decision. Live sensibly doing that for four years, then come home and live without much of a mortgage.
Then again, if Stephen Cole is going to be their main London anchor, Allah help them.....
BA
Salaries considerably higher than anything paid to equivalent levels in the UK, tax-free, and with a very generous benefits and relocation package (inc. a flight home every 2 months) probably helps journalists to make a decision. Live sensibly doing that for four years, then come home and live without much of a mortgage.
Indeed. Cat, you obviously don't have a partner, children and a mortgage to support...
w12 posted:
cat posted:
As far as I'm concerned, it is still a state-run channel (albeit mainly funded by one man), and a very oppressive state at that. Any journalist happy to work for such an organisation probably needs their head looking at.
Salaries considerably higher than anything paid to equivalent levels in the UK, tax-free, and with a very generous benefits and relocation package (inc. a flight home every 2 months) probably helps journalists to make a decision. Live sensibly doing that for four years, then come home and live without much of a mortgage.
Indeed. Cat, you obviously don't have a partner, children and a mortgage to support...
DU
Frankly, he would have to be an utter moron to not accept.
They must be paying him more than the BBC, because AJI want recognisable faces for the international audience.
He gets to be a lead anchor. He gets to stay in London.
I think a lot of people are going to be very surprised by AJI- it has the potential to be very well funded. So it won't have trouble matching the "gloss" of a Sky News. The question is whether it can deliver the news with a significantly more interesting perspective than the BBC/Sky.
They must be paying him more than the BBC, because AJI want recognisable faces for the international audience.
He gets to be a lead anchor. He gets to stay in London.
I think a lot of people are going to be very surprised by AJI- it has the potential to be very well funded. So it won't have trouble matching the "gloss" of a Sky News. The question is whether it can deliver the news with a significantly more interesting perspective than the BBC/Sky.
CO
When will Cole leave News 24? BBC News 24 is beginning to loose some of its well-known faces, Anna Jones, Philip Hayton and now Stephen Cole. Who's next to go?