I hope they get their licence.
I've followed Al Jazeera on the Internet, and they bend over backward to be fair and objective.
They do some good reporting.
During America's Terror in Iraq, Al Jazeera was the only source giving us objective reports of what was happening in places like Fallujah.
Their war correspondents were very brave, as they were again in the horrors of Israel's Gaza Assault.
There were definitely reports of American soldiers in Iraq targeting Al Jazeera reporters, a number being killed. Bush also, we know, wanted to bomb their broadcast building.
Folks like the Canadian Jewish Congress oppose Al Jazeera for two primary reasons.
One is the very honesty in reporting of events like Gaza that should be our main reason for wanting them here. Just as Americans in Iraq, they don't want outsiders to see the horrors they inflict.
The second reason is a dishonest argument about Al Jazeera being an outlet for terrorists and anti-Israeli radicals.
That is simply a false charge against their news service.
Al Jazeera does have another service in Arab lands on which speakers are free to voice their views, but this is kept entirely separate from the news service.
The truth is the news service is more honest and scrupulous than outfits like Fox or CNN. CNN has given utterly false reports from war zones several times. Fox is just an outlet for right-wing propaganda.
