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    Al Jazeera was founded in 1996 in Qatar and has since grown to be a major Arabic news network with international reach. It provided a rare forum for open debate in the Middle East. While praised for its independent journalism, it was also criticized by some Arab governments and blocked at times. As it expanded, it faced pressure over its coverage from Qatar's government and allies due to concerns over criticism of regional policies and issues.

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    Al Jazeera was founded in 1996 in Qatar and has since grown to be a major Arabic news network with international reach. It provided a rare forum for open debate in the Middle East. While praised for its independent journalism, it was also criticized by some Arab governments and blocked at times. As it expanded, it faced pressure over its coverage from Qatar's government and allies due to concerns over criticism of regional policies and issues.

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    Rise of Al Jazeera

    Al Jazeera, (Arabic: “The Peninsula”) Arabic-language cable television news


    network founded by Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani, emir of Qatar, in 1996. The
    network was guaranteed government financial backing for its first five years, and it
    transmitted from Doha, Qatar, and from bureaus around the world, beginning
    continuous programming in 1999. It has been likened to an Arabic Cable News
    Network (CNN).

    By 2000 Al Jazeera’s programming was seen 24 hours a day in more than 20


    countries, and the network was a leading source for Arabic-language news. In an
    effort to expand its presence, Al Jazeera launched an English-language branch in
    2006, and in 2013 the channel Al Jazeera America debuted in the United States. The
    channel went off the air in 2016 due to low ratings, although its English-language
    service maintained a robust Internet presence.

    Al Jazeera provides a mix of news, talk shows, and educational programs, as well as a
    rare forum for uncensored news and debate and an editorial freedom that was
    unique in the Middle East. Guests on the popular live call-in show Opposite
    Direction, for example, debate radically different viewpoints on sensitive subjects,
    and some sessions became so heated that guests walked off the set in the middle of
    the show.

    The network’s detractors maintained that it fulminated rather than informed, and its
    transmissions were sometimes blocked by other Arab countries. Proponents hailed it
    as being exemplary of a free press, providing an Arab audience perspectives critical
    of the Middle East’s rulers and governments. When in 2017 the governments
    of Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates imposed an economic
    blockade on Qatar, alleging that it was aiding instability in the region, they presented
    a list of demands that included shutting down Al Jazeera.

    Despite Al Jazeera’s generally open coverage, many observers noted an apparent


    hesitation in its criticism of Qatari policy, particularly in its Arabic-language
    broadcasts. Because the network covered regional events, in which the relatively
    small country infrequently took the spotlight, there was rarely need to focus attention
    on Qatar’s government and its ruling Thani dynasty. But as the awarding in 2010 of
    the 2022 World Cup brought global attention to apparent corruption and
    mismanagement in Qatar, coverage of the controversies in the 2010s took a generally
    pro-government stance. Still, Al Jazeera did not sidestep the issues altogether: it
    acknowledged measures taken by the Qatari government to address poor working
    conditions and labour rights for migrant workers and, even before it became a global
    concern, it broadcast debate over the treatment of migrant workers throughout
    the Persian Gulf region. Discussion of the blockade against Qatar in 2017–22,
    although present, also appeared to be muffled.

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