Al Jazeera Media Network is owned by the government of Qatar. While Al Jazeera has stated that they are editorially independent from the government of Qatar. But is it really possible for a state funded news group to be editorially independent?
Ps: I have been following aj from the last few months and I must admit they are quite good.
Al-Jazeera news channel is one of the biggest news broadcasters in the world, thwarted only by BBC, what sets it up apart is its objectivity in its reports, offering all sides of debate, such as Russia's view during its war in Afghanistan, Israel's view during its operations inside Palestinian territory, and even Assad's view during the ongoing Syrian civil war.
Al-Jazeera's goal is to provide the world with objective news devoid of any bias or governmental pressure that plagues so many other news broadcasters, its our vision that news should be provided in its naked form, to allow our viewers to build their own view of the world's latest events.
its with pleasure that we announce that Al-Jazeera will establish a bureau in Jakarta and one in Kuala Lumpur, paving the way for the establishment of Al-Jazeera Indonesia and Al-Jazeera Malay, to provide the citizens of these countries with biasless news of the world.
- Chairman Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
