For those who thought Al-Jazeera was at least somewhat fair and balanced...

[Random Variable]

President Bush?s national security adviser went on Arabic television hoping to explain U.S. actions in Afghanistan, but the influential Al-Jazeera station repeatedly aired only comments likely to inflame Arab passions.

 

[etech]

This will be a war of PR as much as one of bombs and bullets.

I'm worried that the US is not doing well in the PR campaign yet.

 

[Ferocious]

It's no CNN, that's for sure.

Or MSNBC for that matter.

 

[LethalWolfe]

<< This will be a war of PR as much as one of bombs and bullets.

I'm worried that the US is not doing well in the PR campaign yet. >>



It's hard to do well in PR when the media is state run and the majority of the population can't read (so droping pamphlets isn't very useful). We're broadcasting over the radio 10hrs a day into Afgahn, though. Hopefully our "alliance" w/the Northern Resistance will give us a foot hold to start a "grass roots" PR campaign that spreads by word-of-mouth from village to village.

Lethal

 

[OptiQ]

Those bastards! :|

 

[Michael]

From what I read in the article is sounds exactly like what news shows do in the US. They do it to get people to tune into the actual show.

Michael

 

[Random Variable]

<< From what I read in the article is sounds exactly like what news shows do in the US. They do it to get people to tune into the actual show. >>



Yeah, in a way it does, but it still makes me angry. But then again, I probably shouldn't expect much from a news station that calls Palestinian suicide bombers "martyrs."