Arab News Channel Draws Viewers - 9/11

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:50:03 GMT

DOHA, Qatar -- Al-Jazeera television has earned a reputation in the Middle East for independence and readiness to present opposition viewpoints, encouraging critics of some regimes here to use the Arab-language news station as a platform to address the world. Now that one of those who make use of the Qatari station -- Osama bin Laden -- is the target of an internationally televised U.S. assault, Al-Jazeera's reputation is growing beyond the region. But while station officials insist they are providing independent news to an Arab audience, Al-Jazeera has angered some Arab governments and even U.S. officials, who object to its repeated airing of bin Laden footage.