الاثنين، ديسمبر 06، 2010

Wikileaks Cables Claim Al-Jazeera Changed Coverage to Suit Qatari Foreign Policy

US embassy memos contradict Arabic satellite channel's insistence that it is editorially independent despite being heavily subsidized by Gulf state


Qatar is using the Arabic news channel al-Jazeera as a bargaining chip in foreign policy negotiations by adapting its coverage to suit other foreign leaders and offering to cease critical transmissions in exchange for major concessions, US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks claim.


The memos flatly contradict al-Jazeera's insistence that it is editorially independent despite being heavily subsidized by the Gulf state.





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