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by helboi4 1018 days ago
Wow I have heard so much that Al Jazeera is pretty reliable, never did I realise until I read your comment that they are owned by Qatari monarchy. Qatar, the country everyone was practically calling us to boycott in the 2022 World Cup. Not suitable to hold the World Cup but suitable for us to get news from apparently. They do generally seem to have a high quality of journalism though so I am suprised at how they maintain at least a decent amount of integrity.
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Your source that aljazeera is a propaganda outlet is no better or even worse than aljazeera itself
It is what it is. AJ’s bias really comes into play when talking about Qatar. Otherwise, their record speaks for itself.
Makes sense and I can probably deal with that since I really do tend to find quality articles from them, and most global news is not about Qatar. However, does Qatar have any allies that they are also likely to be biased about? Or does the influence not extend that far?
Yes. Articles on Turkey or India are likely to be positive. They are Qatar's most strategic regional allies.
That is wildly inaccurate. If anything among the Middle East countries India is aligned more with UAE, which till recently Qatar was more at odds with
India is Qatar's biggest export market after China.