I will defend aljazeera to a certain extent. I will argue that they are biased, but their bias is open. And they provide counter opinions such as this one. The link goes to an opinion wherein the Arab commentator looks at opinions where some portion of the Palestinian community and their external acolytes support Assad in a mistaken concept of 'solidarity'. I bring this forth as an example of Aljazeera attempting to show variations in the Arab-Islamic world. So far, I feel that they are trying to be real journalists with a distince point of view to offer, 'that they engage reality. Whereas that 'journal-neo' link a few messages back is a Russian false news outlet. There is no engagement with reality, not even to frankly lie about it. It is a BS agenda based on the world view of one V.Putin. Utterly shameless. It exists solely in a manipulative capacity. If you read an article from there, you will actually know LESS after you're done than before you started! Aljazeera by contrast has different sources, different reporters, different commentators. Some of their sources are from within Israel. They are biased, but in a consistent way that is more doctrinaire than manipulative. If you read an article from there, you will have a distinct knowledge of a genuine world view, whether or not you agree with it.
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