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Hundreds to defy Palestine Action ban in protest at US embassy in London (www.aljazeera.com)
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[–] [S] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

It is not part of the global media establishment. It offers a perspective outside of the global hegemony centered around the US, which includes media and has as a characteristic a distinct pro-Israel bias. Al Jazeera certainly isn't perfect, but it is outside the "establishment". That's why Israel bombs its buildings and shoots its reporters.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    If you view the establishment as just the west, yeah sure, but by that logic you could call RT and SCMP anti-establishment which I really wouldn’t.

    I guess I conceptualise the establishment as the main news actors that set the narrative inside and outside the west.

    (btw I’m not saying Al Jazeera isn’t valuable as a source, I’m just really sceptical of calling it alt media unless you’re taking a purely western perspective on what is alt media and what isn’t)

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