# Is Al Jazeera the Fox News of the Middle East or is it a reputable source of news and information?

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**Created:** [July 8, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-al-jazeera-the-fox-news-of-the-middle-east-or-is-it-a-reputable-source-of-news-and-information/692665 "2014-07-08T20:58:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-al-jazeera-the-fox-news-of-the-middle-east-or-is-it-a-reputable-source-of-news-and-information/692665/21 "2014-07-10T05:08:27Z")

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Al-Jazeera is my go-to station when there’s nothing good on BBC America or NHKWorld. They are truly a quite balanced, straightforward, professional news network.

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**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-al-jazeera-the-fox-news-of-the-middle-east-or-is-it-a-reputable-source-of-news-and-information/692665/22 "2014-07-10T16:38:01Z")

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I don’t know about Al Jazeera outside of AJ - America, but from what I’ve seen there, their reporting is very objective. It surprised me.

If AJ-America and Faux News contradict each other on a fact, trust Al Jazeera America.

(I would still take any reporting they do on Israel with a grain of salt. It’s going to take some years more experience before I trust them on that topic.)

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**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-al-jazeera-the-fox-news-of-the-middle-east-or-is-it-a-reputable-source-of-news-and-information/692665/23 "2014-07-10T17:07:59Z")

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> [@BigAppleBucky](#):
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> I(I would still take any reporting they do on Israel with a grain of salt. It’s going to take some years more experience before I trust them on that topic.)

Unlike our western sources which regularly hold Israel to account and devote as much coverage to a Palestinian death as an Israeli one.

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