I like Al Jazeera because it's (slowly) changing Middle Eastern society and talking about things that have not been covered previously in Islamic societies, such as women's rights. It's slowly bringing the Gulf States out of the Middle Ages.


The English language version provides a different perspective to mainstream media. You can watch the same story on different sources and decide for yourself where the biases are.

Let's face it. All media sources are biased. Our media is even censored. I'm aware of several cases where the true story is not presented  for various reasons.

Example - The case of the police arrest of a runaway prisoner. They intercepted him in a car park. He had abandoned his car and was being pursued on foot. He was heading straight for my son and his girlfriend when he was brought down by a taser.

The reporters arrived on scene and interviewed police and members of the public who were on the scene.

The official story said that police managed to overpower the man without having to use a taser.

I was chatting to a senior police representative at an opening 3 months later and we discussed the case. He actually said that in the interests of public safety, they decided not to use a taser although they had one on the scene. When I described what my son saw, he cleared his throat and changed the subject.    

This was around the time that there was controversy over tasers following the death of a man at an airport.

My guess is you've probably never even watched al-Jazeera. Like with everything Mozza, you have a burning desire to jump in and declare all parties must be the equally to blame.

I used to think it was a good and honest reflection, until I met some of it's viewers