The approach taken by Aljazeera in collecting and broadcasting information may be controversial but more people are appreciating and trusting Aljazeera. However, over the years Aljazeera has acquired the trust of many of its viewers especially from the Middle East although a notable portion of the rest of the world also trusts the channel. Can the Emir fund it and still allow it to carry out broadcasts without bias? Such questions and the controversial content of the channel make most people doubt its editorial independence. Having been founded and funded by a non-democratic government, one may wonder how it can be politically independent. Most of the other Arabic networks are heavily controlled by the political regimes of the respective regions. The naming may be symbolic in that the channel claims to be the only politically independent television network in the Middle East and thus an isolated case in the Middle East television world. The word Al-jazeera is an Arabic word meaning the island and the naming of this television channel was after its origin, Qatar that is an island. He wanted his country to be different from the traditional Arabic countries. The channel originated from Qatar under the funding of the Emir of Qatar who wanted to create an independent news channel (“Who is Aljazeera?”). It has a rising viewer following in the rest of the world especially in the English speaking developing countries. In fact, it is arguably the most watched news television channel in the Arab world. Al-jazeera is probably the most successful news television network, with an Arabic origin, in terms of number of viewers.
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