Tuesday, March 1, 2011

"Majority of Egyptian revolutionaries Dismayed with Al Jazeera" (No, you are not dreaming!)

I mean, who can be more reliable than a Saudi sleaze site  quoting questionable US surveys, conducted by a 'non-starting' entity, plagued by cronyism, mismanagement & petty theft? Who?
“…And although Al-Arabiya had been used to catching up with Al-Jazeera with extreme difficulty, its performance in Egypt has been admirable for the Egyptians themselves, according to an American survey. [Meanwhile] the majority of the Egyptians, namely in Cairo and Alexandria, expressed their dismay over the method that Al-Jazeera used in order to cover the revolution in Egypt… In a special survey concerning media outlets [that were mostly viewed] during the Egyptian events…the viewers of Al-Jazeera dropped to 25% compared to two thirds (65%) of the Egyptian surveyed people who said that they relied on Al-Arabiya in order to follow up on the Egyptian news. The survey, which was obtained by Elaph, was conducted by the American Board of Trustees for Television and Radio Broadcasting at the American Secretary of State. The survey aimed at measuring the effect and weight of the channels that belong to this board…i.e. Al-Hurra channel, and Radio Sawa…

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It looks like someone at Elaph received a "419" e-mail from a Nigerian.