The Icarus Prediction: Betting It All Has Its Price
“He flipped from one screen to the next, hoping he would find something interesting for the al-Jazeera television network. An innovative idea that was founded and bankrolled by the Emir of Qatar in 1996, al-Jazeera was originally envisioned to be the BBC of the Middle East—i.e., an independent voice covering the issues of the region. Unfortunately, it turned out to be something akin to the Fox News Network for the militant views of the Arab world.
He sat at the desk near the center of the newsro...om. Behind him was a glass wall that separated the newsroom from the studio where an on-air anchor was reading copy from the teleprompter.
Shamir was a frustrated young man. Educated in England, he had hoped al-Jazeera would grow into a progressive voice of professional journalists for the region. But it had devolved into a drumbeat of Israel-and America-bashing with an increasing strident voice. And all too often, the network itself seemed to be the topic of news, the latest episode being when a group of female anchors had walked out because management required them to wear headscarves and forbade pantsuits.MoreLess
He sat at the desk near the center of the newsro...om. Behind him was a glass wall that separated the newsroom from the studio where an on-air anchor was reading copy from the teleprompter.
Shamir was a frustrated young man. Educated in England, he had hoped al-Jazeera would grow into a progressive voice of professional journalists for the region. But it had devolved into a drumbeat of Israel-and America-bashing with an increasing strident voice. And all too often, the network itself seemed to be the topic of news, the latest episode being when a group of female anchors had walked out because management required them to wear headscarves and forbade pantsuits.MoreLess
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