CNN International, Al-Jazeera and BBC are the same in how they report mostly that America is wrong and bad.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
I watch 'Al Jazeera.' They have news that you can't find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.
CNN is pretty consistently on the left, if you look at their choice of stories, what they play up. It's not what they say. It's what they highlight.
Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.
There are different opinions across the Middle East of Al-Jazeera. They've been kicked out of Egypt and Jordan and then let back in; they've been totally banned from Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Syria.
When you live in America, it's kind of insular - the news coverage that you get - unless you're really smart about it and find more international news coverage.
CNN will always be the channel people turn on when wars and horrible disasters happen. The 'trick' is getting people to also want to watch it when there aren't hundreds or thousands of people somewhere in the world currently in mortal peril.
CNN is a more diverse brand. It's spread out over more products over there.
CNN's problem goes to its very core and to the identity it's sought ever since the rise of Fox News, on its right: CNN is the channel for people who don't want to watch the other channels! That's a stupid strategy.
I did very extensive diligence on Al Jazeera English, the network from which Al Jazeera America is going to be derived, and it's really very clear that they have long since established a reputation for excellence and integrity and objectivity.