Warning: Al Jazeera To Be Like CNN
Deborah Solomon: As one of the most respected television journalists in Great Britain, why have you decided to take a job as an interviewer for an enterprise as freighted with controversy as Al Jazeera International, the new 24-hour English-language, Arab-owned news station that is scheduled to begin broadcasting in May?
David Frost: Al Jazeera International is completely separate from Al Jazeera Arabic.
DS: Aren't they both owned by the emir of
DF: The ownership is the same. Absolutely. He's very liberal. He has friends in the American administration who no doubt try to persuade him to tone down Al Jazeera Arabic. But I think when viewers watch Al Jazeera International, they will be closer to watching CNN.
Deborah Solomon, “Bye-Bye BBC,”
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