Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan have kicked Al Jazeera bureaus out of their countries. Al Jazeera, he hoped, would offer a different perspective, and maybe cut into the people consuming Saudi media. Al Jazeera Arabic (which is run separately from Al Jazeera English) has also got a reputation for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. Hugh Miles, the author of “The Al Jazeera Effect,” compared the network with Fox News, telling the Telegraph, a British newspaper, that “Al Jazeera Arabic is very partisan and it supports Islamists. “There may be things going on at higher diplomatic and political levels,” Al Jazeera English editor Giles Trendle told the Telegraph.

Source: Washington Post June 23, 2017 20:30 UTC