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Al-Jazeera

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TV Network

The Resume

    (1996- )
    Based in Qatar
    Partly funded by the emir of Qatar

Why they might be annoying:

    They air video of hostages pleading for their lives, and graphic video of terrorists beheading hostages.
    They received $20,000 per minute for airing the controversial Osama Bin Laden video praising the 9/11 attacks.
    Critics view them as engaging in propaganda on behalf of terrorists.
    They were banned from the NYSE and NASDAQ floors during the Iraqi War buildup because they posed a security threat.
    An Al-Jazeera correspondent was arrested in Spain for allegedly having ties to Al-Qaeda.
    The Iraqi National Congress, an anti-Saddam Hussein group, alleged that Al-Jazeera had been infiltrated by Iraqi spies that were helping the station's propaganda effort.
    Iraq suspended Al-Jazeera for 'inciting anti-occupation violence, increasing ethnic and sectarian tension and being supportive of lawless resistance (September 2003).'
    They often air un-validated stories, such as the false beheading of American college student Benjamin Vanderford.

Why they might not be annoying:

    They claim to be the only politically independent Middle East news channel.
    They are the most watched news channel in the Middle East.
    Unlike western news channels, they do not try to make light of the horrors of war by censoring graphic war footage.
    They launched an English-language web-site to expand their audience (though it is frequently hacked).
    They give air time to Israeli officials, which upsets Muslims, but gives a more balanced news perspective.
    After the Saudi government shut down BBC Middle East, many BBC staffers went to work for Al-Jazeera.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 173 Votes: 65.90% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 89 Votes: 53.93% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 96.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 183 Votes: 44.26% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 668 Votes: 54.04% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 644 Votes: 53.88% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 333 Votes: 82.28% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 101 Votes: 95.05% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 654 Votes: 63.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 513 Votes: 59.06% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 439 Votes: 69.48% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 446 Votes: 80.72% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 161 Votes: 72.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 158 Votes: 69.62% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 142 Votes: 73.24% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 209 Votes: 77.03% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 440 Votes: 77.95% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 1836 Votes: 76.63% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 2160 Votes: 68.66% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 908 Votes: 70.59% Annoying