Al Jazeera English Allowed to Operate in Canada

On November 26th, the CRTC, in response to massive public pressure, gave permission to Al Jazeera English to operate in Canada. As Anita Krajnc and Walied Khogali of Rabble.ca write, what little public opposition to the move there was focused on generally "unsubstantiated negative charges," and largely ignored "The tremendously positive "Al Jazeera effect" on liberalizing media in the Middle East and in North America." For more information on the CRTC ruling and why this move is so crucial to the cause of democratizing global media, please visit:

On November 26th, the CRTC, in response to massive public pressure, gave permission to Al Jazeera English to operate in Canada. As Anita Krajnc and Walied Khogali of Rabble.ca write, what little public opposition to the move there was focused on generally "unsubstantiated negative charges," and largely ignored "The tremendously positive "Al Jazeera effect" on liberalizing media in the Middle East and in North America."

For more information on the CRTC ruling and why this move is so crucial to the cause of democratizing global media, please visit:
http://rabble.ca/http%3A/%252Fwww.rabble.ca/news/2009/11/al-jazeera-canada