Al Jazeera does do pretty good journalism most of the time, but you absolutely have to understand that they cannot be trusted on anything that touches on the interests of Qatar. If it’s in an unrelated story, they’ll usually do a good job because they want to promote an image of being quality journalists, so that when it comes to issues where they do have an agenda to push, people will trust them.
It’s not wholly different from something like the BBC. They do very good journalism, but you have to have skepticism when it comes to their coverage of domestic British politics (this is a loose analogy, of course; the BBC is a much more legitimate and prestigious organization, but they do have their own bias.)
Al Jazeera does do pretty good journalism most of the time, but you absolutely have to understand that they cannot be trusted on anything that touches on the interests of Qatar. If it’s in an unrelated story, they’ll usually do a good job because they want to promote an image of being quality journalists, so that when it comes to issues where they do have an agenda to push, people will trust them.
It’s not wholly different from something like the BBC. They do very good journalism, but you have to have skepticism when it comes to their coverage of domestic British politics (this is a loose analogy, of course; the BBC is a much more legitimate and prestigious organization, but they do have their own bias.)