Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera staff allege harassment and bullying went unchecked

Kamahl Santamaria, a veteran television journalist, was just 32 days into his job at New Zealand’s top broadcaster TVNZ when he resigned.

Surprise gave way to shock as allegations about his inappropriate behaviour in the newsroom surfaced. Soon Mr Santamaria’s former colleagues at Al Jazeera, where he had worked for 16 years, began speaking out.

A BBC investigation – drawing on interviews with several current and former employees at Al Jazeera, and documentary evidence of inappropriate messages and staff complaints – has found several allegations of sexual harassment against Mr Santamaria in the broadcaster’s Doha newsroom. Some say he wasn’t the only one.

I fear for Avi Lewis!

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IDF Chief of Staff announces investigation of death of Al Jazeera journalist, stresses soldiers came under heavy fire.

“Since the incident, the IDF has been examining the circumstances leading to the death of the journalist, Ms. Shireen Abu Akleh. The IDF offer to conduct a joint investigation with the Palestinians was not answered. The possibility that Ms. Abu Akleh died as a result of Palestinian gunfire is also being examined in light of extensive footage circulating on social media showing Palestinian gunmen firing recklessly and indiscriminately in every direction.

There’s an unseemly rush to get the poor woman buried.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAl Jazeera, Israeli - Islam Conflict

Al Jazeera staff say rightwing platform will ‘irreparably tarnish’ Muslim Brotherhood terrorist brand

Al Jazeera staff say rightwing platform will ‘irreparably tarnish’ brand

More than a hundred staff at the Qatar-funded media organisation Al Jazeera have signed an open letter to management objecting to the launch of a rightwing digital platform that they say betrays its journalism and will “irreparably tarnish the network’s brand and work”.

The internal letter, seen by the Guardian and sent to top leaders of the media network, said the launch of Rightly on Thursday was “an affront to the ethical, journalistic and editorial vision and guidelines of Al Jazeera”.

The memo said the new conservative platform, which many staff learned about through media reporting, was “met with shock, confusion and criticism”, and came amid a period of budget cuts and layoffs that had left women of colour in particular doing more work without extra compensation.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAl Jazeera, WTF?

Al Jazeera Launches Site To Woo Conservatives

When the Islamic terror state of Qatar directed its Al Jazeera international propaganda machine at America, it naturally veered toward targeting the treasonous Left. During the War on Terror and the Bush era, lefties were the obvious demographic who were likeliest to be receptive to Qatar’s propaganda.

Qatar is the funder behind the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups, it’s an ally of Iran and its royal family has links to September 11.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAl Jazeera, Islamization of the West, WTF?