Arab Media Market, The Error of Privatization, Articles

To continue the subject of the Arab Media market and my argument that al-Jazeerah privatization (as a politically motivated fire sale) is wrong and nothing to be happy about, I draw your attention to the following articles.

The main take away from all of them is:
(a) the image of al-Jazeerah as "jihadi" is absurd and ridiculous.
(b) the liklihood that al-Jazeerah will be snapped up by Saudi interests who will subsequently silence its criticisms of KSA is high.
(c) silencing al-Jazeerah on KSA is going US and Western interests a disservice.
(d) the current US high dungeon over al-Jazeerah is childishly short sighted, wrong headed and contrary to real interests.

The articles:

48% of households in Cairo use the Internet and 46% have Satellite TV
MENAFN Press - 26/01/2005
https://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?storyid=77965

Lebanese Reaction to the U.S. Satellite Station
Is Al-Hurra Doomed?

Paul Cochrane
Worldpress.org contributing editor
June 11, 2004
http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/1872.cfm

Report from Amman ...
Election Propaganda
Gordon Robison
3 January 2005
http://www.publicdiplomacy.org/39.htm

The War Inside the Arab Newsroom by S M Shapiro


January 2, 2005 NYTimes
The War Inside the Arab Newsroom
By SAMANTHA M. SHAPIRO
http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/papers/vp01.cfm?outfit=pmt&requesttimeout=500&folder=2053&paper=2069
OR
http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/teaching/mms/arabnewsroom.pdf