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Report: Qatar plans to launch Al Jazeera competitor
The government of Qatar plans to launch a new pan-Arab satellite news channel that would counter news programming offered by Al Jazeera, according to a new report.
Fake KNBC “Photobomb” Fools Media Websites, But Fails to Go Viral
A web video purporting to show a "photobomb" on Los Angeles television is most certainly a fake, despite reports published by Mediaite and TheBlaze on Friday.
How to legally watch the Winter Olympics without NBC
No cable? Tired of NBC? There is another way: Here's how you can watch the Olympic games from another broadcaster online.
FOX reporter says Colorado subpoena led to harassment, missed stories
FOX journalist Jana Winter says a Colorado subpoena ordering her to disclose unnamed sources in a report led to harassment and had a severe impact on her ability to report the news.
Here’s how Conan O’Brien gets news anchors to say the same thing
Yep, all those news anchors in that "Conan" skit are reading from the same script.
Mormon-owned TV station: Don’t air gay kissing footage
Viewer complaints prompted a Utah-based television station to stop airing news footage of same-sex couples kissing during wedding ceremonies.
Court: FOX reporter Jana Winter won’t have to testify in Colorado case
A FOX News reporter will not have to testify over unnamed sources in the James Holmes murder trial, a New York court ruled early Tuesday morning.
The web could save Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera is not a hit with cable viewers. The channel should stop looking to cable and start looking to the web if it wants to survive.
Technical glitch turns FOX Chicago reporter blue
Chicago’s FOX affiliate WFLD is attempting to scrub the internet of an embarrassing technical gaffe that resulted in a reporter’s skin turning blue during a live shot last week.
Livestation allowing U.S. internet users to watch Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera’s international English-language news channel, blocked for viewers in the United States on its website and YouTube, can still be accessed via one live streaming service.
Al Jazeera: Former Palestinian leader Arafat “poisoned with polonium”
Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned with the drug polonium, new information obtained exclusively by the news organization Al Jazeera reveals.
DOJ could prosecute Al Jazeera America’s source over Calderon affidavit leak
The Federal Bureau of Investigation wants to know who leaked a sealed court document to news network Al Jazeera America concerning a California state senator.