Why Al Jazeera Matters
...In truth, it seems that New York’s exchanges have a broader complaint, heard in various forms elsewhere ? that Al Jazeera is insufficiently supportive of America and its war in Iraq. As the only uncensored Arabic television in the world, Al Jazeera does indeed slant its debates and discussions in a way that can be hostile to the West. It is not Fox News. But if the U.S. hope for the Arab world is, as the Bush administration never ceases to remind Americans, for it to enjoy a free, democratic life, Al Jazeera is the kind of television station Americans should encourage. [IHT]

Free speech and nationalism, its rock and a hard place indeed...