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Al-Jazeera editor leaves for BBC
The Arabic satellite TV channel al-Jazeera says its editor-in-chief has submitted his resignation. According to an al-Jazeera spokesman, Ibrahim Helal said he had had "a tempting offer" from the BBC. The charity BBC World Service Trust confirmed that Mr Helal was joining to work on a variety of media training projects over the next two years.
Spittle 101 and Advanced Ranting.
Al-Jazeera has been criticised by the US for airing fake recorded messages from Saddam Hussein and the late Osama Bin Laden. He is expected to be replaced by Ghassan Bin-Jiddu, a talk show presenter and the channel’s Tehran bureau chief who is regarded as a moderate in Middle Eastern affairs.
He paints smiley faces on car bombs.
Mr Helal first joined al-Jazeera in 1996, when it was launched following the closure of the BBC World Service’s Arabic-language TV newsroom.
Ah, so al-Jaz was a summer replacement series that got picked up.
He has also worked for the BBC Arabic Online service.
So it’s just a transfer back to the mother ship?
Correspondents say that in the Arabic-speaking world, al-Jazeera has for years had a large and loyal audience and a reputation as innovative and hard-hitting.
Bwahahaha! Oh, it wasn’t a joke?
Posted by: Steve 2004-01-16
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