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**PanzerJaeger** · 02-09-2011, 11:46

Originally Posted by Leet Eriksson

Al Jazeera is a channel watched by 60% of america now

I find that hard to believe, as the channel is not available in the United States. I don't even think the Super Bowl drew 60% of the nation's eyes. That would mean roughly 186 million Americans regularly access the channel's website. Link, please.

**Fisherking** · 02-09-2011, 11:58

Just out of curiosity, which Mansfield is this? There may be one in every state as far as I know...

**Leet Eriksson** · 02-09-2011, 12:00

Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger

I find that hard to believe, as the channel is not availible in the United States. I don't even think the Super Bowl drew 60% of the nation's eyes. That would mean roughly 186 million Americans regularly access the channel's website. Link, please.

I might have been rather vague let me explain how that came to, during that altercation in egypt the only channel to pick up slack was Al Jazeera English, it reached a point that they reported 60% of american viewers were following the egyptian uprising through that channel, since apparently fox news were busy airing some celebrity tripping over constantly or something.

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth...041735816.html

60% of american traffic over the internet apparently woops. but there you go.

**TinCow** · 02-09-2011, 15:10

Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger

I find that hard to believe, as the channel is not available in the United States. I don't even think the Super Bowl drew 60% of the nation's eyes. That would mean roughly 186 million Americans regularly access the channel's website. Link, please.

Not available in the US? I was watching Al Jazeera constantly during the first week of the Egyptian crisis, online via streaming from the Washington Post, and at home via Verizon on my television. Last I checked, Virginia was still part of the US.

**PanzerJaeger** · 02-09-2011, 15:21

Originally Posted by TinCow

Not available in the US? I was watching Al Jazeera constantly during the first week of the Egyptian crisis, online via streaming from the Washington Post, and at home via Verizon on my television. Last I checked, Virginia was still part of the US.

I think you misread my post.

**TinCow** · 02-09-2011, 15:24

Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger

I think you misread my post.

Uh, you pretty clearly stated that Al Jazeera was not available in the US:

Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger

I find that hard to believe, as the channel is not available in the United States. I don't even think the Super Bowl drew 60% of the nation's eyes. That would mean roughly 186 million Americans regularly access the channel's website. Link, please.

My cable provider carries Al Jazeera. I live in the US. Therefore...

**PanzerJaeger** · 02-09-2011, 15:43

Originally Posted by TinCow

Uh, you pretty clearly stated that Al Jazeera was not available in the US:

My cable provider carries Al Jazeera. I live in the US. Therefore...

According to this:

Canadian television viewers looking for the most thorough and in-depth coverage of the uprising in Egypt have the option of tuning into Al Jazeera English, whose on-the-ground coverage of the turmoil is unmatched by any other outlet. American viewers, meanwhile, have little choice but to wait until one of the U.S. cable-company-approved networks broadcasts footage from AJE, which the company makes publicly available. What they can't do is watch the network directly.

Other than in a handful of pockets across the U.S. - including Ohio, Vermont and Washington, D.C. - cable carriers do not give viewers the choice of watching Al Jazeera. That corporate censorship comes as American diplomats harshly criticize the Egyptian government for blocking Internet communication inside the country and as Egypt attempts to block Al Jazeera from broadcasting.

The result of the Al Jazeera English blackout in the United States has been a surge in traffic to the media outlet's website, where footage can be seen streaming live. The last 24 hours have seen a two-and-a-half thousand percent increase in web traffic, Tony Burman, head of North American strategies for Al Jazeera English, told HuffPost. Sixty percent of that traffic, he said, has come from the United States.

Most people in the US do not have access to the TV channel and would have to access it online. That would make it nearly impossible that 60% of US residents watch the channel, which was correct. 60% of Al Jazeera's web traffic during the height of the Egyption crisis was from America.

Has Arianna let me down? I know I don't have it with Comcast.

**TinCow** · 02-09-2011, 15:56

Well, that article would certainly explain it. I'm in the DC metro area, so looks like I'm one of the rare few who gets it (Verizon FiOS). Never occurred to me that it wasn't nation-wide, I just went home and surfed the guide until I found it. I never doubted your response on the 60% bit at all, it was just the lack of availability comment that raised my eyebrow.

As an aside, I've been very, very impressed by the quality of the reporting on Al Jazeera. It was highly objective, focusing very heavily on the events that were occurring without offering any opinion pieces on the subject. The reporters and presenters seemed to go out of their way to inform people that they were unable to confirm a lot of the stuff that was being stated by various protesters that were interviewed. It reminded me a lot of the BBC in its style and format. I will certainly watch it again in the future when I'm looking for Middle East reporting.