Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera is an international news network headquartered in Doha, Qatar.
Initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel with the same name, Al Jazeera has since expanded into a network with several outlets, including the Internet and speciality TV channels in multiple languages. 
If you want to read more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera




The connections which exist between Al Jazeera and former CBC and BBC staff is that most of the current journalists of Al Jazeera used to work for these two entreprises. And also they have the same code of
ethics which must be  applied to every journalists. those code of following are:

1. Adhere to the journalistic values of honesty, courage, fairness, balance, independence, credibility and diversity, giving no priority to commercial or political over professional consideration. 
2. Endeavour to get to the truth and declare it in our dispatches, programmes and news bulletins unequivocally in a manner which leaves no doubt about its validity and accuracy.
3. Treat our audiences with due respect and address every issue or story with due attention to present a clear, factual and accurate picture while giving full consideration to the feelings of victims of crime, war, persecution and disaster, their relatives and our viewers, and to individual privacies and public decorum. 4. Welcome fair and honest media competition without allowing it to affect adversely our standards of performance and thereby having a “scoop” would not become an end in itself. 
5. Present the diverse points of view and opinions without bias and partiality.
6. Recognize diversity in human societies with all their races, cultures and beliefs and their values
and intrinsic individualities so as to present unbiased and faithful reflection of them.
7. Acknowledge a mistake when it occurs, promptly correct it and ensure it does not recur.
8. Observe transparency in dealing with the news and its sources while adhering to the internationally established practices concerning the rights of these sources. 
9. Distinguish between news material, opinion and analysis to avoid the snares of speculation and propaganda. 
10. Stand by colleagues in the profession and give them support when required, particularly in the light of the acts of aggression and harassment to which journalists are subjected at times. Cooperate with Arab and international journalistic unions and associations to defend freedom of the press.


Source: http://www.canadiansforaljazeera.ca/AJE_exec_summary.pdf




The main reason why the creation of Al Jazeera was unsettling to different interests and one cannot access Al Jazeera on U.S television is merely U.S and even the Western countries were relunctant to that creation because it was seen as a strengthening of Arab democracy. Moreover, because of the 9/11 event  U.S media only showed what they wanted to be seen whereas Al Jazeera showed things merely as they were without slanting the news or whatever. Furthermore, there is another problem which worry the United States a lot: almost all the videos that Osama Ben Laden were released by Al Jazeera. Thus, they think that this is not "christal clear". But even Osama Ben Laden has frequently accused Al Jazeera as being "pro American"