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The conditions which surrounded the emergence
of the Qatar-based satellite channel al-Jazeera are quite
blurred, as far as the financial aspects are concerned. It
was launched in 1996, with a 5-year financial program consented
by Cheikh Hamad Ben Khalifa Âl Thani (who had just reached
power after the 1995 "non-violent" coup d'état
against his father).
One might have thought that this financial link with the official
authorities would have had an effect on the quality of the
channel's message. Yet, if the channel remains quite "shy"
in tackling qatari internal affairs (mainstream treatment
of such news prevails), al Jazeera has built its reputation
on the free tone used by its journalists when covering major
Arab affairs (relationships with Israel, opposition figures
from different parts of the arab world...) more
