In an article yesterday on Foreign Policy in Focus, John Feffer discusses the heated 'war online' between Israeli and Palestinian bloggers, commenters, YouTubers and hackers. Accounting for all different sides, one of the most interesting observations is the overwhelming popularity of Al Jazeera English's online viewership.
"Al Jazeera benefited most from the large audience drawn from Twitter links and Facebook
groups. The Qatar-based network reported a 600% hike in hits from its online video stream
during the fighting. Al Jazeera's English station, while unavailable to most cable subscribers
in the U.S., drew significantly more viewers through the internet: in January, visitors to
YouTube watched more clips from Al Jazeera English than from any other English news
station."
Despite the fact that it still may not be carried on North American cable or satellite, with the amount of coverage of Middle Eastern affairs, particularly the Israeli-Palestine conflict, Al Jazeera English's online presence may be the only thing necessary to catapult it to number one.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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