![]() On Facebook, the Al-Jazeera America page had 66,000 likes and a variety of comments. Some expressed concern that Al-Jazeera was ending its streaming Internet of its English-language service, which, according to executives, was required under cable TV contracts. The channel reaches more than 40 million households and vastly expands the footprint of Al-Jazeera despite questions about how it will be received by American viewers.Įven before its launch, social media was abuzz over the channel and its new programs. The flagship "America Tonight" program began a four-part series on street gangs in Chicago, described as "the deadliest city in America." "Fault Lines goes undercover in Bangladesh in a multi-month investigation to expose how US corporations may be putting their profits before the well-being and safety of the workers making their products," the channel promised. One of the first in-depth reports set to air was an investigation for the "Fault Lines" program on Bangladesh. The first hour included a preview of the daily news, magazine and interview programs. Are you ready to take a new look at news?" said a tweet as the channel went live. "We're on the air! #AlJazeeraAmerica has just launched, and we're live. On Facebook, Al-Jazeera America called itself "the new American TV news channel that connects you to the human stories at the heart of the news." "Change the way you look at news," said the ad in the Journal. The Qatar-based media group meanwhile took out full-page ads in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today, and trumpeted the opening on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. Al-Jazeera America went live Tuesday, accompanied by a campaign of traditional and social media for its cable channel launch, as it pledged to outdo its rivals with serious, in-depth journalism.įormer CNN reporter Tony Harris anchored the first newscast as the channel began broadcasting at 1900 GMT. ![]()
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