Topic: TV - on September 25, 2011 at 11:25:00 AM CEST
Al Jazeera's change of guard - A look at the real reason why the channel's director-general resigned.
This week on Listening Post: A change of guard at Al Jazeera. What does Wadah Khanfar's resignation mean for the network? Also, Peru and the ideological battle on the airwaves.
When the former director-general of Al Jazeera, Wadah Khanfar, announced on Twitter that he was leaving the network, the news media immediately began speculating why. The New York Times, amongst others, linked his departure to leaked US diplomatic cables that appeared to show Khanfar had altered Al Jazeera's coverage at the request of the US government.
The focus then turned to his successor, Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, and whether the network was losing its independence with his appointment.
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