A controversial Arab news network is now operating on American soil.
Al Jazeera America was launched on August 20th, 2013. The network has a news desk in New York City and has hundreds of employees.
The parent company, Al Jazeera, is based in the Middle Eastern country of Qatar. Some have accused Al Jazeera as being “un-American” after its coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Al Jazeera has several news anchors that once worked for the other major news networks, including for MSNBC contributor David Shuster, who said “The organization’s fearless efforts to give a voice to the voiceless have always struck a chord in me.”
Former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien has also joined the network.
The network operates on channel 358 for DirecTV customers.
