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Egypt: Al Jazeera publishing audio reports from correspondents

Xeni Jardin at 5:53 am Mon, Jan 31, 2011

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After crackdown by the Egyptian government, and the arrest and subsequent release of some 6 correspondents, Al Jazeera continues coverage in Egypt. This web page contains live audio updates from reporters in the field. I am in agreement with those who describe the network's outstanding performance during this news cycle as cable's "sputnik moment."

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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  • iktiw

    Gaaah, please let us not turn “sputnik moment” into some memetic phrase!

  • rebdav

    I wonder how much of this unrest is a result of several days of Al Jazeeras very Glen Beck mock trial against the Palestinian Authority(which I have very little love for as a quasi-government) on the Arabic side. Very unprofessional for a journalist organization to do such a thing. Ya hear that Fox News?

  • taj

    Sputnik moment? Is that like, when Americans go, “OMG! We’re not #1!?!”
    (If so, … It’s been a looooong time, in the cable news field.).

    I think Sputnik moment must mean something – I just can’t guess what. I will say that the Al Jazeera app, now takes pride of place next to my BBC World.