Does Al Jazeera have a regional focus?
Al Jazeera provides a southern perspective to international affairs. BBC, much as I respect it, gives a British or European perspective, and CNN gives an American perspective. Al Jazeera is the only international news network that looks at the world from the perspective of the southern hemisphere. Our commitment is also to cover far more of the world than you’d see on other international channels. Our coverage of Africa, Latin America, Asia, South Asia is quite extensive. Our quest is to satisfy the millions of viewers around the world who look at the world with a broad perspective, not in a narrow manner. We have 70 bureaus around the world – far more than any other network. Are you a profitable venture? The intention of Al Jazeera is to be cost-neutral in time. That means we should be able to generate enough money to offset what all these bureaus cost. I think we’ll take several years to reach that point. As a network, we need to continue to improve our distribution. All the big glob
