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"Granted, the Arabic channel is amateurishly sensationalistic and unprofessionally emotive at times ... but in the wake of the toppling of Ben Ali in Tunisia, there is an emerging climate in the region, one in which people are increasingly bypassing official sources and seeking the truth from the media--both social and satellite. Al-Jazeera ... is now the natural vehicle for this circumvention."

--1/25/11

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