The Nature of the Channel’s Global Audience

A comparison of the visual and story frames Al Jazeera English and CNN employed during the 2011 Egyptian revolution

“…It was the world’s first “global English language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East” (Powers and el-Nawawy, 2009: 269). Its mission, “provide independent, impartial news for an international audience and to offer a voice to a diversity of perspectives from under-reported regions” (as stated in Amin, 2012: 29). It currently broadcasts to more than 220 million households in more than 100 countries.…”

“…During the Arab Spring uprising in 2011, AJE “distanced itself from the competition to become the primary source of information for American officials, media organizations, and audiences. AJE was the sole English-language media outlet with uninterrupted live video of the demonstrations in the Egyptian capital” (Amin, 2012: 35). Once again, U.S. networks had to rely on AJE to provide content as they did at the start of the Afghan war.…”

A Global Intellectual Property Waiver is Still Needed to Address the Inequities of COVID-19 and Future Pandemic Preparedness

“…These licenses not only undermine any flexibilities a country may have used, they also manage the competition by restricting the territories where products can be sold. 25 For example, the Paxlovid licenses that Pfizer recently established have excluded many middle and upper-middle income countries in need of affordable access to the drug. 26 Relying solely on flexibilities such as compulsory licenses on patents-which the current WTO Decision re-confirmsand not a broad IP waiver is not enough.…”