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The Emir of Qatar H.H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Owner of Al-Jazeera International

The Al-JazeeraHALL OF SHAMEThe Al-JazeeraHALL OF SHAME

a n A c c u r a c y i n M e d i a p u b l i c a t i o nwww.aim.org

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Al-Jazeera International

Hall of Shame

These journalists have been inducted into the Al-Jazeera International “Hall of Shame” because they are identified in

news reports as being employed by the English-language spin-off of the Qatar-funded Arabic Al-Jazeera, which has a

despicable record of collaborating with anti-American radical Islamic terrorists. Al-Jazeera’s first managing director,

Mohammed Jassem al-Ali, was exposed as an agent of the Saddam Hussein dictatorship; its Kabul, Afghanistan, bureau

chief, Tayseer Alouni, was charged, convicted and sentenced to prison in Spain for being an agent of al Qaeda; and Al-

Jazeera employee Sami al-Haj was captured in Afghanistan and is now in prison on terrorism charges. Captured terrorists

in Iraq say they came to Iraq to kill Americans because of the words and images on Al-Jazeera. The Islamic Army of Iraq,

a group that includes former members of Saddam Hussein's intelligence service, has praised Al-Jazeera for playing an

“important role” in “our fight against the enemies.” The Islamic Army of Iraq is the same group that recently released video

to CNN showing snipers shooting and killing American soldiers in Iraq. Compiled by Accuracy in Media, Inc.

Anchors & Hosts

Sir David Frost Host/Interviewer

Formerly of the BBC

Stephen Cole

Anchor Formerly of the BBC

Divya Gopalan

Anchor Formerly of the BBC

Darren Jordon

Anchor Formerly of the BBC

Rageh Omaar Host, Witness

Formerly of the BBC

Shahnaz Pakravan Host, Everywoman

Formerly of the BBC

Riz Khan

Host, One-on-One Formerly of CNN

Amanda Palmer Entertainment Host Formerly of CNN

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Jane Dutton

Anchor Formerly of CNN

Veronica Pedrosa Anchor

Formerly of CNN

Felicity Barr Anchor

Formerly of ITN (UK)

Shiulie Ghosh

Anchor Formerly of ITN (UK)

Dave Marash Anchor

Formerly of ABC’s Nightline

Ghida Fakhry Anchor

Formerly of Asharq Alawsat (London, UK)

David Foster Anchor

Formerly of Sky News (Britain)

Richard Gizbert

Host, Listening Post Formerly of ABC News

Barbara Serra Anchor

Formerly of Channel 5 News (Britain)

Nick Clark

Anchor Formerly of Carlton TV

(Britain)

Kimberly Halkett Anchor

Formerly of Global TV (Canada)

Hamish MacDonald Anchor

Formerly of Channel 4 News (Britain)

Elizabeth Filippouli Anchor

Formerly of ERT (Greece)

Teymoor Nabili Anchor/Host, 101 East Formerly of CNBC Asia

Dr. Shereen El Feki

Host, People & Power Formerly of The

Economist

Anchors & Hosts

Al-Jazeera

International

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Correspondents

Mike Hanna Doha, Qatar

Formerly of CNN

Rula Amin

Beirut, Lebanon Formerly of CNN

Kamal Hyder

Islamabad, Pakistan Formerly of CNN

Lucia Newman Buenos Aires

Formerly of CNN

Jacky Rowland

Jerusalem Formerly of the BBC

Barnaby Phillips Athens, Greece

Formerly of the BBC

Marga Ortigas

Manila, Philippines Formerly of CNN

Lauren Taylor

London Correspondent Formerly of ITN (UK)

Alan Fisher

London Correspondent Formerly of GMTV

(Good Morning TV, UK)

Mariana Sanchez

Caracas, Venezuela Formerly of

Panamericana (Peru)

Amr El-Kahky Cairo, Egypt

Correspondent Formerly of Al-Jazeera

James Bays Doha, Qatar

Formerly of ITN (Independent TV News,

Britain)

Capt. John Rushing

Washington, DC Former US Marine Corps Spokesman

John Cookson

Doha Correspondent Formerly of FOX News

Channel

Mark Seddon

NY Correspondent Formerly of Tribune Magazine (London)

Kristen Saloomey

New York City Correspondent

Formerly of NBC

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Correspondents

Jonah Hull

Moscow, Russia Formerly of Sky News

(Britain)

Farai Sevenzo Harare, Zimbabwe

Correspondent Formerly of Channel 4

News (Britain)

Gabrielle Menezes Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Correspondent Formerly of Reuters

Rajesh Sundaram

Delhi, India Correspondent

Formerly of New Delhi TV (India)

Tony Birtley Kuala Lampur Correspondent

Formerly of ABC News

Haru Mutasa

Nairobi, Kenya Correspondent

Formerly of SABC (South Africa)

Kalay Maistry

Johannesburg, South Africa Correspondent

Formerly of SABC

Hoda Abdel-Hamid Doha, Qatar

Correspondent Formerly of ABC

News

Zeina Khodr

Beirut, Lebanon Correspondent Formerly of Al-

Jazeera

Dan Nolan

Sydney Correspondent Formerly of Network Ten

(Australia)

Rob Reynolds

Washington, DC Correspondent

Formerly of CNBC

Viviana Hurtado Washington, DC Correspondent

Formerly of CBS/FOX

Tony Cheng Beijing, China Correspondent

Formerly of the BBC

Zain Awan Delhi, India

Correspondent Formerly of NHK (Japan

Broadcasting Corporation)

Hashem Ahelbarra

Doha, Qatar Correspondent

Formerly of Abu Dhabi TV (United Arab

Emirates)

Walid Batrawi Ramallah, Palestine

Correspondent Formerly of the BBC

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Executives

Managing Executives

Wadah Khanfar

Director General, Al-

Jazeera Network

Also: Managing Director, Al-Jazeera

Arabic Channel

Nigel Parsons

Managing Director, Al-Jazeera International

Former Director, Associated Press Television News

Ibrahim Helal

Deputy Managing

Director, Al-Jazeera International

Former Editor-in-Chief,

Al-Jazeera Arabic

Omar Bec

Managing Editor, Al-Jazeera International

Former Head of

Newsgathering & Operations, Al-Jazeera

Arabic

Bureau Chiefs

Will Stebbins North America Bureau

Chief Formerly of APTN

(Associated Press TV News)

Sue Phillips Europe Bureau Chief Formerly of the CBC

(Canadian Broadcasting Corp)

Trish Carter Asia Bureau Chief Formerly of TVNZ (Television New

Zealand)

Andrew Simmons Africa Bureau Chief Formerly of the BBC (British Broadcasting

Corp)

News Executives

Steve Clarke

Director of News Formerly of Sky News

(Britain)

John Pullman Head of Output Formerly of ITN

(Britain)

Al Anstey Senior Executive Formerly of ITN

(Britain)

Nick Walshe Senior Executive Formerly of ITN

(Britain) Peggy Holter

Producer Formerly of NBC

Kieran Baker Producer

Formerly of CNN

Joanne Levine Executive Producer,

Programming Formerly of NBC James Wright

Producer Formerly of CNN

Hassan Ibrahim Producer

Formerly of Al-Jazeera

Rebecca Lipkin Executive Producer,

Documentaries Formerly of ABC

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Stop Al-Jazeera International

Accuracy in Media is in the forefront of a national effort to stop Al-Jazeera International, a pro-terrorist media operation, from gaining access to the American media market. AIM editor Cliff Kincaid has appeared on NBC’s “Today Show” and Fox News’ “Dayside” and “Your World with Neil Cavuto” television programs to educate the public about Al-Jazeera’s new English-language channel. AIM’s efforts to keep AJI out of cable and satellite systems in the U.S. have been covered by the Associated Press, USA Today, The New York Sun, Forbes, The Washington Post, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, and U.S. News and World Report, as well as London’s Press Gazette and the pan-Arab daily Asharq Alawsat. The channel encountered several delays in its official launch, apparently because the AIM campaign has complicated its efforts to get carriage by cable and satellite providers. AIM is urging a federal review of the channel's operations in the U.S. to determine if it poses a risk to the national security and whether it constitutes a global terrorist entity whose business operations on American soil must be stopped. Terror Television Documentary In May of 2006, AIM released a mini-documentary called “Terror Television: The Rise of Al-Jazeera and the Hate America Media.” This 20-minute film details how terrorist networks use Al-Jazeera to advance their anti-American agenda. Letters to Cable & Satellite Companies AIM editor Cliff Kincaid sent letters to senior executives at the top 25 U.S. cable companies, as well as satellite providers DirecTV and EchoStar Communications, urging them not to carry Al-Jazeera International. Public Opinion Poll Accuracy in Media commissioned an independent poll, released on September 13th, which found that Americans oppose the channel coming into their homes through U.S. cable and satellite systems by a margin of roughly 2-to-1. Congressional Information Campaign AIM sent copies of its “Terror Television” DVD to over eighty key members of Congress. Its October 4th screening of “Terror Television” was attended by over one hundred congressional staffers and covered by an Al-Jazeera camera crew. Advertising Campaign AIM runs Internet banner ads and print ads about “Terror Television” in national newspapers StopAlJazeera.org Accuracy in Media set up a website, www.stopaljazeera.org, where it regularly posts new information about Al-Jazeera.

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