Decius wrote:

These are the men and women who bring you the news at Al Jazeera. We have a diverse staff complement. Our people are made up of dozens of nationalities...Come and have a look at who we are (here is our flickr photoset). We are not afraid of your threats.

This is interesting. The English seems, ehm, western. Would someone from Al'J named "mohammed" really say "You guys rock?" It might be true. It might not be true. Same thing can be said for the accusations in question. Is it possible to know if anything is real anymore?

You should know that plenty of people who work for Al Jazeera are "western." Have you seen Control Room? A significant number of AJ staffers come from the BBC and speak with British Empire accents.

Take a look at this interview with Mohammed Jasim Al-Ali, Managing Director at Al-Jazeera. On the second page, you see this:

Al-Ali: Of course we came with our own ideas and our own perspective. But with regard to CNN and the BBC, the background came from the BBC more than CNN; we are closer to the ideas and the rhythm of the reports of the BBC. Al-Jazeera, from the idea up to the launch, was built on a staff coming from Arab countries. Maybe they have had experience working with Western media—they're ex-BBC, ex-US media—but all are Arabs. So they take the professional experience from the BBC, but their background as Arabs means we can adopt this experience and apply it to the Arab world. We know the mentality of the Arabs—but we also want the expatriate Arab audience, who are used to Western media.

RE: Don't Bomb Us - A blog by Al Jazeera Staffers