] When Al Jazeera expands its Arabic-language programming
] to offer an English-language website and eventually a
] full satellite broadcast, it could dramatically influence
] the way Americans perceive many Mideast issues.

Elonka recommended this article. I'm interested in these developments. I think Americans are too introspective. More intercommunication will encourage both sides to seek peaceful solutions. However, I think this is more important at the individual level then at the level of major news media.