Al Jazeera was established in the Arab state of Qatar and the first transmission was in November 1996. Since its inception it has stuck to its motto, "Al Ra'e wa al ra'e el akhar", which literally means "the opinion and the other opinion". Many news services claim that they offer a balanced view, but arguably the majority offers news through a certain prism, which eventually precludes other points of views. John Pilger once said " It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it". Al Jazeera has taken it upon itself to always present all points of views and dig deeper into the issues.

Never in the History of Arab media did a foreign official figure appear on TV and spoke to the public in Arabic and expressed his opinion freely in front of an audience of well over 40 million Arabs. Never in the history of Arab media did an Israeli minister appear live on the screen to answer questions and give opinions. Those are only tiny examples. More has been done, and more to come. Interestingly, when the Japanese pay TV operator Sky perfect that boasts close to three million subscribers, asked to have Al Jazeera on its bouquet of channels their reasoning was that " we wanted a non-CNN view of the world".

 -- Launched in Australia and Asia Pacific in 2001

 -- 24 hours worldwide feed

 -- Arabic

 -- News, Current Affairs, Documentaries

 -- Encrypted