As its ratings soar, we go behind the scenes at the taboo-breaking Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera and look at the revolution it’s trying to start in the media industry. We tell the Al-Jazeera story from its creation in 1996, to the infamous screening of Osama bin Laden’s post-9/11 broadcasts and the arrival of Al-Jazeera English in 2006. Plus, see how the station has covered the recent Arab uprisings.
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