Thursday, April 14, 2016

On Tuesday at 9p.m. — almost 3 years to the day that it was founded — Al Jazeera America aired its final broadcast, closed its doors, and said goodbye:



In April of 2013, Qatar-based news agency Al Jazeera embarked on an ambitious project — to break into the U.S. news scene, a realm dominated by major players like CNN and Fox News. Since then, Al Jazeera America has indeed made a name for itself, though it wasn’t always in the most flattering light. So it was in January, after a tough string of controversies, that the announcement was made that the network would be shutting down. On Tuesday at 9p.m. — almost 3 years to the day that it was founded — Al Jazeera America aired its final broadcast, closed its doors, and said goodbye
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