How Effective Are the Middle East's State-Run Media? with Jordan Cope

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From Al Jazeera to Al Aqsa TV, state- or organization-run media outlets dominate Middle Eastern news, with the effect of promoting extremism, denying press freedoms, compromising journalistic objectivity, and covering up human rights abuses. More, they have expanded their operations beyond the region, finding receptivity to their messages around the world. What is the trend of these media conglomerates? What are their outstanding successes and failures? What can be done to counter them?

Jordan Cope is director of policy education at StandWithUs and the Qatari Finance Fellow at the Middle East Forum, where he studies Qatar’s soft-power efforts via charity and media organizations. He has a BA and JD from the University of Texas at Austin.

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