Just now on Al Jazeera English they showed a map of Tahrir Square and the surrounds. I haven’t seen anything so simple and informative on American cable stations. Last night on All Things Considered Joshua Stacher of Kent State University who’d gone to the White House for the experts’ meeting (he’s a former outsider, who criticized Condoleezza Rice and sought to include the Muslim Brotherhood years ago; no wonder Elliott Abrams blew off that meeting) said:
And there was some concern about why aren’t they going on these news channels to kind of explain their positions?
NORRIS: Why the administration is not actually appearing on Al-Jazeera?
Prof. STACHER: Yeah. They keep denying Al-Jazeera. I’ve spoken with Al-Jazeera producers and they keep being – their requests were turned down. So, I mean, there’s some contradictory signals going on. They’re saying some really good things. And then, look, I mean, then there’s this reality on the ground. There seems to be a little bit of a disconnect at this moment.
