Heard about it. Ain't seen it. I read their website occasionally. Unless they change their stories according to presumed audience due to language, I haven't found anything especially surprising. As far as Arab news goes, its pretty stodgy. But if you're accustomed to the objectivity of say, "The Guardian", you would be unimpressed by Al Jazeera. If you expect great objectivity, I don't think you'll be happy at all. But I read it to get a temperate Arab perspective. Al Jazeera is at a sort of William Randolph Hearst stage of journalism.

I think Al Jazeera is the best thing that's happened to the Arab world since Muhammed's death (here comes the Fatwah). Even if it gives a distinctively biased arab perspective, it still offers something the Arabs get nowhere else, a considered opinion and alternative viewpoints. I cannot think of an arab state, other than what is apparently emerging in Iraq, that allows that much freedom.

A free press, even if it is biased, is better than a censored gov press. I cheer for Al Jazeera and hope they all get rich.