Word: channelling
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...just haven't mastered the language enough to do that," he admits. But he does hope to bring his French songs to English audiences; there are a couple of U.K. concerts in the works in the coming months. Maybe he can put a chanson in hearts across the English Channel...
According to reports sent over a HUPD radio channel, when Sperling—described as a white male with dreadlocks—was apprehended, he repeatedly provided the wrong information. He first gave a social security number that came back to a woman, and then gave a number that would have identified him as a man named Frank, before providing his actual information...
...relaunch of a reformed Arabic channel, meanwhile, could enhance al-Jazeera's standing in the Arab world. It could also help ease resistance to its English sister channel, especially considering that despite being separate entities, the two organizations will consult on editorial plans and share space and technical crews in some foreign bureaus. The Arabic channel's new managing director, Wadah Khanfar, 36, a Jordanian who had served as bureau chief in Iraq and Afghanistan, bristles at the suggestion that al-Jazeera has succumbed to the Bush Administration's demands for reform in the Arab world. "We were never...
Khanfar says al-Jazeera will be adopting "a new style, a new outlook, a new philosophy of reporting news" in response to the needs of Arab society. The channel's news bulletins and tumultuous talk shows will put fresh emphasis on domestic Arab issues like democracy and human rights. Programming, including new segments on Arab culture, social taboos, youth topics, tourism and investigative journalism, will seek to replace "slogans," "political rhetoric" and "dreamy wishful thinking" with "reality" and "solid solutions," Khanfar says. "We need to upgrade ourselves from magnificent speeches to rational, in-depth analysis of what is going...
...brush that Parsons prefers not to be tarred with as he sets out to conquer the U.S. market. He recently paid courtesy calls to critics in Washington. In a meeting on Capitol Hill, Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of California opened the discussion, Parsons recalls, by declaring, "You're the channel that hates freedom and loves terrorism." Another conservative whom Parsons visited was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney. According to Parsons, she expressed concern that his channel would pander to anti-American sentiments. "She was skeptical in the beginning...