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The Emir of Qatar H.H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Owner of Al-Jazeera International
The Al-JazeeraHALL OF SHAMEThe Al-JazeeraHALL OF SHAME
a n A c c u r a c y i n M e d i a p u b l i c a t i o nwww.aim.org
Al-Jazeera International
Hall of Shame
These journalists have been inducted into the Al-Jazeera International “Hall of Shame” because they are identified in
news reports as being employed by the English-language spin-off of the Qatar-funded Arabic Al-Jazeera, which has a
despicable record of collaborating with anti-American radical Islamic terrorists. Al-Jazeera’s first managing director,
Mohammed Jassem al-Ali, was exposed as an agent of the Saddam Hussein dictatorship; its Kabul, Afghanistan, bureau
chief, Tayseer Alouni, was charged, convicted and sentenced to prison in Spain for being an agent of al Qaeda; and Al-
Jazeera employee Sami al-Haj was captured in Afghanistan and is now in prison on terrorism charges. Captured terrorists
in Iraq say they came to Iraq to kill Americans because of the words and images on Al-Jazeera. The Islamic Army of Iraq,
a group that includes former members of Saddam Hussein's intelligence service, has praised Al-Jazeera for playing an
“important role” in “our fight against the enemies.” The Islamic Army of Iraq is the same group that recently released video
to CNN showing snipers shooting and killing American soldiers in Iraq. Compiled by Accuracy in Media, Inc.
Anchors & Hosts
Sir David Frost Host/Interviewer
Formerly of the BBC
Stephen Cole
Anchor Formerly of the BBC
Divya Gopalan
Anchor Formerly of the BBC
Darren Jordon
Anchor Formerly of the BBC
Rageh Omaar Host, Witness
Formerly of the BBC
Shahnaz Pakravan Host, Everywoman
Formerly of the BBC
Riz Khan
Host, One-on-One Formerly of CNN
Amanda Palmer Entertainment Host Formerly of CNN
Jane Dutton
Anchor Formerly of CNN
Veronica Pedrosa Anchor
Formerly of CNN
Felicity Barr Anchor
Formerly of ITN (UK)
Shiulie Ghosh
Anchor Formerly of ITN (UK)
Dave Marash Anchor
Formerly of ABC’s Nightline
Ghida Fakhry Anchor
Formerly of Asharq Alawsat (London, UK)
David Foster Anchor
Formerly of Sky News (Britain)
Richard Gizbert
Host, Listening Post Formerly of ABC News
Barbara Serra Anchor
Formerly of Channel 5 News (Britain)
Nick Clark
Anchor Formerly of Carlton TV
(Britain)
Kimberly Halkett Anchor
Formerly of Global TV (Canada)
Hamish MacDonald Anchor
Formerly of Channel 4 News (Britain)
Elizabeth Filippouli Anchor
Formerly of ERT (Greece)
Teymoor Nabili Anchor/Host, 101 East Formerly of CNBC Asia
Dr. Shereen El Feki
Host, People & Power Formerly of The
Economist
Anchors & Hosts
Al-Jazeera
International
Correspondents
Mike Hanna Doha, Qatar
Formerly of CNN
Rula Amin
Beirut, Lebanon Formerly of CNN
Kamal Hyder
Islamabad, Pakistan Formerly of CNN
Lucia Newman Buenos Aires
Formerly of CNN
Jacky Rowland
Jerusalem Formerly of the BBC
Barnaby Phillips Athens, Greece
Formerly of the BBC
Marga Ortigas
Manila, Philippines Formerly of CNN
Lauren Taylor
London Correspondent Formerly of ITN (UK)
Alan Fisher
London Correspondent Formerly of GMTV
(Good Morning TV, UK)
Mariana Sanchez
Caracas, Venezuela Formerly of
Panamericana (Peru)
Amr El-Kahky Cairo, Egypt
Correspondent Formerly of Al-Jazeera
James Bays Doha, Qatar
Formerly of ITN (Independent TV News,
Britain)
Capt. John Rushing
Washington, DC Former US Marine Corps Spokesman
John Cookson
Doha Correspondent Formerly of FOX News
Channel
Mark Seddon
NY Correspondent Formerly of Tribune Magazine (London)
Kristen Saloomey
New York City Correspondent
Formerly of NBC
Correspondents
Jonah Hull
Moscow, Russia Formerly of Sky News
(Britain)
Farai Sevenzo Harare, Zimbabwe
Correspondent Formerly of Channel 4
News (Britain)
Gabrielle Menezes Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Correspondent Formerly of Reuters
Rajesh Sundaram
Delhi, India Correspondent
Formerly of New Delhi TV (India)
Tony Birtley Kuala Lampur Correspondent
Formerly of ABC News
Haru Mutasa
Nairobi, Kenya Correspondent
Formerly of SABC (South Africa)
Kalay Maistry
Johannesburg, South Africa Correspondent
Formerly of SABC
Hoda Abdel-Hamid Doha, Qatar
Correspondent Formerly of ABC
News
Zeina Khodr
Beirut, Lebanon Correspondent Formerly of Al-
Jazeera
Dan Nolan
Sydney Correspondent Formerly of Network Ten
(Australia)
Rob Reynolds
Washington, DC Correspondent
Formerly of CNBC
Viviana Hurtado Washington, DC Correspondent
Formerly of CBS/FOX
Tony Cheng Beijing, China Correspondent
Formerly of the BBC
Zain Awan Delhi, India
Correspondent Formerly of NHK (Japan
Broadcasting Corporation)
Hashem Ahelbarra
Doha, Qatar Correspondent
Formerly of Abu Dhabi TV (United Arab
Emirates)
Walid Batrawi Ramallah, Palestine
Correspondent Formerly of the BBC
Executives
Managing Executives
Wadah Khanfar
Director General, Al-
Jazeera Network
Also: Managing Director, Al-Jazeera
Arabic Channel
Nigel Parsons
Managing Director, Al-Jazeera International
Former Director, Associated Press Television News
Ibrahim Helal
Deputy Managing
Director, Al-Jazeera International
Former Editor-in-Chief,
Al-Jazeera Arabic
Omar Bec
Managing Editor, Al-Jazeera International
Former Head of
Newsgathering & Operations, Al-Jazeera
Arabic
Bureau Chiefs
Will Stebbins North America Bureau
Chief Formerly of APTN
(Associated Press TV News)
Sue Phillips Europe Bureau Chief Formerly of the CBC
(Canadian Broadcasting Corp)
Trish Carter Asia Bureau Chief Formerly of TVNZ (Television New
Zealand)
Andrew Simmons Africa Bureau Chief Formerly of the BBC (British Broadcasting
Corp)
News Executives
Steve Clarke
Director of News Formerly of Sky News
(Britain)
John Pullman Head of Output Formerly of ITN
(Britain)
Al Anstey Senior Executive Formerly of ITN
(Britain)
Nick Walshe Senior Executive Formerly of ITN
(Britain) Peggy Holter
Producer Formerly of NBC
Kieran Baker Producer
Formerly of CNN
Joanne Levine Executive Producer,
Programming Formerly of NBC James Wright
Producer Formerly of CNN
Hassan Ibrahim Producer
Formerly of Al-Jazeera
Rebecca Lipkin Executive Producer,
Documentaries Formerly of ABC
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