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May 24, 2005

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anonymous

Appearing on al-Hurra certainly gives the air of a well-financed shop: getting paid $150 per appearance, lots of flat-screens, nice sets with city views, young semi-clueless but nice Washington interns from exotic Arab countries like Alabama, plenty of office real estate in the VOA building in addition to Virginia and elsewhere. To be fair, while I've never been paid for my appearances on Jazeera, a friend told me he was offered (had to turn down for immigration status purposes), so Hurra may not be alone on that count. But the first time I went in and saw Kanaan Makiya and Rob Sobhani in quick order before me, I figured the place was living up to its ideological reputation. Nice folks all I'm sure, but the deck was pretty stacked.

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