Al Jazeera controversies and criticism a clear position in every country from which it reports—not based on journalistic priorities, but rather on the interests of the Foreign Ministry of Qatar," he says. "In order to maintain my integrity as a reporter, I had to quit." He writes, "The news channel Al Jazeera was committed to the truth. Now it is bent. It's about politics, not journalism. For the reporter that means: time to go. [...] The decline 2004–2011 was insidious, subliminal and very slow, but with a disastrous end." Walid Phares indicated that the Qatar-owned Al Jazeera television network became the "primary ideological and communication
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