France decided to launch France 24 due to the non covering of American media of the position of France toward the war in Iraq. Even with a small budget compared to the one of CNN, France24 wants to compete inthe world of images through the broadcast of news through French eyes using different languages such as French and English, and soon also Arabic. This is a good alternative from France to promote its image and culture and reach large audiences. AlJazeera ENglish, on the other hand, wants to influence larger publics through giving them news covered through Arab eyes. In fact, the two channels France24 and Aljazeera English seem to have as an objective influencing people, covering media from a different angle (not like the one the audiences were used to with CNN and BBC) and promoting Arab (in the case of Aljazeera) and French (in the case of France 24) cultures and ways of thinking.
Lamia
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