FAULT LINES AL JAZEERA IS A BROADCASTER WHO TAKES YOU BEYOND THE HEADLINES & HOLDS THE MIGHTY TO ACCOUNT TO EXAMINE THE US’ ROLE IN THE WORLD.
We have Spencer Chumbley of Al
That is what I love about JSC there is
Jazeera’s (or JSC, Jazeera Satellite
basically no limits. Even with NPR or
Channel) Fault Lines with us tonight.
BBC it seems like there are issues they
This is a timely interview considering
tend to ignore. JSC is the only unbiased
many of the current events that
news source that is growing.
Spencer has been involved in. So let’s start out by telling people a little but
To get it all out in the open, we are
about Fault Lines and what you do?
technically funded by Qatar, so that is where a lot of the money is coming from.
Fault Lines (FL) is a 25 minute long-form
NPR or BBC have a bigger budget while
documentary show that focuses on
other news agencies rely more on a
United States and its role in the world.
more corporate model.
That does not limit us only to domestic politics, but how the United States
You see a lot of new energy, a lot of
interacts with the rest of the world in
young energy, from JSC. Some people
foreign-policy debates. You will see
would probably debate we are biased.
our focus on places from Chicago to
I would like to think that we are pretty
Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia;
straight and even. I am very aware of
anywhere there is a story happening.
how much research goes into the FL
But there always has to be kind of a US
films. It can take up to three or four
focused line in the story.
months to produce 1 of our 25 minute documentaries. We work very hard to
It is a correspondent driven show, so
cover all angles of the story, I can testify.
you always have a journalist on camera leading you through. It is particularly
I feel like every major news source,
edgy and I think it is quite interesting.
especially the ones that run off
I am really happy to be working on the
of a corporate model, there is an
show right now.
entertainment interest at mind
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