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The anchor: Wikileaks links Al-Jazeera and its administration to the CIA
through periodic collaboration between the two sides in addition to Al-Jazeera’s readiness to fulfill the American demands
and its commitment to prevent the publications or broadcasts that contain any materials that may be considered against the US
The reporter: Wikileaks documents that had been soon adopted by Al-Jazeera
that devoted a lot of time for them on its screens
and used them to attack states, celebrities and officials around the world… The same Wikileaks documents reveals today
a little bit about the secrets of the collaboration and coordination
between Al-Jazeera and the CIA
According to the documents, Al-Jazeera through its managing director Wadah Khanfar
used to receive monthly reports from the CIA about its performance
in the coverage of the events related to the US and its interests
so Al-Jazeera modifies the coverage its own way in order to fulfill the American demands
The documents mentioned for instance, but not limited to
How Al-Jazeera complied with the US demands through Khanfar
They deleted the photos of two babies in a hospital and a woman wounded in the face in Iraq
That is because the US rejected the publication of these photos
They also deleted another article that mentioned the US usage of nerve gas in Iraq
after the US ambassador in Doha demanded that
some of the published documents that date back to 20th October 2005
revealed that Al-Jazeera channel vowed in a meeting between Khanfar and the head of the US public affairs office
to modify the news that may annoy the US government or even to delete them completely
after that Wadah Khanfar issued an order that prohibits the publication of any subject
related to the US unless he authorizes it
Wikileaks documents revealed a part of the secret behind the rapid rise of Khanfar in Al-Jazeera channel
from a correspondent in Afghanistan to the head of Al-Jazeera office in Iraq
then to the managing director of Al-Jazeera, especially that his colleagues did not see
him the suitable man for that position because his lack of experience
Which caused many remarkable media personnel to resign from Al-Jazeera
protesting his editorial policy which has been accused
Several times of making deals with the US administration and overlooking its crimes