I watched BBC, Press TV and Al Jazeera English. I had watched the BBC before and I feel that this is a reliable TV station and one that can be trusted. Press TV, the Iranian government funded station had a lot of international news. However, during the sections of news I watched I felt that their news tended to be mostly about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They did report on a number of international stories. However in the short period of time I watched the program I heard about the deaths of French troops in Afghanistan, British deaths, protests against Guantanamo and protests about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. There also was a report on the result of the German elections, but the station followed this with reports on the numbers of German deaths in the wars. I felt their reporters appeared unbiased but the content of the news stories made me feel that this wasn't a news source I would trust one hundred percent. I am not questioning the truth of the stories but I didn't feel that the news covered the range of topics you would expect an international station to.
Al Jazeera:
I believe the internet will be very helpful to Al Jazeera in expanding its reach to the U.S. I think it will be nearly impossible for the government, if it chose, to keep people from watching this station. From what I saw, of the short time I watched, Al Jazeera did not seem like a "terrorist station." I felt like the news was unbiased and covered a wide variety of international stories. In comparison to Press TV I felt Al Jazeera was a good station. I can not say, for sure, whether I think Al Jazeera should be allowed to broadcast in the U.S. I do believe that people should be able to make their own choices when it comes to their news source, however I think this issue is more complicated than that and I can't say one way or the other. From what I saw Al Jazeera did adhere to its code of ethics.