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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (926)	2/11/2002 12:08:20 PM
From: Math Junkie	Respond to of 6945

Thanks for the article on the addition of English-language subtitles to Al-Jazeera broadcasts. Here's one statement from the article that I think most Americans would wholeheartedly agree with: “I’m a firm believer in choice so that readers, listeners or browsers can make up their own minds,” said Magda Abu-Fadil, director of the Institute for Professional Journalists at [Lebanese American Universtity] and a veteran reporter of English and Arabic news media. “I don’t like the idea of being spoon-fed information.” A remaining problem that I see is that if it is only offered as part of an Arabic-language package, and with the purchase of additional equipment, the cost will be a barrier for many viewers.