MICHAEL YOUNG ON AL JAZEERA:

The second comes from a very well informed Lebanese journalist, who tells me that Al-Jazeera has recently fallen under the editorial control of those in the Qatari royal family close to the Muslim Brotherhood, hence its harsh anti-American line. He also added, as an exotic twist, that the station has “received advertising revenues from the former occupation authority in Iraq, despite the protests of the former Iraqi Governing Council.”

No shocker, there. He adds: “For the record, too, a number of Al-Jazeera employees are seriously considering joining the new BBC Arabic-language television station.”

They’ll fit right in.