AFRICOM and the perception mess

[JMA]

For as little as $20 a month, I can get a cable subscription with the following news channels: CNN, Al Jazeera English, EuroNews, CCTV (China) and CNBC. CNN is good, but it tends to focus a bit too much on American news and pop culture, EuroNews isn't really a player, CCTV isn't really good, but the Chinese are at least trying to make an impact, CNBC is focused on business, so that leaves Al Jazeera English in a strong position (they have much better coverage of "forgotten" parts of the globe - e.g. India, Africa, South East Asia and Latin America than their competitors).

The biggest satellite TV company in Africa is owned by the South Africans (and given South Africa's opposition to Africom, you can work that out).

Ae you speaking about DSTV here? It is part of the stock exchange listed company Multichoice. They are intelligent to avoid getting into the news broadcast business here in Africa directly as that always draws attention from governments.

The premium subscription here in South Africa offers the following news channels:

BBC world
CNN
Sky News - UK
eNews - Independently owned South African news channel
Euro News
RT - Russian
Aljazeera
ndtv - India
CCTV - China
CNBC-A
Bloomberg

You make your own choice.