Kanalen mot strømmen. (Norwegian)

This article analyses the relationship between the US administration and Al Jazeera Channel during the 2003 war in Iraq. The article starts by discussing the development of the new transnational Arab satellite channels and how these channels, with Al Jazeera Channel in the forefront, represented a counter-flow of information after September 11, 2001. After 2001, the relationship between the US authorities and Al Jazeera has ranged from courting to criticising, censoring and bombing the satellite channel's offices in the field. During the war in Iraq, all these aspects of the relationship were present. Three aspects are highlighted here: 1) How Al Jazeera's war coverage challenged the official US framing of the war, and how the US reacted to this challenge, 2) The relationship between the Al Jazeera staff on the ground and the representatives from the US administration, and 3) The extent to which the American public diplomacy campaigns directed through Al Jazeera succeeded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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