When the Al Jazeera Media Network set out to infiltrate the insular ((adj.) separated and narrow-minded; tight-knit, closed off) American media market beginning in 2006,it came just two years after President George W. Bush called the Arab media service "hateful propaganda." In his book, An Unlikely Audience: Al Jazeera's Struggle in America, or William Youmans looks at the tough odds the organization had to face in order to breakthrough to American consumers. He looks at its success and failures,including the closure of its $2 billion Al Jazeera America channel in April 2016.
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