Wrangler wrote:
Is Al Jazzera a bit like Radio Hanoi.
No. RT - The Russian English language television station is like Radio Hanoi.
Al Jazeera may represent an Arabic, maybe a Muslim oriented perspective, and thus not be necessarily friendly towards Israel or Jewish interests, but in general I have found it to be a respectable news channel, and no worse or better than Fox News for example, which also has a bias and an agenda.
From a personal perspective I like to see reporting from a number of different sources and perspectives, and I don't necessarily accept any of them as the accurate or only source of truth. The differing perspectives allow a way to measure the consistency or otherwise of the stories, and possibly prompt a need or desire for further research.
For example in a case such as this, I might want to see reporting from a Jewish-oriented publication as a balance to Al Jazeera, from a more employer-oriented publication such as the Wall Street Journal, and maybe one that takes a more Union-oriented slant.
B&H seems to be a good company, but all companies can experience problems and receive periodic bad publicity. Adorama also seems to be excellent. How these organizations deal with issues seems to be the important issue, and that is probably what we will be able to observe over time. Their representatives on UHH appear to be responding in an extremely professional manner.
I mentioned VW earlier in this thread as an example of a company with a previously good reputation that has recently received very bad publicity. There is absolutely no comparison between the alleged issues at B&H and the confirmed and acknowledged systemic illegal and willingly deceitful practices undertaken by VW. VW has damaged itself in ways that it may never fully recover from, in addition to any harm caused to its customers, the environment or the public at large.
Let's give B&H an opportunity to deal with this. As others have said, at this stage these are just allegations, and the company deserves an opportunity to clear its name, address any issues that may possibly exist, and to continue serving the community as they have done for many years.