American Inroad for Al-Jazeera

Op Cast Lead was a boon for Al-Jazeera, which managed to raise its profile in the US. AP explains:

Overall, the station's Web video stream saw a 600% jump in worldwide viewership during the Gaza offensive — and about 60% of those hits came from the United States, according to the station's internal numbers.

The network's creative commons gambit paid off. Al-Jazeera came out of the war more popular than Israel . . .