If Trump’s Tree Falls in a Forest
And we followed Trump from the White House lawn to Walter Reed Hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19. We were there when he went on a short drive to greet supporters and remained there until he was discharged. When the Abraham Accords between Israel and two Arab countries – the UAE and Bahrain – were signed on the White House lawn, Al Jazeera followed the ceremony every step of the way. At the end, I kept asking myself: “Have we gone over-the-top covering Trump and giving him all that space?” I believe my question can be deemed parallel to the philosophical question: “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it; does it make a sound?” The answer is negative. Trump was not just a news creator; he was the locomotive dragging the local and world media behind him. Al Jazeera went one extra mile, explaining to its audience the key reasons behind Trump’s ascension; as well as those behind his fall. Al Jazeera’s coverage of the 2020 US election race was phenomenal by all measures. Now Trump is gone and US affairs have returned to normal. But Al Jazeera and its crews around the world remain and we will continue to break the news as it happens, where it happens.
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