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Al Jazeera America Betting On Straight News

TVNewsCheck | by Andrew Dodson and Diana Marszalek

McGinnisSchaufflerThe new cable news network debuting today has put together an extensive team of journalists and U.S. bureaus. It’s hoping its plan to offer “less opinion, less yelling and fewer celebrities” with win over viewers. Among the staff are former CBS journalist Marcy McGinnis, who’s in charge of newsgathering, and Alan Schauffler, who left KING Seattle to head up the new network’s Seattle bureau.