Since the eve of the war in Afghanistan AlJazeera has become a global household name and a news source that cannot be ignored. Globalization theorists argue that AlJazeera promotes a crosscultural debate enforcing a counterhegemonic perspective on the West not evident in former crises. Through a comprehensive empirical analysis covering the rebroadcasting of AlJazeeras images on major U.S. television networks since 911 this book draws an alternative picture revealing that the advent of AlJazeera has actually eroded the counterhegemonic debate in U.S. war reporting. It shows how the U.S. government persuaded television networks to systematically reformat legitimate war images from AlJazeera labeling it a deviant network in order to eliminate criticism of the war. Moreover an examination of the U.S. reception by bloggers and network carriers of AlJazeeras Englishlanguage website and channel reveals the U.S. administrations continued resolve and ability to limit public discourse.