Freedom is on the March, part I

"To cut through the barriers of hateful propaganda, the Voice of America and other broadcast services are expanding their programming in Arabic and Persian -- and soon, a new television service will begin providing reliable news and information across the region. I will send you a proposal to double the budget of the National Endowment for Democracy, and to focus its new work on the development of free elections, and free markets, free press, and free labor unions in the Middle East." - President George W. Bush's State of the Union Address, January 2004

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According to CNN, a senior State Department official stated that "the U.S. ambassador to Qatar asked the Qatari government to use its influence with the management of Al-Jazeera to convince the network not to air the [Osama Bin Laden] tape... The United States regularly complains to the Qatari government about Al-Jazeera's coverage and has often asked the government to use its influence to rein in the network."

Here's a full transcript of the Bin Laden tape:
Al-Jazeera

Compare to excerpts from other news outlets (if you find a full transcript from any of the major news outlets, let me know):
BBC News.com
CBSNews.com
CNN.com
Washington Post.com