A reader sends this along. Burlington’s city-owned cable system (of course it’s city owned) has just picked up Al Jazeera. Money quote:

“We were certainly squeamish about it at first, given its reputation in the United States,” said Tim Nulty, director of Burlington Telecom, the city-owned cable system, speaking of Al Jazeera. “But if you look at it, it looks like BBC. I think it’s more mainstream and more objective than CNN.”