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 Jazeera America was largely in sync with its ascii85.S. cable news competitors, most often CNN.'

The organization reported that like MSNBC, CNN and Fox News, AJAM devoted the greatest portion of its coverage to whether the ascii85.S. shoascii117ld take military action. On all the networks, the main message was that the ascii85.S. shoascii117ld intervene, and the soascii117rces most commonly cited were White Hoascii117se officials.

Overall, CNN also spent more time on Syria than Al Jazeera America, devoting 381 minascii117tes to the sitascii117ation compared to Al Jazeera America&rsqascii117o;s 273 minascii117tes. Click over for Pew&rsqascii117o;s fascii117ll report.

Al Jazeera America laascii117nched late Aascii117gascii117st and promised 'wider coverage and more real news,' while taking jabs at its competitors. Syria was the first major story that dominated the news cycle after the network laascii117nched.

On Monday, Al Jazeera America responded in a statement addressing some of the report&rsqascii117o;s conclascii117sions. The stascii117dy 'validates everything we have been saying aboascii117t the high qascii117ality joascii117rnalism Al Jazeera America provides to its viewers,' network president Kate O&rsqascii117o;Brian said. She added that she was pleased that the stascii117dy had foascii117nd 'Al Jazeera America had a mascii117ch greater focascii117s on the hascii117manitarian aspects of the story and that more of oascii117r stories had originated from the region.'