"Eventually Al Jazeera abused that credibility and trust and turned from a pillar of free expression into a propaganda network serving the Qatari ambition for a bigger political role in the region. Accordingly the network initiated a policy to demonise those opposing its agenda among rebels, politicians and writers. It instead offers exaggerated praise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamists and Arab Nationalists." Excerpt from Egypt's Arab Spring: The Long and Winding Road to Democracy by Hany Ghoraba (2013).