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Hard Numbers

International expanse
November 1, 2013

260 million homes that receive Al Jazeera America, globally

76 percent of Al Jazeera stories on Syria orginated from bureaus in New York or Washington, DC

2.97 million viewers of Fox News’ most popular primetime show The O’Reilly Factor

27,000 viewers of Al Jazeera’s most popular primetime show America Tonight

307 foreign correspondents employed by US news organizations in 2003

234 foreign correspondents employed by US news organizations in 2011

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1,929 minutes devoted to international coverage by NBC, ABC, and CBS in 2008

2,326 minutes devoted to international coverage by NBC, ABC, and CBS in 2012

Sources: Reuters, Variety, American Journalism Review, Tyndall Report, Pew Research Center

The Editors are the staffers of the Columbia Journalism Review.